Articles and Order

 Hello, and Be welcome.

Today we're going to see Articles.

They're not mandatory.

Being optional, you're going to use the articles only when you need to clarify the meaning of your sentence.

There are three genders in the Wizarding language.

Feminine or Generic, then Neuter, then Masculine.

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Articles

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tae (taktae) – some

tá (taktae) – one, a, an

–/(af), el/(der), ad/(l'/e-) – for Feminine or Generic, then Neuter, then Masculine

Actually, there's no Feminine accusative.

When you use the Word without and Article, it's Feminine or Generic.

Between brackets, the genitive: possession, component, or participation -- origin, or starting point.

There's also a Formal Article:

dag (der) – diyya (gl) – "gl" is for "genderless"

Possession may also be marked by Word Order -- the last possesses the previous.

This way:

–– Schatka(yer) Ikuta –– accusative

and –– Iku af Schatkayer –– are the same thing.

Use the Direct Order (the second one) when you're going to have an explanatory sentence.

Remember also that if it's Feminine there's no Article.

–– Ad schatka irui lyta e dil-a.

for –– The button hole (on the shirt) is too small.

We don't use capitalization all the time, too.

That's good if you use it in written language to clarify the emphasys on this or that word (s), but there's no way to indicate capitalization on spoken language.

We only capitalize Names, if so, then other words are not capitalized.

Note the change in meaning when we change the Article.

There's no guide on which words are classified as this or that gender.

You are free to use the article you need, or want.

This change allows the change in meaning.

Some words are classified, and noted with gender on the Dictionary, but most words are (gl), or genderless.

The example here uses two feminine words, "iku" is "window", and "schatka" is "house".

We could for example change it for Neuter, then "el iku" is maybe a "passage".

I say maybe because the second or third (or more) meanings depend on the context to be clarified, you can also generates Slang, or else you can use spontaneous code generation, which will be convered on future posts.

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Slang Words

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This is a very different use than in English.

Slang are tagged words, with essentially any meaning you can imagine.

English uses the concept of a word out of their original meaning.

We don't use this, but yes, a second meaning to a word.

It depends on the meaning the speakers give to that tagged words, for example the word "Schatka" may define a specific house, only the speakers know, so it's used as a code -- but also, tagged words may be clarified by particles or expressions allowed.

If it's your opinion, you can use Bias to clarify the meaning.

This way, we may see: –– "ad osto schatka" –– "the (masc) certain house", meaning "what men do" in a particular situation.

You see? The Bias is "osto", which conveys the meaning of "sureness, certainty".

We may use a wide range of second meanings, or third, or fourth.

This way: –– "tá osto schatka" is for "certainly, it's a house thing", related context.

You can give the meaning to this expression by tagging it.

We use mostly Particles and Expressions to tag Slang.

But well, we may also use Articles, changing the gender related meaning.

For example: –– "ad okka", for "the man", and "Okka", without the Article for universal, "men, in general".

I hope you're enjoying the reading.

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