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gonk The Grammar of Vompish gonk
Vompish, being a language of my own creation, can have whatever grammar I want it to have. It’s not my fault if you don’t like it.
There are nouns, verbs and adjectives, thank you very much.
Nouns,
if they’re singular, and end in a consonant, the word will always end in –o. Unless the noun itself ends in a vowel, in which case, the noun ends in “p”.
If they’re plural, end in –os. Or –pos.
Usually a noun is preceded by “el” which means “The _____.”
e.g. “El woobo.” = “The cat”.
NOTE: People’s names don’t get affixes stuck on them. Places go the same way.
Also, there isn’t any word for ‘a’ there. You just put the noun there without ‘el’ or anything else. So... ‘woobo’ can either mean ‘cat’ or ‘a cat’.
Adjectives always end in –e.
You can compare using the following words before the adjective...
Pluta – Most
Pluto- More
Leto- Less
Leta- Least
Let’s take the adjective “gawe (thin)”
Pluta gawe would mean ‘most thin’. You get it.
To say ‘than’ to compare things, we add “aga” after the adjective.
Gawe aga = thinner than.
To compare things to a group, add “mir” to the end...
Pluta gawe mir... = Most thin of...
To compare things as being the same...
Ni _____ Di for example ‘Ni gawe di...’ As thin as
It doesn’t matter if you put the adjective BEFORE or AFTER the noun. We’ll get the message.
To make an adverb, replace the –e on the end of an adjective with a –u.
Gawu = Thinly
Then there are adverbs that don’t come from adjectives. Here’s a few.
dere=There
lome=Before
pare=Afterwards
rae=Then/At that time
nole=Always
yike=Also
Verbs..
Example used = dacal (to see)
INFINITIVE- end in –al (to see)
PRESENT- end in –el (sees) dacel
PAST- end in –il (seen) dacil
FUTURE- end in –ol (will see) dacol
CONDITIONAL- end in –ul (would see) dacul
IMPERATIVE- end in –eil (see!) daceil
Past infinitive ends in –ik (dacik) to have seen
Future infinitive ends in –uk (dacuk) to be going to see
THE VERB ‘TO BE’
Infinitive is ‘(ut)al’
Utel – am/is
Util – was/were
Utol – will be
TO MAKE A NEGATIVE PUT ‘NOI’ BEFORE THE VERB
Noi utol = will not be
Noi utal – is not
Describing things with verbs:
You replace the infinitive ending with these..
ACTIVE
-alo = turns the verb into an adjective describing the thing that is doing an action
-ali = turns the verb into an adjective describing the thing that has done an action.
-alu = turns the verb into an adjective describing the thing that is going to do an action.
PASSIVE
-amo = turns the verb into an adjective describing the thing that is having something done to it.
-ami =turns the verb into an adjective describing the thing that had something done to it.
-amu =turns the verb into an adjective describing the thing that is going to have something done to it.
HAD AND HAVE
When saying things like ‘I have eaten’ or ‘I had gone’ or ‘I will have sung’ use these endings, respectively.
-ilas
-ilos
-ilis
PRONOUNS ARE WORDS LIKE I, ME, HE, SHE, IT, ETC.
I, me = Me
You (informal)= Tu
You(formal)=Yu
You(plural)=Tum
He, him=Hut
She, her=Set
It=Fut
He, she, or it (where people would, in English, say ‘he or she’)=Ru
We, us=Mem
They, them=Fum
One= Du
Oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves=Dum
TO SHOW OWNERSHIP= stick an ‘a-‘ on the beginning of either of these.
• You can change a verb into a noun by changing the –al ending into an –o ending.
• You can change the –e on an adjective to an –o to make an adjective into a noun. Like if you were to say fukwoe (gigantic), you can make it into a ‘giant’ by changing the –e to an –o (fukwoo)
• The usual way to make an adjective from a noun is to replace the -o with -e.
• There are some ways of turning adjectives into verbs. If you replace -e with -alem, you have a verb that means to turn something into the adjective. For example, gawe (thin) becomes gawalem (to make thin).
• To make a verb that shows something turning into the adjective, replace -al with -elem. gawe becomes gawelem (to become thin).
