Graedjoan Giantish Basic Intransitive Sentences 1

Here are some basic intransitive sentences in Graedjoan Giantish. In all of the examples used below, the sentences will be about the sun shining.

The sun shines.

ABS.sun light.VBZ.NPST

bezun wicax.

The sun is shining

ASB.sun light.VBZ.NPST.PROG

bezun wicaxeguv

The sun shone.

ABS.sun light.VBZ.PST.

bezun wicaxiva

The sun will shine

ABS.sun fated.NPST light.VBZ.NPST

bezun zol wicax

The sun has been shining

ABS.sun light.VBZ.PST.PROG

bezun wicaxivaguv.

The sun is shining again.

ABS.sun relight.VBZ.NPST.PROG

bezun wiwicaxeguv.

The sun will shine tomorrow.

ABS.sun fated.NPST light.VBZ.NPST INE.tomorrow

bezun zol wicax dzigwyrm

The sun shines brightly.

ABS.sun light.VBZ.NPST sun.ADJZ

bezun wicax zunjud.

The bright sun shines.

ABS.sun sun.ADJZ light.VBZ.NPST

bezun zunjud wicax.*

*However, this is redundant, as the sun is bright, and is considered bright alright, hence bright being derived from the word for sun. thus, you would likely just say “the sun shines.” A better example of what this sentence is trying to show, which is an intransitive sentence with the NP having an adjective, would the be following sentence:

The purple sun shines

ABS.sun purple light.VBZ.NPST

bezun balden wicax

The sun is rising now**

ABS.sun REFL.high.VBZ.NPST.PROG

bezun adzjadumboxeguv oiv.

**If you notice, the reflexive is used here. This is because, even though the sun is in the absolutive case due to the verb being intransitive, the sun is viewed as raising itself up, as opposed to a thing that happens to it. This is because the giants view the sun as acting on its own volition.