diff --git a/docs/eittlandic/dictionary.org b/docs/eittlandic/dictionary.org index bd7686e..f352ab1 100644 --- a/docs/eittlandic/dictionary.org +++ b/docs/eittlandic/dictionary.org @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ n. {{{phon(r̥ivs)}}}, from ON [[https://old-norse.net/html/h.php#hrifs][hrifs]] *** hvar pron. {{{phon(ʍar)}}}, from ON [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hvar#Old_Norse][hvar]] -1. who +1. where *** hvat adv. {{{phon(ʍɑt)}}}, from ON [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hvat#Old_Norse][hvat]] @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ sv. {{{phon(kom)}}}, from ON [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/koma#Old_Norse][ko 1. to come -*** konungr +*** konung sn.m. {{{phon(ˈkonoŋ)}}}, from ON [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/konungr#Old_Norse][konungr]] 1. king diff --git a/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org b/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org index c67e7ac..ebbdb83 100644 --- a/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org +++ b/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org @@ -322,9 +322,81 @@ completely removing it from the sentence. # it occur? # - In information qu Questions in Eittlandic are formed by inverting the syntactic subject -with its verb in a normal sentence. For example, the sentence /han komr -í dag með faðin hans/ (/he’s coming today with his father/) becomes a -question when inverting /han/ and /komr/. +with its verb in a normal sentence. For example, the sentence /hann +komr í dag með faðin hans/ (/he’s coming today with his father/) becomes +a question when inverting /hann/ and /komr/. This is generally regarded as +a formal way of forming questions. + +A more formal way of creating a question is by suffixing /-vit/ at the +end of a verb without any change to the word order of the sentence. If +there is any declension at the end of the verb, /-vit/ will bear it +instead of the stem of the verb itself. It is somewhat similar to +asking a question in English by simply raising the sentence’s tone. + +#+html: ::: tip Example +- Hann komr í dag með faðin hans + + | hann | kom-r | í dag | með | fað-in | hans | + | 3s.m.NOM | come-s.PRES.IND | today | with | father.ACC-DEF | 3s.m.GEN | + + He’s coming with his father today. +- Komr han í dag með faðin hans? + + | kom-r | hann | í dag | með | fað-in | hans | + | come-s.PRES.IND | 3s.m.NOM | today | with | father.ACC-DEF | 3s.m.GEN | + + Is he coming with his father today? +- Han komvitr í dag með maðin hans? + + | hann | kom-vit-r | í dag | með | fað-in | hans | + | 3s.m.NOM | come-Q-s.PRES.IND | today | with | father.ACC-DEF | 3s.m.GEN | + + He’s coming with his father today? +#+html: ::: + +The verbs /ver(a)/ and /hav(a)/ both cannot use this construction. +Instead, Eittlandic speakers may instead simply add /vit/ as a +standalone word at the end of the question. + +#+html: ::: tip Example +- Hann er konung. + + | hann | er | konung | + | 3s.m.NOM | be.3s.PRES.IND | king.ACC | + + He is the king. +- Er hann konung? + + | er | hann | konung | + | be.3s.PRES.IND | 3s.m.NOM | king.ACC | + + Is he the king? +- Hann er konung vit? + + | hann | er | konung | vit | + | 3s.m.NOM | be.3s.PRES.IND | king | Q | + + He is the king? +#+html: ::: + +This also applies to general questions as shown below, where the +question word takes the place of either the syntactic patient or +syntactic dative of the verb. + +#+html: ::: tip Example +- Ná hvar ert þú? + + | ná | hvar | ert | þú | + | now | where | be.2s.PRES.IND | 2s.NOM | + + Where are you now? +- Ná þú ert hver vit? + + | ná | þú | ert | hvar | vit | + | now | 2s.NOM | be.2s.PRES.IND | where | Q | + + You are where now? +#+html: ::: **** Yes/No questions Yes/no questions are generally answered by /já/ or /nei/ (/yes/ or /no/