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Anorectic-Pandas

PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:23 pm


This is my third conlang to post, after Swjedeski and La Lingua Noraby. I have abandoned the others because I want to become completely fluent in this one, and I no longer wish to be fluent in the others.

This conlang is highly based off of Russian {The name Ġaraжski comes from the Russian word 'хороший', and if I am not mistaken, that means 'good' in Russian.}, and some Polish, with a lot of Latin thrown in.

The alphabet it a mixed one, meaning there are some Latin letters, with a few Cyrillic.

Off to reserve posts.
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:24 pm


The Alphabet and Diphthongs

Aa- father
Ąą- father [nasal]
Bb- bet
Ĉĉ- chair
Цц- ts
Dd- debt
Ee- bet
Ęę- bet [nasal]
Ff- fray
Gg- get
Hh- hat
Ġġ- Scottish lach
Ii- eat
Йй- it
Jj- yet
Kk- keep
Ll- let
Łł- soft l
Mm- met
Nn- net
Oo- no
Øø- oh+ah
Pp- pet
Rr- rent
Ss - sent
Şş- ship
Tt- tent
Uu- loot
Vv- fray
Ww- very
Zz- zoo
Жж- pleasure
The [`] indicates a complete stop. It is only used between vowels.

Au= cow
U+vowel= w[vowel]
I+vowel= y[vowel]
Ng= sink
Жs= ship

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Anorectic-Pandas

PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:24 pm


Grammar

I guess I'll start where I always start- The Pronouns

Subjective/ Objective Pronouns are one and the same. The only way to tell the subject/ object of a sentence is to look at word order.

Subjective/ Objective-
I/ me- dzią
You [singular, informal]- tu
He/ him- on
She/ her- ona
It- ono
--------------------------------
We/ us- nos
You [plural]- łu
You [singular, formal]- vu`e
You [plural, formal]- vue
They- onй

Possessive pronouns change by number.
{The pronouns get an ending depending on the number of a word.
The base form of the pronoun changes slightly for the plural forms}
The pronouns are arranged in singular/ plural order.

My- moje/ moжi
Your [singular, informal]- twoje/ twoжi
His- onreşe/ onreжi
Her- onareşa/ onareжan
Its- onereş-/ onereжen
-----------------------------------------------------------
Our- noseжe/ noseжi
Your [both sing. and plural, formal]- lu`eme/ lu`emi
Their- onйme/ onйmi



On to Sentence Structure!

All sentences are arranged in VSDOV²IOV³ order.
{Verb- Subject- Direct Object- Secondary Verb- Indirect Object- Tertiary Verb}
The only verb that is not in this order is the to be verb 'falare'

All verbs end in either 'are', or 'ere'.
Verbs only get 2 conjugations, depending on whether the subject is singular or plural.
{This is why you must always put in the pronoun/ subject, even when it has already been stated!}

'-Are' verbs get this conjugation--

Singular- '-ua'
Plural- '-aжe'

'-Ere' verbs get this conjugation--

Singular- '-ue'
Plural- '-eжe'

Lets conjugate 'batare', or 'to confront'.

Batua dzią= I confront
Batua tu= You confront
Bataжe nos= We confront
ETC.

Now, the only exception is to be, or 'falare'

Dzią/ Tu/ On/ Ona/ Ono padri
Nos/ Łu/ Vu`e/ Vue. Onй voжki

And remember, the order for when to be is the main verb is always SVDOV²IOV³, not VSDOV²IOV³.

Nouns are made plural by adding one of two suffixes.
For nouns that end in consonants- 'i'
For nouns that end in vowels- 'ni'
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:25 pm


Time for Verb Forms.

You already know the Preset form, but what about Present Progressive?
The only way to change it is to add '-skri' to the end of the conjugate verb.
So 'møцare' means to cut {yes, I did get it from the Italian 'mozzare'}
'Møцua dzią' means I cut.
But, 'møцuaskri dzią' means 'I am cutting'.
'Møцuaskri tu' means 'you are cutting'

Now onto Present Perfect.
Add 'wjeġ' after the conjugated verb, and before the pronoun.
'Møцua wjeġ dzią' means 'I have cut', and so on.

On to the Past!

Simple Past is just that, simple.
Add 'je' between the verb and subject.
'Møцua je dzią' means 'I cut'

Past Progressive is also simple.
Just change 'je' to 'jene'
'Møцua jene dzią' means 'I was cutting'

Back to the Future, Tense that is.

To make a verb in future tense, add '-di' to the end of the conjugated verb.
'Møцuadi dzią' means 'I will cut'

That's all the tenses that have changes to the verb or word order itself.
Other tenses {like Future Perfect} are formed by adding words.
To say 'By tomorrow we will have finished this job', you would literally say 'We will finish this job by tomorrow'. Get it?

To negate a verb, add 'nu' after the verb and any other words, but before the subject.
'Møцua jene nu dzią' is 'I was not cutting'

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:27 pm


Numbers and Time-

0- nul
1- йn
2- dwa
3- sri
4- kuat
5- sin
6- seşĉ
7- sębe
8- akt
9- non
10- det
100- hunder
1000- tause
Larger numbers are formed by adding these base numbers together with 'i' in between. The numbers are separated after 20.

11- йnidet
23- dwadet i sri
635- seşĉ hunder i sridet i sin.


Time is easy.

To say 10:00 you would say 'det noten'
10:35 would be 'det i sridet i sin noten'

Am and Pm are spelled just as in English {'am', 'pm'} but are pronounced different.

Am- ah+ehm
Pm- pe+ehm
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:28 pm


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