Patado (paˈtado)
language of the veinhouses
Natively known as: patado /paˈtado/
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...ha pu dugena ngipezu la fapu ha uvo la kheha labebu wape no
Pronunciation: /ha pu duˈgena ŋiˈpezu la ˈfapu ha ˈuvo la ˈxeha laˈbebu ˈwape no/
Patadoian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to
Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: b d g h k m n p c s z t w x ħ ŋ ɣ ɸ ʜ ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʕ Co-articulated phonemes↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
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Approximant | w |
Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
High-mid | e | o |
Low | a |
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ? Spelling rules:
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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ŋ | ng |
ɸ | ph |
ħ | h̨ |
x | kh |
ɣ | gh |
ʕ | r |
Grammar
Main word order: Subject Object (Prepositional phrase) Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary the door with a key opened.Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions
Nouns
Singular | No affix awa /ˈawa/ dog |
Plural | -ŋa awana /ˈawaŋa/ dogs |
Articles
Definite | Indefinite | |
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Singular | he /he/ the | ha /ha/ a |
Plural | ngi /ŋi/ the | da /da/ some |
- Used for languages: ‘The English’
- Used with place names: ‘The London’
Pronouns
1st singular | do /do/ I, me, mine |
2nd singular | ke /ke/ you, yours |
3rd singular animate | pu /pu/ he, him, his, it (animate), its (animate) |
3rd singular inanimate | pa /pa/ she, her, hers, it (inanimate), its (inanimate) |
1st plural | wi /wi/ we, us, ours |
2nd plural | hi /hi/ you all, yours (pl) |
3rd plural | de /de/ they, them, theirs |
Possessive determiners
Possessive | |
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1st singular | h̨i /ħi/ my |
2nd singular | ko /ko/ your |
3rd singular animate | la /la/ his |
3rd singular inanimate | no /no/ her |
1st plural | ti /ti/ our |
2nd plural | re /ʕe/ your (pl) |
3rd plural | do /do/ their |
Verbs
Present | No affix rafeba /ʕaˈfeba/ learn |
Past | Suffix -ħu rafebah̨u /ˌʕafeˈbaħu/ learned |
Future | Particle before the verb: da - da rafeba /da ʕaˈfeba/ will learn |
Numbers
Patadoian has a base-10 number system: 1 - h̨i2 - hi
3 - me
4 - vi
5 - mo
6 - i
7 - la
8 - dine
9 - lu
10 - fi
100 - tungi
1000 - noli
Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = Suffix -baAdjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ve
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ʕo
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -di
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɣo
Noun to verb = Suffix -ŋo
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -xi
Tending to = Suffix -no
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -fa
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɣa
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ŋo
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ho
Diminutive = Suffix -ba
Augmentative = Suffix -ɸi
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