Qushani Grammar

Adjectives
1.

nōŝm bātan

ᴅᴇᴘ-sweet ᴅᴇᴘ-honey-ᴅᴇꜰ.ꜰs

"the honey is sweet" (Focus on sweet, the quality/description is emphasised)

2.

ibbeyatan nōŝm

ɪɴᴅ-honey-ᴅᴇꜰ.ꜰs ᴅᴇᴘ-sweet

"the honey is sweet" (Focus on honey; i.e. 'as for the honey, it is sweet')

3.

bātan innaŝema

ᴅᴇᴘ-honey-ᴅᴇꜰ ɪɴᴅ-sweet

"the sweet honey"

Determiners
1.

rōmšhin

ᴅᴇᴘ-man-ᴅᴇꜰ

"the man"

rōmš appin

ᴅᴇᴘ-man ɪɴᴅ-ᴅᴇꜰ

Verbs
The most basic distinction in Qushani verbs is in aspect, between perfective and imperfective.

Stem meanings:

X - Core Stem

I - indicates ongoing action

P - indicates action without temporal structure during occurence

I Root-Mutating Stems - (Semantic)

G - Basic verb meaning, inflected to perfective or imperfective

D - Implies doing the verb utterly, all the way, entirely, to completion

L - Indicates doing the verb with intent, purpose, or result

A - Indicates togetherness or association, doing the verb with, alongside, coming together with P

Valence-Changing Prefixes on the Agent

T - Indicates agent is also the goal.

N - Indicates agent is also the patient

Valence-Changing Prefixes of the Patient

S - Indicates patient is being caused to preform action

H - Indicates patient is also the goal of the action

Peripheral (relation markers)