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# suńra
suńra is an incomplete constructed language.
these are rough notes pertaining to the language.
## 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)
* ro → 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"
> "tou no retu zea hassi" → "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
* -wao → perfect aspect
* -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 saa?" → "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
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