Notes on Grammar

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Causes of Verbs

How does one say “I exist because a dog ate”? (Don't ask, that was the first example I thought of)
You use delcension:

1. Create a compound word of:
   • qqhejaq (the act of eating)
   • ge (dog)
2. Assign “qqhejaq” the causal case, as it is the cause of the verb.
3. Assign “ge” the agentive case, as it is the thing that did the eating.
4. Your result is “qqhejaqfãlgelhung”.
5. Full sentence: “Fērļ qqhejaqfãlgelhung.”

Alternatively, you can use a relative clause, as such:

“Fērļ qqhejaq, āk gekhē”
(lit. translation: I.exist act.of.eating, done.by dog-NOM)

For this use case, that is impractical, but it can be useful for longer causes.