Common Trade Language Grammar
Suffixes
-o female species
Example:
man | humn |
woman | humno |
dog | brah |
bitch | braho |
guest | gozt |
female guest | gozto |
-i small species
Example:
man | humn |
boy | humni |
girl | humnoi |
-s : Forming the plural
Plural is always s after a word. Only if s is already the last sound, the plural is formed by the sj sound.
-e : past time
-t : single
Verbs are always regular:
- the single form is formed by putting a t behind the verb
- the past is formed by putting an e behind the verb
- notice that by putting -e behind a word a noun can also be in past time (humnie: the child that was) and by putting a -t behind a plural noun as "mürq" a single form can be made
Example:
I am | jah et | I have | at |
I was | jah ete | I had | ate |
we are | jahs e | we have | a |
we were | jahs ee | we had | ae |
Making verbs from nouns
To make a verb out of a noun is rather simple. It is done by putting one of the common verbs behind the noun.
Example
to see | viztu | (sight+to do) |
to work | abta | (work+to have) |
to be at work | abte | (work+to do) |
to speak | klahsni | (words+to make) |
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