Argument Prefixes

So the way this works is, the verb has to have a prefix indicating the gender and number of the subject and object (this is a nom/acc language, by the way).  Basic word order is SOV, leading to rather more prefixes than suffixes.  There are four grammatical genders: neuter, epicene, masculine and feminine.  These pretty much follow the natural gender of the referent: a generic animal is epicene, a tree is neuter (unless it's a ginkgo), a mare is feminine, a father is masculine, etc.  People insisting on referring to cars and boats as feminine are to be humored.

Here are the tables of argument prefixes:

So you decide on the gender and number of your subject and object, and attach the appropriate prefix to the verb:

John Mary péergòl: John sees Mary.
Dómìll yodis waergòl: Women see a man.

If you do this without any nouns, you get the implication of pronouns:
Péergòl: He sees her.
John péergòl: John sees her.
Mary péergòl: He sees Mary. ("Mary sees him" would be "Mary téergòl")

More notes on the specialness of the null subject-null object "ve-" later.

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