Stonebreaker Language/Grammar/Negation

Negation

Negation in Stonebreaker is very simple. To reverse the meaning of a noun, adjective or verb, you can add na, ni or n' before the word. The rules are fairly simple. Before a verb, use ni. Before a head noun ending in -am,(or related adjective) use na, otherwise use ni. If the word begins with a vowel, use n' instead of na and nij instead of ni.

Examples:

Head noun		adjective		verb
Garam	Nagaram	gara	nagara	garna	nigarna
goodness	evil	good	bad	to make good	to corrupt, spoil
Felim	Nifelim	fel	nifel	felna	nifelna
joy	sorrow	happy	sad	to make happy	to sadden
Urpem	Nijurpem	urpe	nijurpe	urpna	nijurpna
warfare	peace	belligerent	pacifist	to fight	to refrain from fighting
Cram	Nacram	cra	nacra	crna	nicrna
fear	bravery	afraid	unafraid	to fear	to be unafraid
Gantam	Nagantam	ganta	naganta	gantna	nigantna
strength	weakness	strong	weak	to strengthen	to weaken
Ritam	Naritam	rita	narita	ritna	niritna
Sharpness, Fitness	Bluntness	sharp, fit for purpose	blunt, stupid	to sharpen	to blunt
Arkam	N'arkam	arka	n'arka	arkna	nijarkna
Beauty	Ugliness	pretty	ugly	to beuatify	to despoil
Keram	Nakeram	kera	nakera	kerna	nikerna
extravegance	poverty	dear	cheap	to add value	to cheapen
Ovim	Nijovim	ov	nijov	ovna	nijovna
openness	'closedness'	open	closed	to open	to close