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Venet-venuelos to another lesson of Litish! Today, we'll be covering meeeanningful things. Like people! We have three unique verbs here and an interesting pluralisation rule. Skip AT YOUR OWN PERIL. But hey. Nice seeing you again.
Ehòlo(e)/ To be (occupational)
eh-Hohloh
~For occupations, there is a specific verb for being an (occupation). This verb is ehòlo, and is not susceptible to the verb prefix do-.For example, teacher = tishmare My job is a teacher= Egoii ehòlo tishmare.I am a teacher= Egoii vest un tishmare. Vest is also a non-prefix do- word, but "I am a teacher" spoken this way is grammatically awkward and weird in a social context.This verb can also be pluralised, as in "our jobs are as teachers" Oosab ehòloe tishmaree.Lohomi(e)/ To be (relational)
loh-Hoh-me
~This follows the same rules as the verb ehòlo.Veni`le(0)/ To be (royalty, nobility)
veh-neehl-eh
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To pluralize, many occupational nouns have an 'a' in them, and that letter is switched to an 'o'. If not, just add an 'e' to the back. :D Relations are just -e plurals, with no a<->o swap. Royalty and Nobility are pluralized with an 'o'.
King/ Corsé
cohr-say
Queen/ Corsette
cohr-seht
Prince/ Si`mple
seem-puhl
Princess/ Sa`mple
sahm-puhl
Duke/ Colon
koh-lohn
Duchess/ Colonætte'
koh'loan-ay-t'
Marquess/ Linth
seem-puhl
Marchioness/Lieth
[lie]th
Earl, Count/Xeaque
zeahk
Countess/Xeaqueé
zeahk-kway
Viscountess/Qezladone
kehz-lah-doan
Viscount/Qezladon
kehz-lah-dohn
Baron/Feguiie
fehg-wee-ay
Baroness/Fegiine
fehg-ee`hn
Royalty/Corsii
cohr-seeh
Nobility/Consii
cohn-seeh