From 66f252533dd5e3da9c4e58129ffc9ec92d3f4fcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucien Cartier-Tilet <lucien@phundrak.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 03:38:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs(eittlandic): added some grammar

---
 docs/eittlandic/grammar.org   | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/eittlandic/phonology.org |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org b/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org
index 5c3c687..4dcb19a 100644
--- a/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org
+++ b/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org
@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ judged as distant by the speaker from themselves.
 On the other hand, the following pronouns containing /þess/ relate to
 the words “this” and “these” in English.
 
+|        | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
+|--------+-----------+----------+--------|
+| Sg Nom | þess      | þess     | þett   |
+| Sg Acc | þess      | þess     | þett   |
+| Sg Dat | þessum    | þess     | þess   |
+| Sg Gen | þess      | þear     | þess   |
+|--------+-----------+----------+--------|
+| Pl Nom | þessar    | þessar   | þess   |
+| Pl Acc | þess      | þess     | þess   |
+| Pl Dat | þessum    | þessum   | þessum |
+| Pl Gen | þess      | þessar   | þess   |
+
+Again, it is interesting to see how these pronouns retained some
+distinction between the masculine and the feminine form.
+
 **** Possessive Pronouns
 Possessive pronouns in Eittlandic simply are the genitive form of the
 personal pronouns shown [[file:./grammar.md#personal-pronouns][above]]. The pronoun agrees with the owner in
@@ -1294,6 +1309,12 @@ numerals have declensions as discussed in [[file:grammar.md#numerals][Word Class
 | Dat. | einn      | ein      | eit    |
 | Gen. | ein       | einn     | eits   |
 
+Indefinite articles are not required in Eittlandic the way they are in
+English. The sentence /hann át fisk/ (/he ate a fish/) is absolutely
+correct and does not required. Instead, indefinite articles are used
+as intensifiers, as in /hann át ein fisk, eng fiskin/ (/he ate *a* fish,
+not *the* fish/).
+
 **** Definite articles
 As in other Scandinavian languages, definite articles in Eittlandic
 act as suffixes to the noun and fully replace its declension as it has
diff --git a/docs/eittlandic/phonology.org b/docs/eittlandic/phonology.org
index b36113b..0d986c0 100644
--- a/docs/eittlandic/phonology.org
+++ b/docs/eittlandic/phonology.org
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ become shorter.
   {{{phon(upɸə)}}}
 #+html: :::
 
+The only exception is a double «g» {{{phon(ɡː)}}} which became {{{phon(ɡ)}}}.
+
 *** r > ʁ (Eastern Eittlandic)
 From the beginning of the 16th century, the Eastern Eittlandic {{{phon(r)}}}
 began morphing into an {{{phon(ʁ)}}} in all contexts except in word-final