• Don't forget that now that they are verbs, don't worry and just use them in the same way as the others. Fut gawalem tu (It made you thin)
• Nouns can turn into verbs by replacing -o with -agar. This just implies a direct action. That means that rayo (a hammer) becomes rayagar (to hammer).
• You can do the same thing to make a verb with the meaning "to add" by replacing -o with -ilar. That means that selo (salt) becomes selilar (to salt, or to add salt).
Compound words are easy to make. Just take two nouns, and take the –o off the first one. The first word compliments the second.
• Use di to show who owns or belongs to something. Tano di Meg (Meg’s book)
• Use de to show where something is from. Tano de Meg means "Mike’s cat" (the book you got from Meg).
• Use da to show what something is by. tano da Meg means "a book by Meg", (Meg wrote the book).
• Use pra to show what something is about. tano pra Meg means "a book about Meg", (Meg is the subject of the book).
• Use a or ad (which one you use doesn't matter) for the English word "to" when talking about direction. De France a Russia - "From France to Russia".
• Use per to show what you are using to do something.
• Use kun to show that one thing is in company with something else.
• Use ek for the word "out", as in made out of something.
• Use en for the word "in".
• Use aden (to + in) to mean "into".
• Use sor to mean "on".
• Use asor to mean "up onto".
• Use aloye in the same way you use English "along".
Word order: Like English, except the adjectives can go before OR after the noun...
Ask yes or no questions by adding “yir” or “yo” at the beginning of a sentence.
Other words: shai (when), male (how), fai (where), dey (what), qia (who).
Prefixes
These are small words you put on the front of other words to change the meaning, like the "im" in "impossible". You can use these to make all new words of your own if you know how they work.
• das makes things opposite.
• dos is when you take things apart.
• exe is the same as in English.
• mile gives the meaning of half.
• ney is when something is done wrong.
• na makes something negative.
• ova goes on a verb to show that it was done well, or completely.
• beo means "before".
• retra gives the meaning of "backward".
• ri is like the English "re", meaning to do again.
• sany gives the meaning of "without".
Suffixes
These are the same as prefixes except that they go on the end. Remember to take the last ending off the word before you put a suffix on.
• Use -ay when you don't like something or when you look down on it.
• Use -an after taking the -al off of a verb to show repeated action.
• Use -at to show something that is made out of that word.
• Use -ua when you are talking about someone that belongs to a certain group. You also use this as an adjective for talking about people from different lands.
• Use -ar when you want to talk about a large collection of the first word.
• Use -atra when you want to say that something is similar to, or has similar qualities to the root.
-you use verb+infinitive to say something like ‘I need (verb) to go (inf)’.
Times
One can talk about time using words such as the following:
• heer - yesterday
• ydui - today
• tagge - tomorrow
• tara - hour
• e’tara - o'clock
• dyo - day
• munt - month
• secle – year
Short words
Note: ‘that’ is rather redundant.
Neither/nor = yavo
Only= yera
Now=yimu
For/since=yra
Something=yuni
Anyone/someone=ytoia
Any/some=yoj
Through=yali
Too=yeeb
Very=yomu
During=yirga
Here is/are, there is/are=yopla
So, consequently=yimle
But=yit
Already=yarula
If=yim
Indeed=yalee
So (as in ‘so big’)=urra
And=eyt
At=Deyc
• Use -e- to describe tint or colour.
• Use -ebl- to indicate that something is possible
• Use -ed- to show quantity held by something.
• Use -eg- to indicate largeness.
• Use -em- to say that someone or something is inclined to something.
• Use -end- to express something to be done.
• Use -er- to indicate customary but not professional activity or occupation for a person, or a characteristic action by an animal or even a thing.
OTHER RANDOM THINGS
Hello- Gayi
Goodbye-Onetelve
Yes-Kay
No-Noy
For-Weka
One=Uno
Two=Dua
Three=Tresa
Four=Tetra
Five=Quatro
Six=Seso
Seven=Seba
Eight=Octo
Nine=Nueva
Ten=Dizo
To change the numbers so they’ll mean ‘once’ or ‘twice’ or ‘eighth’ change the o, or a ending to a ‘ui’
To express certainty, use these.
Quite certain=Kertimente
‘Maybe’=Milekertimente
Not certain=Nakertimente
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