H Prefixes

The letter H is used for only three special prefixes: HA, HE, and HU.

HA is used to prefix any word that is questionable, so that questions can be asked in a variety of ways.

HAPARO NUPA PAFUA

You like rain?

Here the emphasis is on wondering that it is you that likes rain.

PARO HANUPA PAFUA

You like rain?

Here the emphasis is on wondering that you actually like rain.

PARO NUPA HAPFUA

You like rain?

Here the emphasis is on wondering that it is rain you like.

HE prefixes the first word of a quote and suffixes the last.

Quotes always constitute the object section of a sentence, though they may consist of one or more sentences within the quote.

RERO RAPA HEPARO NUPA PAFUA. RERO PUNA PAFUAHE

I say “You like rain. I hate rain.”

HU prefixes proper nouns. Proper nouns are not JARRAPUA words, even if they would have meaning in JARRAPUA. If they are from another language, they are transliterated as closely as the sounds can be approximated using the JARRAPUA phoneme inventory, as they are pronounced in the language of origin.

RERO NUPA HUPARE

I like Paris.

HURAPURT RAPEU NUM RERO

“Robert” sayingly name me.

Call me “Robert”.

By definition, proper nouns are nouns, so they shouldn’t need inflecting suffixes. When echelon prefixes and H prefixes occur together the echelon prefix is first. Because the other way you can’t pronounce it.