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 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:25 pm
Gutestkomst k wäyrt d Swjedeszkis.
This is my own conlang that is influenced by Latin {as well as the other Romance Languages} and highly by Russian and German.
It's now safe to post!!!
Important Things to Note::
Swjedeski has no articles {'the', 'a', and 'an'} whatsoever.
As is in Russian (Told 'ya it was highly influenced by Russian)
It has no gender
{Apart from the basics like taking a human noun [doctor, teacher, spouse, etc.] and making it female [The roots are male]}
Words do not have to have a vowel to be a word {As is in Russian} Most of the prepositions are themselves one letter. {'Gutestkomst k wäyrt d Swjedeszkis'- 'k'= 'to'; 'd'= 'of'}
The Alphabet-- Alpfabet
Swjedeski has 32 Letters and 1 symbol.
a- 'ah' as in 'father'
ä- 'ah+ ah' {The 'ah' sound is being pronounced twice}
â- 'eye' ah in 'fight'
b- 'b' as in 'boat'
c- 'c' as in 'cat'
ć- 'ch' as in 'chocolate'
d- 'd' as in 'dog'
e- 'eh' as in 'met'
ë- 'eh+eh' {Same as with ä- 'eh' is pronounced twice}
ê- 'ay' as in 'they'
f- 'f' as in 'father'
g- 'g' as in 'goat'
h- ch' as in Scottish 'loch' {It is a hard rasping sound just like
the 'X' letter in... guess what... Russian!
i- 'ee' as in 'feet'
î- 'ih' as in 'it'
j- ''y' as in 'yet'
k- 'k' as in 'deck'
l- 'l' as in 'late'
m- 'm' as in 'met'
n- 'n' as in 'nice'
o- 'o' as in 'phone'
ö- 'oh+oh'
ô- 'ow' as in 'low'
p- 'p' as in 'pint'
r- 'r' as in 'rat' {The 'r' is trilled between vowels and at the
beginning of words.}
s- 's' as in 'sought'
ŝ- 'sh' as in 'short'
t- 't' as in 'tall'
u- 'oo' as in 'who'
w- 'v' as in 'violin'
y- 'uh' as in 'us'
z- 'zh' as in 'pleasure'
The 'Twäyrdiŝnak' and Vowel Pairings--
The 'Twäyrdiŝnak' is represent by an English apostrophe {'}. It softens consonant sounds, but the most important usage (by far) is with the 'h'.
Normally, 'h' makes a raspy 'ckh' sound BUT!- with the 'Twäyrdiŝnak' it now makes an English 'h' sound.
Isn't it amazing?!?
Diphthongs ::
'a+y'= 'oi' as in 'boy'
'ä+y'=... Well, it's hard to explain. Think of the German 'ö'. It makes the
same sound which is a 'ehr' sound with more accent on the
ending sound. sweatdrop
'e+a'= 'ay+uh' {Think of 'ê +y'}
'vowel+ another vowel'= 'first vowel sound+other vowel sound'
You DO NOT pronounce the two together. They are separate, with the second vowel producing the start of a new syllable.
's+z'= 'sh' as in the same sound as 'ŝ'
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:24 pm
Pronouns/ Nouns/ Adjectives::
Personal Pronouns--
I (me)- Ja
You (informal, singular)- Ty
He- On
She- Ona
It- One
We- Nos
You (plural)- Weam
They- Onis
You (formal)- Wyn'
Object Pronouns-
Me- kja
You (informal)- kty
Him- ton
Her- tonan
It- tonen
Us- noseje
You (group)- wemon
Them- oni
Reflexive Pronouns-
Myself- mis
Yourself (inf.)- tis
Himself- nis
Herself- sist
Itself- arist
Ourselves- nosist
Yourselves- wemist
Themselves- onis
Yourself (form.)- wsi
Possessive Pronouns-
My- moje
Your (both formal & informal)- tojen
His- gnasz
Her- gnasa
Its- injety
Our- nosoje
Your (group)- irje
Their- onije
Nouns--
Making nouns Plural--
If the noun in question ends in a consonate, simply add 'i'.
Gats (cat) to gatsi (cats)
If the noun ends in a vowel, you must at 'tri'
Heksena (female witch) to heksenatri.
Making "human nouns" Feminine-
Take a root "human noun"
(teacher, doctor, worker, etc. - In this case 'profeser' for 'teacher'.
Note that "professor is 'profesiern')
Profeser= Male teacher
Profeser+a (profesera)= Female teacher
See how it works?
Well, what if the noun ends in a vowel already?
(I'll use 'hekse' for 'male witch')
Hekse= Male witch
Heksena= Female witch
(Addition of 'na')
Not that Hard I think.
Adjectives--
Adjectives, like nouns, have no gender (Why would they, if the nouns they alter don't?). They do, however, have number.
Most adjectives will end in a consonant. The adjectives go before the noun it alters if it is important.
