e

Laefevian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/
• Rhyme: -e ⁽²²⁾

Pronoun

e

1. unstressed form of se

Usage notes

The form e is typically used in non-contrastive contexts.

See also

Laefevian personal pronouns
number		first person		second person		third person
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	animate	inanimate
singular		os	o	se	e	jo	al
dual	inclusive	þej		fil		land	lund
	exclusive	þid
plural	inclusive	njan		hwa		lar	aler
	exclusive	njund

Radestrian

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian i, from Old Radestrian i, inherited from Proto-Radic *hi, *i, from Proto-Hirdic *ṯi, from Proto-Laenkean *taj(h).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/
• Rhyme: -ɛ ⁽²⁰⁰⁾

Conjunction

e

1. that (subordinating conjunction) [with indicative]

   Dvumbruveș ven, en râbúl!

   I was told that you had died!

2. if (introducing a condition) [with subjunctive]

   Synonym: áde

   Eș vâs rapa, hjeaș kad virșu vans zlyemta.

   If he dies, my dad won't cope.

3. [with optative]
   1. so that, so (introducing a consequence)

      Dei kad, eș dzmen vauobș lyejr-agú.

      I am doing this so that we have a better life.

   2. for, that

      Vánui, eș dzmen vauobș lyejr-agú.

      I want us to have a better life.

Usage notes

• This conjunction adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its depersonal form.
  • The depersonal form of vat in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.

Inflection

Inflection of e
person		singular	plural
first	inclusive	ei	es
	exclusive		ete
second	humble	en
	neutral	en	e
third		eș