Paradigm Tables

Dessin → Masculine Coles → Masculine Ariman → Masculine Androssia → Feminine Della → Feminine Tirama → Feminine

tiehair + saret → tiehairsaret tiehair = them, 3SG -saret = -self tiebrat + sarhint → tiebratsarhint tiebrat = them, two -sarhint = -selves tieterhand + sarhint → tieterhandsarhint tieterhand = them, few -sarhint = -selves tiephin + sarhint → tiephinsarhint tiephin = them, plural -sarhint = -selves

doure + saret → douresaret doure = your, 2SG -saret = -self toure + sarhint → touresarhint toure = your, 2DU -sarhint = -selves foure + sarhint → fouresarhint foure = your, 2PAUC -sarhint = -selves houre + sarhint → houresarhint houre = your, 2PL -sarhint = -selves

middes + saret → middessaret middes = my -saret = -self For the non-singular forms: mirdos + sarhint → mirdossarhint morrdos + sarhint → morrdossarhint merdos + sarhint → merdossarhint marrtres + sarhint → marrtressarhint merrdos + sarhint → merrdossarhint Here: -saret = singular reflexive “-self” -sarhint = non-singular reflexive “-selves”

Third person has no inclusive/exclusive distinction. That distinction remains restricted to the first-person system. Number is distinguished as singular, dual, paucal, and plural. Gender is currently distinguished only in the third-person singular, with masculine, feminine, and neuter forms. This is typologically quite ordinary; gender distinctions are especially common in third-person singular pronouns. The non-singular forms do not currently distinguish gender. Tierre is the basic third-person plural pronoun, while tierre tervenre and tierre ferhan explicitly specify dual and paucal quantity. Tierre therefore functions as the base third-person plural form rather than being merely an abbreviation of the longer constructions.

No 2nd-person inclusive/exclusive distinction. Clusivity is restricted to the first-person system. Number distinctions: singular, dual, paucal, and plural. Hergive is an additional politeness distinction, not another number category. A polite second-person pronoun can be independent of number in natural-language systems. rotese / assic are currently distinguished by reference context, rather than by number. tervenre supplies the dual meaning, ferhan supplies the paucal meaning, and mustry supplies the plural meaning. The system therefore does not need artificial forms such as 2DU.INCL or 2PL.EXCL. Those distinctions simply aren't part of Lerrebeth's second-person paradigm.

FIRST PERSON SG oi — speaker itself it — that speaker DU INCL: eregen EXCL: aragen PAUC INCL: daragon EXCL: conogon PL INCL: ogwent EXCL: obient

The Lerrebeth interrogative determiner system distinguishes interrogative meanings that English commonly expresses with overlapping forms such as what, which, how many, and how much. Rather than relying on a single generalized interrogative determiner, Lerrebeth uses distinct lexical forms and productive constructions to distinguish identity, type, unspecified reference, quantity, number, possession, selection, specificity, and contrast. The system also contains recurring constructional patterns. weists forms selection-based constructions such as weists'ta hant “which one,” weists'ta hanre “which ones,” weists pen'parrecaliteer “which particular,” and weists ane'redes “which other.” wagues forms wagues ane'redes “what other.” Quantitative interrogatives use Hawd're followed by a quantitative determiner, producing Hawd're elatso “how many,” Hawd're moutte “how much,” Hawd're ferhan “how few,” and Hawd're Liettne “how little.” Other expanded constructions include wheigse men'keredaught “what kind of,” wheigse men'seremaught “what sort of,” wheigse men'tierrete “what type of,” eietslo men'qeremenient “what quantity of,” and weysen men'namerrintte “what number of.” These forms are treated as members of the interrogative determiner paradigm/constructional system, while retaining their individual lexical entries and semantic distinctions.

The Lerrebeth 3rd-person possessive determiner system distinguishes three genders in the singular: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Non-singular possessors are instead distinguished by number, comprising dual, paucal, and plural. Inclusive and exclusive distinctions are absent from the 3rd-person paradigm, as these categories apply specifically to 1st-person reference. All six forms function as possessive determiners and precede the possessed noun.

The Lerrebeth interrogative determiner system distinguishes interrogative meanings that English commonly expresses with overlapping forms such as what, which, how many, and how much. Rather than relying on a single generalized interrogative determiner, Lerrebeth uses distinct lexical forms and productive constructions to distinguish identity, type, unspecified reference, quantity, number, possession, selection, specificity, and contrast. The system also contains recurring constructional patterns. weists forms selection-based constructions such as weists'ta hant “which one,” weists'ta hanre “which ones,” weists pen'parrecaliteer “which particular,” and weists ane'redes “which other.” wagues forms wagues ane'redes “what other.” Quantitative interrogatives use Hawd're followed by a quantitative determiner, producing Hawd're elatso “how many,” Hawd're moutte “how much,” Hawd're ferhan “how few,” and Hawd're Liettne “how little.” Other expanded constructions include wheigse men'keredaught “what kind of,” wheigse men'seremaught “what sort of,” wheigse men'tierrete “what type of,” eietslo men'qeremenient “what quantity of,” and weysen men'namerrintte “what number of.” These forms are treated as members of the interrogative determiner paradigm/constructional system, while retaining their individual lexical entries and semantic distinctions.

Lerrebeth first-person possessive determiners distinguish the number of possessors and, for non-singular possessors, whether the addressee is included or excluded. The singular form middes refers to possession by the speaker alone. Dual forms refer to exactly two possessors, paucal forms to a small group, and plural forms to a larger group. Exclusive forms exclude the addressee, while inclusive forms include the addressee.