Say you wanted only a blue book. You would say
'Zenihu blau buh.'
If you wanted a book, and preferred for it to be blue (but wouldn't really mind if it wasn't), you would say
'Zenihu buh blau.'
Now a little harder maybe?
Making the adjectives plural! {Oh fun.}
There are 2 rules that apply.
Can 'ya guess'
That's correct- whether the adjective ends in a vowel or consonant.
Ends in vowel--
Add 'tat'
'blau' changes to 'blautat'
'gostlo' (ghastly) changes to 'gostlotat'
Ends in consonant--
add 'i' {Simple}
'doaw' (flying) to 'doawi'
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:49 pm
Verb Conjugation
All verbs in in the combinations of either 'eć', 'ać', or 'oć'.
Conjugation is the same for all of them, and no verbs are irregular (well except for 'to be'. But most languages are like that, so you shoulda seen it comin')
1. Take the infinitive.
2. Remove the 'eć', 'ać', or 'oć'.
3. Add the verb ending (In the chart to follow.
4. Add to sentence.
NOTE: The pronoun is NOT necessary (except in the case of he, she, or it,)
Ja- +'u'
Ty- +'o'
On/ Ona/ One- +'e'
Nos- +'a'
Weam- +'at'
Onis- +'den'
Wyn'- +'soz'
easeć= to eat
easu= I eat
easo= you eat
easat= you (group) eat
Negation--
Just add the word 'nu' in front of any conjugated verb to make it negative.
Get it?
Now, the verb 'to be'.
DUN DUN DUN!
to be = falać {remember the root (fal). This will be important.}
Ja- jan
Ty- falan {See why it was important?}
One/ Ona/ One- ist
Nos- nosem
Weam- wemer
Onis- goro
Wyn'- gdansk {After a Polish city from which my Grandmother comes
from. sweatdrop }
That wasn't too hard was it?
Now the hard part- Past, Present, and Future.
It is a lot easier than you may think.
It's just an addition of root words to the beginning of the conjugated verb!
Past- 'ge'
Present Progressive (Am/ are/ is whatever-ING)- 'do'
Future- (will whatever)- 'nas'
daru- I dare (cognate to English)
gedaru- I dared
dodaru- I am daring
nasdaru- I will {be} dare{ing}
Again, what if the verb begins and the prefix ends with a vowel?
This is simple.
Separate the prefix with a hyphen, and pronounce as two separate words.
Note: This is only when the prefix ends with a vowel, and the conjugated verb begins with one.
Ge-easu- I ate
Do-easu- I am eating
Naseasu- I will {be} eat{ing}
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:07 pm
Now that we are over that, lets get to some Grammar!
Sentence structure in Swjedeski is fasile (easy- cognate to Spanish).
I will use the English class sequence numbers:
#1= Subject+ Verb
#2= Subject+ Verb + Direct Object
#3= Subject+ Verb+ Direct Object+Secondary verb+ Indirect Object
#4-= Subject+ Linking Verb+ Predicate Noun
#5= Subject+ Linking Verb+ Predicate Adjective
I'm going to try to make this as easy as possible.
#1--
Take subject- add conjugated verb.
Ja waru- I warn
#2--
Take subject- add conjugated verb- add Direct object
Ja waru kty- I warn you
#3--
Take subject- add conjugated verb- add indirect object- add secondary (infinitive)- add preposition 'by' (ros)- add Direct Object
Ja geŝeju Rob batalać ros on- I saw him fight Rob.
#4--
Take Subject- add conjugated linking verb - add predicate noun
Jan easitor- I am an eater {Remember that pronouns are not needed
with conjugated verbs. Even the 'to be' verb.}
#5--
Take subject- add conjugated linking verb- add predicate adjective
Falan groas- You are tall.
If needed, add additional nouns and adjectives (nothing is changed)
BUT!
When there are two conjugated verbs in a sentence {I something and something} the word for 'and' {i} is changed to {uns}.
Easu uns geŝeju kty easeć- I eat and saw you eat.
Easy, yes?
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:33 pm
Word lists {incomplete} Verbs--
to be- falać
to have- habeć (Cog. to German)
to see- ŝejeć (Cog. to German)
to eat- easeć
to like- bonać
to hate- maloć
to love (person)- ljubować (Cog to Russian)
to want- zenihać
to read- lëreć (Cog. to German)
to hear- h'äyreć (Cog. to German)
to smell- sentać
to feel (emotion)- emosionoć
to feel (physical)- garadoć
to write- escribeć (Cog to Spanish)
to say/ speak- vaysoć
to go- gêeć (Cog. to German)
to talk to/ communicate {have a conversation} with- conversoć
to look at with disgust- malesâtenrihtendisgustierfahrenać
{Though some of you would like to know...
Not even I have this mesmerized.
