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 # suńra
 suńra is an incomplete constructed language.
+these are rough notes pertaining to the language.
 
-## table of contents
-<table>
-<tr><td>the</td><td>language notes</td></tr>
-<tr><td>word</td><td>dictionary</td></tr>
-<tr>
-	<td>wordgen.lua</td>
-	<td>I use this to help me coin words. only some of its output is good.</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
+## phonology
+	/p t k b d g s z ts ʃ  ʒ h w r j m n ŋ/
+	<p t k b d g s z ts sh j h w r y m n n>
+	/a e i o u/
+	<a e i o u>
+
+* `(C)V(ŋ)` syllable structure
+* mora timing
+* unvoiced plosives and fricatives (except for h) may be geminated. the extra consonant comprises a mora, e.g.
+> (k)(ka) ← each mora is parethesized
+
+## prosody
+* the first syllable of a word is pronounced at a higher pitch.
+* the last syllables of a word at the end of a sentence are pronounced at a lower pitch.
+
+## typology
+SOV.
+
+## pronoun
+* ka  → 1s
+* kai → 1p
+* ta  → 2s
+* tai → 2p
+* na  → 3s
+* nai → 3p
+* ra → demonstrative (singular/plural)
+* raie → reflexive
+* toshu → interrogative
+
+## verb conjugation
+* -i  → intransitive
+* -a  → transitive
+ 	* an transitive verb has a subject and object, whereas an intransitive verb only has a subject.
+ 	verbs in these conjucations can be used:
+ 		* as the main verb of the sentence
+			> "ka kinegi toa" → "I am eating plants"
+ 		* to modify nouns in the sentence
+ 			> "ka kinegi rezi toa" → "I am eating good plants"
+		 
+ 			> "api surusukiń tinońmi teja saa" → "bees are insects that make a sweetner"
+* -u  → infinitive
+* -ui → infinitive intransitive
+* -ua → infininive transitive
+	* the infinitive conjugations allow a verb to act as a noun. verbs conjugated with "-u" stand on their own, and those with "-ui" or "-ua" accept subjects and objects.
+ 		> "ka hosekui api herissa" → "my existence is related to bees"
+
+ 		> "hoseku tou retu zea no hassa" → "eating is necessary for living"
+
+ 		> "resha raie suttua rezi" → "people talking with each other is good"
+* -e  → imperative intransitive
+* -ea → imperative transitive
+ 	* an imperative verb may only be used as the main verb of the sentence. the subject is omitted, as it is implicitly the listener.
+		> "kumań toea" → "eat food"
+
+## verb suffixes
+* -tese → irrealis
+	* to be added to anything that hasn't or isn't happening, which includes the future, possibilities, and hypotheticals.
+* -kka → passive
+* -seń → negative
+* -doma → comparative/superlative
+* -ppihu → excessive (rezu → "good"; rezuppihu → "too good")
+
+## sentence/verb conjunction particles
+these particles may be placed between two verb phrases to coordinate them. the subject of the coordinated verb phrases is the same:
+> "api kinetoi me tinońmi teja" → "bees pollinate and make a sweetener"
+
+these particles may also be placed between two complete sentences to coordinate them:
+> "api kinetoi taso ka ra igaseń" → "bees pollinate, but I do not"
+
+* me → and
+* ni → or
+* iti → because
+* koń → so/and thus
+* taso → yet
+
+## misc particles
+* no → adverbialize
+	* "no" followed by a verb phrase will modify the postceding verb adverbally, with the modified verb acting as the subject in the adverbial phrase.
+		> "ka no kussi hoseki" → "I pitifully exist"
+
+		> "ka api no zoyai no hańshi ya saa" → "I am only a bee in reality"
+* to → interrogative
+	> "to tai api soa?" → "are you bees?"
+* tososeń → tag question
+	> na yasa tososeń?" → "it's funny, isn't it?"
+
+## numbers
+a base 10 number system is utilized. there are words for 0-9 and powers of 10. to express a multiple of a power of 10, adverbialization is utilized.
+> deku → 10
+
+> no nani deku → 80
+
+a number with multiple digits can be expressed by modifying the subject with multiple numbers corresponding to the digit:
+> api no nani deki jii → 89 bees
+	
+a number with multiple digits can be expressed as a single noun in much the same manner via "ketu"
+> no ni hoki no nani deku keta jiu keta → 389 (noun)
+
+	0: zeru
+	1: iu
+	2: nu
+	3: wu
+	4: nau
+	5: ku
+	6: wau
+	7: raku
+	8: nanu
+	9: jiu
+	10: deku
+	100: hoku
+	1000: dehu
+	10000: yohu
+	100000: deyohu
+	1000000: miyonu
diff --git a/the b/the
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 		api no nani deki jii → 89 bees
 	a number with multiple digits can be expressed as a single noun in much the same manner via "ketu"
 		no ni hoki no nani deku keta jiu keta → 389 (noun)
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+
 	words:
 		0: zeru
 		1: iu