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Contents of this page:

bulletThe adjective and the adverb
bulletThe adjective
bulletThe comparative and superlative degrees
bulletO ton, tong
bulletO plyt è ac Aj, plyt and aach
bulletO nOr, ngoor
bulletO pwy, pwy
bulletThe nominal part of the predicate
bulletThe prepositions and conjuncts
bullettable of prepositions and conjuncts
bulletThe subordinate clauses
bulletNegative sentences
bulletInterrogative sentences
bullet"yes" and "no"

The adjective and the adverb

The adjective

The suffix lOc, looch makes any word an adjective:

Où jàjfràsoIlOc gOc. The creating God.
Ooui zjauzjfrausoielooch gooch.
Ot nO èl gA jàjfràsoIlOc UpO The created human.
Oot ngoo eul gaa zjauzjfrausoielooch uupoo.
O nOI The beautiful one.
Oo ngooie
O nOIlOc plòn. The beautiful flower.
Oo ngooielooch ploeng.
O pIlOc can efopoI è rIwu Apnu.  This book tells about the religion.
Oo pielooch chang efopoie eu riewu aapngu.
O rIwuApnulOc can. The book about the religion, the religious book.
Oo riewuaapngulooch chang.

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The comparative and superlative degrees

The comparative degree is expressed through the suffix foo after the ending of the adjective.
The superlative degree is expressed through the suffix fraus after the ending of the adjective.

pùloc big
puilooch
pùlOcfO bigger
puiloochfoo
pùlOcfràs biggest
puiloochfraus

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O ton, tong

These are adjectives describing other adjectives or adverbs. In English, they would be classified as adverbs, but in Aulingese they are "double adjectives" and have the suffix: lOclOc, loochlooch.

pùlOc big
puilooch
pùlOclOc very
puiloochlooch
O pùloclOc pùlOc ton. The very big house.
Oo puiloochlooch  puilooch tong.

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O plyt è ac Aj, plyt and aach

These are derived from the prepositions by combining the root of the pronoun el with the preposition. The suffix cheut turns them into interrogative adverbs.

elAnslù To that, to that person
elaangslui
O elOp aIjIloI elAnslù (è el Anslù).  I am going there (to that).
Oo eloop aiejieloie elaanglsui (eu el aangslui).
elAnslùcèt O elàj aIjIloI? Where are you going to?
Elaansluicheut oo elauzj aiejieloie?

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O nOr, ngoor

These are a selected group of independent adverbs, i.e. they are not derived from other words. The suffix cheut makes them interrogative.

lAnE laangee over there
lAnEcèt laangeecheut? where?

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O pwy, pwy

This is the adverb derived from the adjective, it is constructed by replacing the suffix looch by woo. Like the adjective it can have a comparative and superlative degree.

O el elsIwoI noIwO He/she sings beautifully.
Oo el elsiewoie ngooiewoo.
O el elsIwoI noIwOfO He/she sings more beautifully.
Oo el elsiewoie ngooiewoofoo.

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The nominal part of the predicate

This is expressed through the verb AòA, to be and a direct object.

O nOIlOc``plòn The beautiful flower
Oo ngooieloch ploeng.
O plòn aoI y nOI. The flower is beautiful
Oo ploeng aaoïe y ngooie.

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The prepositions and conjuncts

The prepositions are always placed behind  the noun with a fifth case article. They can be declinated by three suffixes and one prefix:

bulletThe suffix fO, foo strengthens the root and can change the meaning in this way
bulletThe suffix slù, slui indicates movement.
bulletThe suffix nu, ngu, indicates the opposite meaning.
bulletThe prefix pfU, pfuu turns the preposition into a conjunct.

