Fedonti

Natively known as: Fedanktanai /feˈdanktaˌnai/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
vum qěkašix ö ti va tiv vum jyr va hyq kykeš yt jyr
Pronunciation: /vum qɛˈkaʃiks ə ti va tiv vum jyr va hyq ˈkykeʃ yt jyr/
Fedonti word order: and stood he holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind[button]Hide Translator[/button]Note: Translator does not automatically do word order and only finds exact matches in your dictionary (will not find plurals, past-tense, etc.) However, all available affixes in the language may be used. Making the translator smarter is a work in progress.

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Translation:

ěliš nym cyj mok öšis

/ˈɛliʃ nym cyj mok əˈʃis/

Affixes in this language:

ACT.OF | ADVERB | AUG | DIM | DOER | HAVING.QUALITY.OF | LIKELY.TO | NOUN.ABS.PLURAL | NOUN.ABS.SING | NOUN.ACC | NOUN.F.PLURAL | NOUN.F.SING | NOUN.H.PLURAL | NOUN.H.SING | NOUN.M.PLURAL | NOUN.M.SING | NOUN.N.PLURAL | NOUN.N.SING | NOUN.NH.PLURAL | NOUN.NH.SING | NOUN.NOM | NOUN.PHYS.PLURAL | NOUN.PHYS.SING | ORDINAL | PLACE.OF | PRODUCT.OF | QUALITY.OF.BEING | RELATING.TO | RESULT.OF.DOING | TO.CREATE | TO.MAKE | VERB.FUT.PLURAL | VERB.FUT.SING

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Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b c h j k l m n p q r s t v w z ʃ ʧ/

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↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		t		c	k		q
Affricate				ʧ
Fricative		v	s z	ʃ					h
Approximant					j		w
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: /a e i o u y ə ɛ/

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	Front	Central	Back
High	i y		u
High-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: b, c, h, j, k, ks, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, z, ʃ, ʧ
Mid-word consonants: b, c, h, j, k, ks, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, z, ʃ, ʧ
Word final consonants: N/APhonological changes (in order of application):

• C → Ø / s_#
• h → Ø / V_V
• l → d / #_VC
• h → g / _B
• s → z / V_V
• b → β / V_V
• K → ʔ / _s

Spelling rules:

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Pronunciation	Spelling
ks	x
ə	ö
ɛ	ě
ʃ	š
ʧ	ch

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Grammar

Main word order: Verb-Subject-Object-Oblique. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Opened Mary the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Noun

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	Singular	Plural
Masculine	No affix sěh /sɛh/	Suffix -i sěhi /ˈsɛhi/
Feminine	No affix sěh /sɛh/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -qə Else: Suffix -oqə sěhoqö /sɛhoˈqə/
Neuter	No affix sěh /sɛh/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -qə Else: Suffix -eqə sěheqö /sɛheˈqə/
Abstract	Suffix -ə sěhö /ˈsɛhə/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -is sěhis /ˈsɛhis/
Physical	If ends with vowel: Suffix -q Else: Suffix -eq sěheq /ˈsɛheq/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧu Else: Suffix -aʧu sěhachu /sɛˈhaʧu/
Non-human	Suffix -y sěhy /sɛˈhy/	Suffix -uc sěhuc /ˈsɛhuc/
Human	No affix sěh /sɛh/	Suffix -u sěhu /sɛˈhu/

Nouns have two cases:Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

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Nominative	No affix sěh /sɛh/
Accusative	Suffix -ɛj sěhěj /ˈsɛhɛj/

Articles

Fedonti has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

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	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	pew /pew/ I	boc /boc/ me
2nd singular	cyr /cyr/ you	nit /nit/ you
3rd singular masc	ö /ə/ he, it	vur /vur/ him, it
3rd singular fem	cho /ʧo/ she, it	ši /ʃi/ her, it
1st plural inclusive	se /se/ we (including you)	cy /cy/ us (including you)
1st plural exclusive	kyz /kyz/ we (excluding you)	yq /yq/ us (excluding you)
2nd plural	kys /kys/ you (all)	zoh /zoh/ you (all)
3rd plural masc	ěq /ɛq/ they (masculine)	mo /mo/ them (masculine)
3rd plural fem	y /y/ they (feminine)	jöc /jəc/ them (feminine)

Possessive determiners

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1st singular	pel /pel/ my
2nd singular	qě /qɛ/ your
3rd singular masc	va /va/ his, its
3rd singular fem	ěj /ɛj/ her, its
1st plural inclusive	öl /əl/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	kö /kə/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	ky /ky/ your
3rd plural masc	wuch /wuʧ/ their (masculine)
3rd plural fem	kěx /kɛks/ their (feminine)

Verbs

Past tense may be indicated with the word:[tbody] [/tbody]

Past particle

rö /rə/ past tense particle

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	Future
Singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -az lyšaz /ˈlyʃaz/
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -yt lyšyt /ˈlyʃyt/

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying,and habitual actions, such as I study (every night).It is indicated with the word:[tbody] [/tbody]

Imperfect particle

xew /ksew/ imperfect particle

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -y
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sa
Else: Suffix -əsa
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ko
Else: Suffix -yko
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -my
Else: Suffix -ɛmy
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -qɛ
Else: Suffix -yqɛ
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -me
Else: Suffix -ume
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p
Else: Suffix -ɛp
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -ok
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -us
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -h
Else: Suffix -yh
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -y
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -us
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -si
Else: Suffix -usi
Augmentative = Suffix -i
Ordinal = Suffix -ioas