Paradigm Tables
Morphological patterns, declensions, and conjugations for Nelemata
Conjugations
| -a | -e | -o | -ar | -ara | -are | -aria | -aste | -ase | -aron | -ando | -acion | -aba | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -n | enj | njenj | — | — | sanenj | satenj | nenj | — | janenj | — | — | — | fenj |
| -s | eanj | njanj | — | — | sananj | satanj | enanj | — | janj | — | — | ,epu | efanj |
| -is | eunj | njunj | — | — | sanunj | satunj | enunj | ylunj | janunj | — | — | — | efunj |
| -mos | eninj | ninj | — | — | saninj | satinj | eninj | — | janinj | — | — | — | efinj |
| none | eu | ni | ,i or ,en | san | saneu | sati | en | eal | ja | apfo | laz | ,ep | efa |
Others
| Singular | Plural | Dual | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vocative (also used for names) | lel | lul | lal |
| Possessive (on the possessor) | ken | kun | kan |
| Possessive (on the possessee) | kemp | kump | kamp |
| Inside | te | tu | ta |
| Outside | teli | tuli | tali |
| Sentence end | ste | stu | sta |
| Above | sel | sul | sal |
| Below | elsel | elsul | elsal |
| Touching | pne | pnu | pna |
| Compound | ze | zu | za |
| Same Time | let | lut | lat |
| Respiration | bebebebe.... | bubububu..... | babababa...... |
| Sarcasm | sne | snu | sna |
| Surprise | kem | kum | kam |
| Question | nte | ntu | nta |
| In a certain time period | pem | pum | pam |
| Male | ue | ku | ua |
| Female | lue | lu | lua |
| Genderless | uel | ul | ual |
| Inanimate | ,e | ,u | ,a |
| Will | o,e | o,u | o,a |
| Or | uke | uku | uka |
| And | ake | aku | aka |
| Exaggeration | lep | lup | lap |
| Borrowing | pi,e | pi,u | pi,a |
Derivational Morphology
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| person | e | ek |
| place | o | ok |
| collection | u | uk |
| tool | i | ik |
| adjective | as | ask |
| causative | ak | -a |
| diminutive | e- | ek- |
| negative | -l- | -lk or kl- |
| different | an | -ank |
| less | k- | a- |
| noun | m- | kam- |
| again | fo- | fok- |
| ? | ju- | kju- |
| trans- | ki | iki |
| adverb | ef | jef |