CONSTRUCTION

Word Order

A sentence that is easy / Ip akam sesh
A girl that is not little / Nalp syla lini
A book that is difficult / Ip puko goka
The girl reads the book / Syla pukun dulep
The sentence reads the book / Akam pukun dulep
The girl reads the sentence / Syla akanin dulep
The easy book reads the difficult sentence / Puko seshti akam gokti dulep
In the difficult book, the easy sentence is easily read by the little girl / Syla liniti akam seshti pukal gokti seshto dulep

The standard word order for Oggrish is similar to Latin, in that it is
[Subject + (modifiers)] + [Direct Object + (modifiers)] + [Indirect Object + (modifiers)] + [(verb modifiers) + verb]. Sometimes, however, especially if the verb is a form of "to be", the word order changes so that the verb is in front of the subject, as is the case for "Ip akam sesh", "Nalp syla lini", and "Ip puko goka".

Modifiers

In a sentence that has "to be" at the beginning, a modifier only needs to use its root form, as in Ip puko goka. However, if the sentence is complex, or if the verb is at the end at all, the modifier must have the -ti ending to signify that it refers to the noun before it. Likewise, if a modifier modifies the verb, it must have the -to ending to signify that it refers to the verb after it. Therefore, it is easy to end up with a sentence like

Syla liniti akam liniti pukal liniti linito dulep / The little girl reads a little of the little build in the little book

VERBS

To Be - Ap (present tense)

I am - Lap
You are - Gip
He/She/It is - Ip
We are - Lapta
You are (pl) - Gipta
They are - Ipta
You are (fm) - Apta me*

To not be - Nal

I am not - Nalap
You are not - Nalip
He/She/It is not - Nalp
We are not - Nalapta
You are not - Nalipta
They are not - Nalpta
You (fm) are not - Nalta me*

To Read - Dulp

I read - Dulap
You read - Dulip
He/She/It reads - Dulep
We read - Dulapta
You (pl) read - Dulipta
They read - Dulepta
You (fm) read - Dulpta me*

*"me" is a particle that denotes formal speaking instead of the similar future construction for I Will, and is pronounced like May.

NOUNS

Syla, Sylan, Sylal - Girl
Puko, Pukun, Pukal - Book
Akam, akanin, akanal - Build, sentance

Names are treated as roots by themselves, so someone named Lini would have

Lini, Linin, Linil

as his declination

MODIFIERS

lini, liniti, linito - little
sesh, seshti, seshto - easy
goka, gokti, gokto - hard, difficult

EXCERCISES

Write in Oggrish:

A Girl that is Little
A Girl that is not Little
A Sentance that is easy
A Sentance that is difficult
A Book that is not difficult
A Book that is not easy
The girl reads the book
I read the difficult book
You (pl) are not little
You (fm) are not little
You (fm) are little
Lini is little
I read lini
You easily read the little book

(Answers will be up with the next lesson... if I ever get around to writing it)