The order of the prefix and suffixes is:

pfU  ROOT fO slù nu    pfuu  ROOT  foo  slui  ngu

A special case is the conjunct "and". In Aulingese "and" is expressed with the preposition Aj, aazj:

O elOp è elàj Aj aIjIloI è ton Anslù. I and you are going home.
Oo eloop eu elauzj aazj aiejieloie eu tong aangslui.
O elOp èl aIjIloI è ton Anslù, pfUAj O elàj èl aIjIlòrf è ton Anslù a. I have gone home and you have started going home.
Oo eloop eul aiejieloie eu tong aangslui, pfuuaazj oo elauzj eul aiejieloerf eu tong aangslui a.

table of prepositions and conjuncts

negative strengthened movement conjunct

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The subordinate clauses

All subordinate clauses end with a,a. 
The relative pronoun is formed with the prefix et, et and the article of case.
The conjuncts are formed with the prefix pfU, pfuu and the prepositions.
subject, indirect and direct object clauses are formed with the conjunct pfUO: pfuuoo, pfUà: pfuuau and pfUy: pfuuy respectively.

Examples:
O elOp sanoI y elòr etO aIjIloI è ton Anslù a. I see the child, that is going home.
Oo eloop sangoie y eloert etoo aiezjieloie eu tong aangslui a.
O elòr aIjIloI è ton pfUAnAfa O el AoI y Acte a. The child is going home because it is tired.
Oo eloer aiezjieloie eu tong pfuuaangaafa oo el aaoie y aachte a.
O elOp sanoI pfUy O elòr aIjIloI è ton Anslù a. I see, that the child is going home.
Oo eloop sangoie pfuuy oo eloer aiezjieloie eu tong aangslui a.
pfUO O elòr aIjIloI è ton Anslù a nO sanoI è elOp. That the child is going home is seen by me.
Pfuuoo oo eloer aiezjieloie eu tong aangslui a ngoo sangoie eu eloop.

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Negative sentences

The suffix nu, ngu is used to express negative meanings. When ngu is placed directly behind the root, the meaning of that part of the word is turned into the opposite. When ngu is placed last in the word, the denial is less strong. If used in this sence ngu can be placed behind the article of case to prevent ambiguity.

Examples:

O UpOA AoI y nOInulOc The woman is ugly (unbeautiful).
Oo uupooaa aaoie y ngooiengulooch.
O UpOA AoI y nOilOcnu. The woman is not beáutiful. 
Oo uupooaa aaoie y ngooieloochngu.
O UpOAnu AoI y nOIlOc. Not the woman is beautiful.
Oo uupooaangu aaoie y ngooielooch.
O UpOA AoI y nOInulOcnu. The woman is not ugly.
Oo uupooaa aaoie y ngooienguloochngu.

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Interrogative sentences

A sentence is made interrogative by adding the suffix cèt, cheut behind the word that the question is about.

Examples:

O elcèt aIjIloI è ton Anslù? Is hé  going home?
Oo elcheut aiezjieloie eu tong aanslui?
O elIcèt aIjIloI è ton Anslù? Who  is going home?
Oo eliecheut aiezjieloie eu tong aangslui?
O el aIjIloI è ton Anslùcèt? Is he going toward the house?
Oo el aiezjieloie eu tong aangsluicheut?
O el aIjIloI è toncèt Anslù? Is he going home?
Oo el aiezjieloie eu tongcheut aangslui?

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"Yes" and "No"

The word Ic, iech expresses that one agrees with the content of the previous sentence, translation is with "yes (,indeed)" for a positive sentence and "no (,indeed)" for a negative sentence.
The word nu, ngu expresses that one disagrees with the previous sentence, translation can be with "yes"or "no" as before, or with something like "on the contrary!"

Examples:
O elcèt aIjIloI è ton Anslù? Is he  going home?
Oo elcheut aiezjieloie eu tong aanslui?
Ic O elI aIjIloI è ton Anslù? Yes (,indeed,) he  is going home.
Iech oo el aiezjieloie eu tong aangslui?
nu O el aIjIloI è ton Anslùnu? No (,on the contrary,) he is leaving the house.
Ngu oo el aiezjieloie eu tong aangsluingu.
O el aIjIloI è tonnu Anslù? Is he not going home?
Oo el aiezjieloie eu tongngu aangslui?
Ic O el aIjIloI è ton Anslù. No (,indeed,) he isn't going home.
Iech oo el aiezjieloie eu tong aangslui.
nu O el aIjIloI è ton Anslù? Yes (,on the contrary,) he ís going home!
Ngu oo el aiezjieloie eu tong aangslui!

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