Gender
As explained in the philosophy section of the homepage, there are 3 genders in Atinú:
- xert (heart/abstract/root): ∅
it [humanity], sakan [peace], tomo [housing] - oso (animate/alive): -o (-so for vowel-ending words)
ito [human], sakano [fish], tomoso [home] - śuk (inanimate/dead): -uk (-śuk for vowel-ending words)
ituk [corpse], sakanuk [idiot], tomośuk [house]
plurality
- singular: ∅
it [humanity], sakano [fish], tomośuk [house] - paucal (a few): -ól (-ló for vowel-ending words)
itól [some humanity], sakanoló [a few fish], tomośukól [a few houses] - plural: -es (-se for vowel-ending words)
ites [a lot of humanity], sakanose [many fish], tomośukes [many houses]
pronouns
1st person
2nd person
3rd person (oso)
3rd person (śuk)
singular
mi
ti
lo
síe
plural
nos
vos
los
síep
Cases
There are 6 cases:
- nominative: ∅
di ito pode [the person walks] - dative: a- (aq- for vowels)
di ito pode ami [the person walks to me] - genitive: -no (-yno for consonants)
di ito pode atomoso mino [the person walks to my home] NOTE: you could also say "di ito pode atomoso no mi", both work fine
- dimunitive: -il (-lil for vowels)
di itilo pode a di tomolilo [the tiny person walks to the tiny house] - augmentative: -ák (-bák for vowels)
di itáko pode a di tomobáko [the big person walks to the big house] - vocative: ó! oi! ei!
ó! ito, údopode atomolilo mino! [hey! person, walk to my tiny house!]
Tenses
- present: ∅
di ito pode [the person walks] - past: -eþ (-éþ if last letter is e)
di ito podéþ [the person walked] - future: couko a
di ito coukus a pode [the person is going to walk]
Aspect
- perfective: ∅
di ito pode [the person walks] - progressive: -us (omit last vowel)
di ito podus [the person is walking] - habitual: ebo- (eboq- for vowels)
di ito ebopode ses dia [the person walks everyday]
Mood
- indicative: ∅
di ito pode [the person walks] - imperative: údo- (údon- for vowels)
údopode atomolilo mino! [walk to my tiny house!] - subjunctive: ví- (vís- for vowels)
di ito vípode [the person wishes to walk]
Syntax
- word order: SVO (subject-verb-object)
di ito pode ami [the person walks to me] - adjectives: A-N
di itilo pode a di roxot tomolilo mino [the tiny person walks to my tiny red house] - adpositions: prepositions
di ito pode im di tomolilo [the person walks in the tiny house] - possessee → possessor
di tomolilo mino [my tiny house] - aux verb → main verb
di ito coukus a pode ami [the person is going to walk to me]
Valency-changing operations
- causative: duz
di ito duz pode ami [the person makes me walk] - passive: èrhal
di ito èrhal pode ami [the person is walked by me]
Word formation
noun
DAT-
root
-DIM/AUG
-GND
-PLUR
-GEN
verb
MOD-
HAB-
root
-PRG
-TNS
Example of what it would look like to have all affixes at once:
noun: atomoliloseno
verb: vísebopoduseþ