Lukic

General information
Lukic is the language of the Carribean island of Luka. Luka was originally colonized in the 1600s by Spain, and Spanish became the language of the Island. In 1800, Spain sold Luka to the United States, and soon American colonists began to move to the island. Soon, the island's language took on some aspects of English, and free from the influence of Spain, the language of the Island rapidly evolved from Spanish into what is now known as Lukic.

Alphabet
There are 25 letters in the Lukic Alphabet:

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn ŋ ŋ Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Yy Zz

The vowels are pronounced like in Spanish. The consonants are pronounced like in English, except for C, which is pronounced like the "Ch" in English. ŋ is pronounced like the "ng" in English.

Grammar
Nouns

There are no grammatical genders in Lukic, which makes nouns easier to grasp than in other languages. The onliy declination on nouns is when a noun is made plural. Pluralizing a noun is simple; all one needs to do is add an -s to the end of the noun. For example, Gat ("Cat") is singular, and Gats is plural.

The only distinct grammatical case is the possessive case. This is formed by adding the suffix -ne after the noun. For example, the sentence "It is the cat's" translates to "Se esse the gatne". Additionally, if the noun ends with the letter e, then the e must be changed to an i.

Pronouns

There are a variety of personal pronouns in Lukic, which change based upon person, number and in some instances, gender. Personal pronouns can be made reflexive by adding a- as a prefix, as well as changing the -e to -i. Possessive pronouns are formed the same way that possesive nouns are formed, including changing the -e to -i- for me/te/se. Lukic has 4 demonstrative pronouns: Verbs

As with most languages, verbs are the post complicated part of speech in Lukic. Lukic has two types of verbs, -ar verbs and -er verbs. Luckily, they are conjugated very similarly.

There are fifty different ways to conjugate a verb in Lukic. These encompass many different tenses, four different aspects, and five different moods. Verbs do not change conjugation based upon person or number.

Infinitive Mood

The first mood is the infinitive. This is the basic form of the verb. It is equivalent to the to- form in English (i.e. "to be"). An example of an -ar infinitive is ablar - "to speak". An example of an -er infinitive is danser - "to dance".

The Indicative Mood

The indicative mood is the most common mood. It is used when making a factual statement. There a four different tenses and four different aspects in the indicative mood.

Tenses

Present Tense: Used to describe actions in the present (In English: "I speak", "I dance")

Past Tense: Used to describe actions in the past (In English:"I spoke", "I danced")

Future Tense: Used to describe actions in the future (In English: "I will speak, I will dance")

Future-in-past tense: Used to describe actions that are in the future from a past frame of reference, but not necessarily the actual future (In English: "If I knew, I would have done it"). Note that, despite the presence of 'would', this is not the conditional tense nor mood.

Aspects

Simple: The basic aspect, for example, the English, "I do it". In Lukic, this is just the basic conjugation of the verb.

Progressive: An ongoing action, for example, the English, "I am doing it". In Lukic, the progressive conjugation consists of the verb ber ("to be") conjugated to the current tense, followed by the present participle/gerund of the verb. To form the present partiple for -ar verbs, drop the -ar and replace with -ando. For -er verbs, drop the -er and replace with -iendo.

Perfect: A completed action, for example, the English, "I have done it". In Lukic, the perfect conjugation consists of the verb aver ("to have") conjugated to the current tense, followed by the past participle of the verb. To form the past participle for -ar verbs, drop the -ar and replace with -ado. For -er verbs, drop the -er and replace with -ido.

Perfect Progressive: Refers to the completed portion of an ongoing action or temporary state, for example, the English, "I have been doing it". In Lukic, the perfect progressive conjugation consists of  aver conjugated to the current tense, followed by the past participle of ber (bido), followed by the present participle of the verb.

This chart shows the indicative conjugations for ablar and danser (The pronoun me is added to make a complete sentence):