Kzints'utng Word Order
By Roger KuiperKzints'utng sentences have a varied word order, depending on the verb and noun mode of the sentence. The modes are as follows: Factual (Technical), Royal (Ultimate Imperative), Submissive (Deferential), Superior-Inferior (Imperative/Mocking), Inferior-Superior, Transitive/Intransitive.
The Factual (or Technical) and Royal modes are extremely similar in most respects. factual verbs and nouns are used for scientific, religious, philosophical, mechanical and government documents, manuals, and texts. In these publications the word order is presented as it would be in American or British English (SVO), complete with articles, pronouns, nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, correlations, and prepositions. The difference in the royal mode is in the form of kzints'utng used. The Patriarchy generally only uses the Royal Kzints'utng symbols, which is never used in the Factual mode. Also, in the Royal mode, pronouns referring to the Patriarch or his government are emphasized within sentences (in the English translation such emphasis is indicated by capitalizing the pronouns). Word order in the Royal (Ultimate Imperative) mode is that of modern Dutch rather than modern English.
In Submissive (Deferential), Superior-Inferior (Mocking) and Inferior-Superior sentences, transitive and intransitive verbs as well as their polite forms are used (though the polite forms are rarely used in Superior-Inferior), and the word order is as it is found in Japanese (SOV), which has no definite or indefinite articles, uses postpositions, finds the verb placed at the end of the sentence, uses desiderative verbs, has negative pronouns, and polite tenses of verbs. The Submissive (Deferential) mode ALWAYS uses the polite or submissive tense of verbs and nouns. When a polite tense and a submissive tense exists for the same verb or noun, the submissive form is used rather than the polite form when using the Submissive (Deferential) mode of communication. Superior-Inferior mode is known as the Mocking mode, or Mocking tense, because Superior-Inferior mode is used (regardless of one's station or rank in life) to mock an adversary, opponent, or underling when one wishes to berate, humiliate, or otherwise insult someone.
The Transitive and Intransitive mode is the general/standard mode of communication for Kzints'utng, and word order is formed as in modern English (SVO). Since Superior-Inferior (Mocking), Transitive, Intransitive, and some Inferior-Superior sentences often use the same nouns and verbs, the order in which the sentence is laid out will determine which mode is being used.
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