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=== Inflection ===
=== Inflection ===
{{rad-persconj}}
{{rad-persconj}}
=== Particle ===
{{head|rad|particle
}}
# 'question-forming particle''
#: {{ex|rad|Bist <b>gjøn</b> devúl?|What <b>have you</b> done?}}
#: {{ex|rad|<b>Gjøș</b> hovend devúl lirș skanþs?|<b>Has</b> your husband made the cake?}}
==== Usage notes ====
* This particle adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its impersonal form.
** The impersonal form of ''{{wl-rad|vat}}'' in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.
==== See also ====
{{columns|rad|gje|gjøș hje}}


=== Conjunction ===
=== Conjunction ===
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* This conjunction adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its impersonal form.
* This conjunction adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its impersonal form.
** The impersonal form of ''{{wl-rad|vat}}'' in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.
** The impersonal form of ''{{wl-rad|vat}}'' in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.
=== Particle ===
{{head|rad|particle
}}
# 'question-forming particle''
#: {{ex|rad|Bist <b>gjøn</b> devúl?|What <b>have you</b> done?}}
#: {{ex|rad|<b>Gjøș</b> hovend devúl lirș skanþs?|<b>Has</b> your husband made the cake?}}
==== Usage notes ====
* This particle adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its impersonal form.
** The impersonal form of ''{{wl-rad|vat}}'' in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.
==== See also ====
{{columns|rad|gje|gjøș hje}}

Revision as of 01:12, 23 August 2023

Radestrian

Etymology

From earlier **gjə, from Middle Radestrian gjo, from Old Radestrian ɣo, inherited from Proto-Radic *ɣo, from Proto-Hirdic *gho, from Proto-Laenkean *g(ʱ)e/o(j?)-.

Pronunciation

Inflection

Inflection of gjø  
person singular plural
first inclusive gjøi gjøs
exclusive gjøte
second humble gjøn
neutral gjøn gjø
third gjøș

Conjunction

gjø

  1. if, whether, introduces the question of a proposition's truth value [+indicative]
    Hjei sjelta, gjøș kad devúl.
    I don’t know if he’s done it.
  2. even if [+dubitative]
    Stratuos, gjøs rapavú.
    We will fight, even if we die.
  3. or, introduces a choice
    Gjøn hovend vánu, gjøn bist?
    Do you want a cake or what?
    Hjei sjelta, gjøș dzard sjínúl, gjøș drávist.
    I don’t know if she’s written a song or a book.

Usage notes

  • This conjunction adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its impersonal form.
    • The impersonal form of Template:wl-rad in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.

Particle

gjø

  1. 'question-forming particle
    Bist gjøn devúl?
    What have you done?
    Gjøș hovend devúl lirș skanþs?
    Has your husband made the cake?

Usage notes

  • This particle adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its impersonal form.
    • The impersonal form of Template:wl-rad in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.

See also

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