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Arget "fort" (n.), naru "divinity" (a.), neicel "vessel" (n.), galle "air spirit" (n., proper???), teac "peasant" (n.), nel "warrior" (n.), shakra "greetings" (n.)

===Phonology===

CONSONANTS

B
C - hard C when beginning or terminating a word; soft, otherwise
CH - a sharp squeal from the back of the mouth
D
F
G - hard G
K
L - bright L, unless doubled; then it's a dark L
N
P
R - double R produces a voiceless trill, unreplicable by human mouths
S
SH
T
V
/ - tongue click, against roof of mouth
; - tongue click, against teeth
P' - bilabial ejective
T' - dental ejective
K' - velar ejective

VOWELS

a - say 'ah'
ai - say 'I'
e - say 'eh'
i - say 'ee'
u - say 'oo'
o - say 'oh'
* - trilled chitter (can't be produced by human mouths)

===Structure===

SOV for general statements. ("Apples I bring.")
VOS in the imperative. ("Bring apples me.")
OVS for questions. ("Apples are what?")

Grecht poetry is not concerned with rhymes - alliteration and syllabic count are more important. As such, sentence order tends to be fairly strict.

In mainland Grecht, borrowing of the Common grammatical patterns has begun to occur, and as such, you'll sometimes see common Grecht imitating these patterns:

SVO for general statements and questions. ("I bring apples.") ("What are apples?")

===Words===

Note: Since neither nouns nor verbs modify to include plurals, articles are relied upon to specify quantity. They fall immediately after the nouns which they modify.

du, "no"; used to negate verbs - placed at the beginning of a statement, otherwise before the noun it serves as article to.

sa, "some"; used as an article.

sarr, "many"; used as an article.

t'cha, "all"; used as an article.

Bound affixes:

"-te", loaned from the Ankyrean "-ti". Older Grecht words - teac, naru - have survived intact, but newer words in the Grecht language consistently take the "-te" suffix to denote actor nouns.

"-ac", archaic suffix denoting an actor noun.

Nouns:

gal (n.), "air"
galle (n.), "air spirit/Galleus"
naru (n.), "divinity"; loan from Kalsu 'naru', lord
teac (n.), "peasant/serf"
shakra (n.), "greeting"
neeti (n.), "mage"
sibsute (n.), "prophet"; loan from Kalsu 'sibsu ti', prophet
neicel (n.), "vessel; philosophical term. Capacity for understanding that you don't exist"
arget (n.), "fort/fortress"
vir* (n.), "the (continent-dwelling) undead"; loan from Kalsu 'viru', death
vevi (n.), "forest"; loan from Kalsu 'vevi', forest
iviofa (n.), "a domain of the (southern) continent"; loan from Kalsu 'iyvofa', region
abdal (n.), "flatland"; loan from Kalsu 'abdal', earth
supe (n.), "butterfly"; loan from Kalsu 'sope', butterfly
sashi (n.), "imp/dwarf/child/other small flatlander"; loan from Kalsu 'sazi', imp
drol (n.), "stone/mud"; carries a derogatory connotation
halfat (n.), "ascendant"; implication of power and immortality

Grecht nouns decline based on their final vowel; each declension encompasses an agent (subject), patient (accusative), address (vocative), recipient (dative), and locative case.

-A, AC, AL, etc.

Teac (n.), "peasant/serf"

* Agent: Teac
* Patient: Teake (-e, and modifies to preserve the hard K)
* Address: Teakes (-es)
* Recipient: Teakesh (-esh)
* Locative: Teakeb (-eb)

Shakra (n.), "greeting"

* Agent: Shakra
* Patient: Shakrae (-e)
* Address: Shakraes (-es)
* Recipient: Shakraesh (-esh)
* Locative: Shakraeb (-eb)

-E, EL, ET, etc.