I have to look it up}
Nouns--
person- lête
people- liti
computer- homputer
desk- tisz
menu- menjus
school- szulyr
food- esen
telephone- telefonja
friend- frayunt
dog- haunt
cat- gats
fish- fiŝ
hamster- mêszwânh'ien
Mother- Mysja
Father- Fasja
Brother- Brodier
Sister- Sîistiar
Grand{whatever}- gots{..}
Aunt- tja
Uncle- tjo
Cousin- tjonas
Step{whatever}- nest
Adjectives--
Smart- Jesten
Dumb- Antjest
Itellegent- Intelgon
Big- grots
Small- klet
Long- lang
Wide- wânt
Red- ret
Blue- blau
Yellow- marenaje
Orange- oranz
Green- grun
Purple- wjolet
Black- negr
White- blank
Brown- braun
Grey- gris
Numbers--
0- sero
1- jeden
2- dwa
3- ćri
4- has
5- het
6- sise
7- sibe
8- acte
9- nonte
10- fain
11- fain i jedens
12- fain i dwas
14- fain i has
20- dwafain
30- ćrifain
31- ćrifain i jedens
40- hasfain
50- hetfain
60- sisefain
70- sibefain
80- actefain
90- nonfain
100- h'undernt
101- h'undernt jedens
110- h'undernt fains
1000- tausan
Preposistions/ Common Words & Sayings--
Yes- da
No- nje
Maybe- niemals
Please- Prosze
Excuse me- scusiê {scusi when spoken formally}
I'm sorry- Prosz {Proszen when formal or spoken to a group}
Thank you- jenkujen
You're welcome- nasrobins
How are you?- Keja falans?
I am good- Jan gutes
{okay}- soins
{Bad}- male
{Miserable}- mîserab
I am hungry- Habu h'unger
I am thristy- Habu gedierst
I love you- Ja ljublju kty. {Yes, this is a case where Ja is used}
Do you love me?- Ljubljo kja?
At-ä
By-ros
Near- nê-yn
Too- zu
To- k
Of- d
With- mîs
Who- Kjen
What- Wä {Wäs when speaking formally}
When- Wens
Where- Wonte
Why- Wary (Cog. to German)
How- Comn
Something you want me to add? Send a PM.
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:34 pm
Time to do some Time-- Month- Mont
Day- Dag
Week- Dagreti
Jan.- Janjuar
Feb.- Februar
March- Martz
April- Apriles
May- Maje
June- Jun
July- Jul
Aug.- Augustiar
Sept.- Septembiar
Nov.- Nowembiar
Dec.- Dezjembiar
First- jeden-gat
Second- dwa-gat
Third- cri-gat
Fourth- has- gat
Basically creating a ordinal number is taking the original number {Notice accents are removed} and adding -gat.
Third of August- cri-gat d Augustiar
Easy.
Time- tym {Polish}
Clock- nasze
Hour- aur [pronounced similarly to the English 'hour']
Minute- minut
Second- minugreti
Noon- twelfy {similar to English 'twelve'}
Midnight- Halbnokt
Day- dag
Night- nakt {changes to 'nokt' with any prefixes or adjectives}
1:00- jed-tym
2:00- dwa-tym
2:15- dwa-tym i fain a het
3:30- cri-tym i halb
4:45- has-tym i hasfain a het
5:34- het-tym i ćrifain a has
AM- Aem [ah+ehm][abbr. 'ae']
PM- Peam [pay+uhm][abbr. 'pe']
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:35 pm
Dialects: Sweds d Kommjunes {Communist Swjedeski}
Coming Soon!
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:41 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:06 pm
Nueslet zenihe komeć k moje postforum? Das mahe kja leit.
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:25 pm
...I want to hear some of this! eek / mrgreen
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:07 pm
Forgedawn ...I want to hear some of this! eek / mrgreen It sounds amazing to me. People have tried to use it, but I don't think they have the accent right. I guess it comes from speaking Polish all my life.
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:46 pm
I'm curious why you named the "soft sign" the "Twäyrdiŝnak," which is obviously based on the Russian твёрдый знак. In Russian, the твёрдый знак is the hard sign (thus the word твёрдый), whereas the мягкий знак.is the soft sign.
It just seems backwards to me...
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Eccentric Iconoclast Captain
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:22 am
Eccentric Iconoclast I'm curious why you named the "soft sign" the "Twäyrdiŝnak," which is obviously based on the Russian твёрдый знак. In Russian, the твёрдый знак is the hard sign (thus the word твёрдый), whereas the мягкий знак.is the soft sign. It just seems backwards to me... Because I wanted a soft sign, and the Russian word 'твёрдый знак' always sounded amazing to me. Yes, it is backwards. xd I did it on purpose. Besides, I thought the Russian hard sign didn't even have a name. At least that's what Elina, the Russian exchange student, said.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:00 pm
It does have a name and it's твёрдый знак. mad D
I always like how "мягкий знак" sounds, myself.
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Eccentric Iconoclast Captain
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