Classical Grammar

Sentence Structure

Generally SOV, can drop the copula when it is clear. 

Nouns

There are two main affixes a noun must carry.

Elemental Prefix

The first is the prefix denoting the ascribed element (one of the four Meganilafu). 

life Ø-

water ni-, n- 

fire du-, d- 

earth la-, l-

air pe-, p- 

You will note that living things take a null prefix for the element, this is not to be confused with not having an element, as should it prove relevant, all animals and people do have an ascribed element, just not a lexical one, the null prefix is because one never combines a gendered adjective with an elemented noun. The variant form is used on words beginning with a vowel.

Examples: kewanta (man), temeshi (woman), nifu (lake), dagak (day), lapesh (mountain), peluu (wind).

Case Infix

Almost as important, and equally mandatory, are the infixes for case.  

nominative -Ø-

accusative -od-

genitive -met-

vocative -rua-

So if we have the root -pesh (mountain) which is naturally in the earth class, it's lapesh. if you sell the mountain you sell lodpesh, a mountain('s) man is lametpesh kewanta.

-ashed is a fall, so lashed is a landslide or rockfall, and nashed is a waterfall. nashed, nodashed, nimetashed. lashed, lodashed, lametashed.

Note that the vocative is used far more commonly in Classical Yawurenyi than it is in Modern English. Generally, any time a class of people are spoken to, it is vocative, and any time a name is used except addressing children. As names carry a null elemental, to address someone, such as Hüwryaasunr, you have a couple options. First, if the ascribed element of the person is known, prefix it to the name and infix the vocative per usual: Peruahüwryaasunr. Second, you may suffix it to the end, this only being valid because names are directly taken from Ceremonial, which allows that: Hüwryaasunr-rua. The first is preferred in most contexts, the second is generally considered overly formal.

Verbs 

On verbs, the primary prefix denotes two things: transitivity, and whether it is tangible or intangible.

intransitive fu-/f-

stative (state of being) ge-/g- 

transitive tangible ba-/b-

transitive intangible zi-/z-

After the prefix, the person is denoted, and if plural they are marked after the person is marked. Yovtu becomes /joftu/ because otherwise it's hard to say, resulting in a little consonantal harmony

first person -yer-

second person-yov-

third person -yash-

plural -tu-

Also, verbs take gender in all persons, based on the subject, as with adjectives below. This can be dropped in a pseudo-passive voice, whenever the subject is unknown, or in certain poetic usages. 

Examples:

"to be" = -d

gyovked = stative you male be = you_m are 

to speak = -madob

fyashtutemadob = intrans 3p pl fem speak = they (female) speak

zyertemadob "hi" = trans_intang I_fem say "hi"... I say hi. 

to throw = -deshal

byertuhudeshal lapesh = trans_tangi I_pl mixed throw earth-mountain = we throw mountains.