Galle (n.), "air spirit/Galleus"

* Agent: Galle
* Patient: Galleu (-u)
* Address: Galleus (-us)
* Recipient: Galleun (-un)
* Locative: Galleut (-ut)

Arget (n.), "fort/fortress"

* Agent: Arget
* Patient: Argetu (-u)
* Address: Argetus (-us)
* Recipient: Argetun (-un)
* Locative: Argetut (-ut)

-I

Sibsuti (n.), "prophet"

* Agent: Sibsuti
* Patient: Sibsuti* (-*)
* Address: Sibsuti*r (-*r)
* Recipient: Sibsuti*rr (-*rr)
* Locative: Sibsuti*p (-*p)

-U

Naru (n.), "divinity"

* Agent: Naru
* Patient: Narui (-i)
* Address: Naruim (-im)
* Recipient: Naruik (-ik)
* Locative: Narui/ (-i/)

-*

Vir* (n.), "(continent-dwelling) undead"

* Agent: Vir*
* Patient: Vir*k (-k)
* Address: Vir*k* (-k*)
* Recipient: Vir*k*d (-k*d)
* Locative: Vir*k*g (-k*g)

===Verbs===

It should be noted that the language is split-ergative; in its present tense, ergative-absolutive, but in its perfect tense nominative-accusative.

This basically means that the subject of an intransitive verb becomes the object of a transitive verb in the present tense, but this relationship is unchanged in the past tense and behaves more like English.

Verbs in their infinitive form do not create the "to X" relationship we're familiar with in English and Romance languages - instead, they're a progressive tense, denoting the Grecht priesthood's fuzzy relationship with time. This can be modified with conjugations of 'to be'.

Verbs conjugate according to first, second, and third person, as well as by tense. They do not modify for the plural. Imperative forms add an ejective syllable on the end, based on final vowel of the conjugation: a/ai takes (P'a), e/i takes (K'i), u/o takes (T'o), and * takes (;'*).

Ve (v.), "being" - irregular, naturally

PRESENT TENSE

* First-Person: She
* Second-Person: Cho
* Third-Person: Ven

PAST TENSE

* First-Person: Fi
* Second-Person: Va
* Third-Person: Verr

FUTURE TENSE

* First-Person: Na
* Second-Person: Ton
* Third-Person: Vet

MORE VERBS

te (v.), "doing" - irregular

PRESENT TENSE

* First-Person: Rre
* Second-Person: Rro
* Third-Person: Ten

PAST TENSE

* First-Person: Ri
* Second-Person: Rra
* Third-Person: Tel

FUTURE/CONDITIONAL TENSE

* First-Person: Rrin
* Second-Person: Rron
* Third-Person: Tet

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neshfe (v.), "worshipping" - regular pattern

PRESENT TENSE

* First-Person: Neshfe (-e)
* Second-Person: Neshfo (-o)
* Third-Person: Neshfi (-i)

PAST TENSE

* First-Person: Neshfeve (-eve)
* Second-Person: Neshfevo (-evo)
* Third-Person: Neshfevi (-evi)

FUTURE/CONDITIONAL TENSE

* First-Person: Neshfele (-ele)
* Second-Person: Neshfelo (-elo)
* Third-Person: Neshfeli (-eli)

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shakra (v.), "greeting" - regular pattern

PRESENT TENSE

* First-Person: Shakre (-e)
* Second-Person: Shakro (-o)
* Third-Person: Shakri (-i)

PAST TENSE

* First-Person: Shakreve (-eve)
* Second-Person: Shakrevo (-evo)
* Third-Person: Shakrevi (-evi)

FUTURE/CONDITIONAL TENSE

* First-Person: Shakrele (-ele)
* Second-Person: Shakrelo (-elo)
* Third-Person: Shakreli (-eli)

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SOME PHRASES OF COMMON GRECHT-

Naru sarr de shakreli. "Many warriors will greet you."

Neicel t'cha neshfi. "All priests worship."

Supe sa halfat sa sibsuteli. "Butterflies may sometimes predict ascendants."