satu kitav - Verb & Conjunction Sentences

Verb Sentences

Here is an example of a grammatically correct sentence in Satu Kitan. A typical Satu Kitan sentence (verb sentence) starts with a verb as the predicate, followed by the object, and ends with ".".

= The problem is understood.

Word Order

Some verbs take multiple objects, and which word fills which "object slot" is determined by the order of the words.

= I am called Minori.

"petas (petas) / be called" always means "[first object] is called [second object]", and changing the order of the objects changes the meaning of the sentence.

Adjectival Verbs

Modifiers in Satu Kitan cannot be predicates. To make a so-called adjective sentence like "That problem is difficult", inflect the word as a verb.

= That difficult problem. (Grammatically correct, but somewhat unnatural phrasing)

= That problem is difficult. (A natural sentence with "difficult" as the predicate)

Most modifiers can become predicates by being inflected into the verb form.

Functional Verbs

The central part of speech in Satu Kitan is the verb, and meanings that are expressed by conjunctions in other languages are often expressed by verbs. The following example sentences are grammatically correct verb sentences, though unnatural as standalone sentences.

= You with me

= 1 plus 2

Complementary Objects

In Satu Kitan, complementary objects are used to express complements such as "for ~" or "with ~".
A complementary object is formed by modifying a noun element with a specific modifier called a complement Word, and grammatically it occupies the position of an object.

= I went to Gifu. ([literally] I moved myself to Gifu.)

= I am going to learn mathematics with you.

"fabakas(Fabakas) / to move" and "gis(gis) / be learned" are originally verbs that take only one object. By adding a secondary object after them, you can supplement the information in the sentence.

Replaces Verb Sentences

Conjunctions in Satu Kitan function the same as "verbs with two objects"; except for the position of the objects, they are the same as verbs. The following two sentences have the same meaning.

= I am called Minori.

= I am called Minori.

However, since conjunctions cannot be modified by modifiers, not every verb sentence can be replaced with a conjunction sentence. Conversely, not every conjunction sentence can be replaced with a verb sentence, either.

Conjunction Sentence Structure

Conjunctions can take a larger syntactic unit as their object than verbs can. The following is a conjunction sentence that takes an entire verb sentence (with the sentence-final . removed) as its object.

= 1 plus 2 equals 3.

= Creation is loved, but it is very difficult.

Because conjunctions act as markers that terminate a verb sentence, unlike verbs they can take a whole verb sentence as an object without creating ambiguity. Also, the second example can be split into two sentences as follows.

= Creation is loved. But it is very difficult.

In this example, the sentence is split after podanis kipeki., and the second sentence begins with a conjunction. This allows the conjunction in the second sentence to take the entire first sentence as its object.

Nested Clauses

To express things like "to do" or "the thing that did" in Satu Kitan, add ";(p)" at the end of a verb sentence as follows.

= The fact that I am called Minori is known.

= 1 plus 2 is equal to 3.

Note that ";" is a pronounced character.
In this way, a chunk with ";(p)" at the end of a verb sentence is called a nested clause and is grammatically treated as a noun.