Verdunian

Overview

Setting
The language Verdunian, or La lengûa Verdunîa, is a language that I've started to create to see how it is to create my own language. The language is influenced by the Romance languages, especially French and Italian.

Basic Grammar
Here are some grammar:

The Alphabet (L'Alphabet)
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

The language also uses the letters: Â Ê Î Ô Û Á É Í Ó Ú

A "^" over the vowel means it's a long vowel and a "´" over the vowel means that the stress is on that vowel.

Vowels
a as in bus

e as in bed or as in cat

i as in sit

o as in cool

u as in pull

ai as in sat

au as in cow

ou as in cool

ue as the French queue

eu as the Swedish y

eau as in the French eau

Consonants
b as in big [be]

c before e and i as in child and before a, o and u as in camera [che]

d as in do [de]

f as in foot [ef]

g before e and i as in azure and before a, o and u as in grass [zhe]

h as in hair [acha]

j as in azure [zhi]

k as in come [ka]

l as in large [el]

m as in mouse [em]

n as in not [en]

p as in pig [pe]

q as in quarter [qu]

r as in rat only further more in the front of the mouth [er]

s as in miss [es]

t as in tea [te]

v as in live [ve]

w as in winner [duble ve]

x as in axe [ix]

y as in young or as in sit [igrek]

z as in zone [zeta]

Articles
In Verdunian have nouns gender. There are two genders, masculine and feminine. Most of the nouns that ends with a vowel is a feminine noun and most of the nouns that ends with a consonant is a masculine noun. The two genders have different words for "one". And those are un for masculine and una for feminine. For example:

Un chíen - A dog

Una chatte - A cat

They also have different words for definite articles, le for masculine and la for feminine. For example:

Le chíen - The dog

La chatte - The cat

When the noun starts with a vowel, the le and the la is slurred togther with the word. For example:

Le + alphabet - L'alphabet

La + animale - L'animale

When theres more than one noun, you don't use le or la, instead you use los. And if the noun ends with a consonant you add -es at the end and if it ends with a vowel you add -s. For example:

Los chíenes - The dogs

Los chattes - The cats

Pronouns
Jue - I

Me - Me

Meyênna - Myself

Tu - You

Tuyênna - Yourself

Ile - He

Ela - She

On - It

Noi - We

Ni - You

Ióro - They

Possessive Pronouns
Mon/Ma - My

Ton/Ta - Your

Iles - His

Elas - Her

Ons - Its

Nos - Our

Nis - Yours

Ióros - Their

Possessive pronouns for more than one object:

Mes - My

Tes - Your

Ilese - His

Elese - Her

Onse - Its

Nose - Our

Nise - Yours

Iórose - Their

Adjectives
In Verdunian, the adjective comes after the noun. So it's not un blanco chíen, it's un chíen blanco. But if you want to say two days, you don't say giorges due, you say like in English, due giorges. Here's a list of some common adjectives:

Blondé - Blonde

Brunetté - Brown-Haired

Ruberesé - Red-Haired

Noiresé - Black-Haired

Blancesé - White-Haired

Grezesé - Gray-Haired

Belle - Beautiful, Pretty

Ilî - Ugly

Adôreble - Adorable

Inteligente - Intelligent, Smart

Amúsante - Funny, Fun

Merveioso - Wonderful

Buona - Good

Terrîble - Terrible

Horrîble - Horrible

Gióven - Young

Vieu - Old

Neauvo - New (used for not living things, like cars and books)

Nuevelle - New (used for living things like humans and animals)

Verbs
Verbs in Verdunian are conjugated after which person who does it. Most of the verbs are conjugated after a special pattern and all of those verbs ends with -re and they're called regular verbs or -re verbs. When you conjugate a verb, you remove the -re and the vowel that comes before it and then you add some other letters. For example I will use the verb parlare, which means to speak. Here's how you conjugate it:

Jeu parles

Tu parlio

Ile/Ela/On parlé

Noi parlesa

Ni parlite

Ióro parlas

Non-Regular Verbs
Not all verbs are regular verbs. Infact, some of the most common verbs aren't regular. Here I will show you how the verbs Esteres (To Be), Aveur (To Have), Fera (To Do) and Prendese (To Take). Here's how to conjugate them:

Esteres (To Be)
Jeu souno

Tu esio

Ile/Ela/On e

Noi etênne

Ni seite

Ióro estias

Aveur (To Have)
Jeu ai (J'ai)

Tu are (T'are)

Ile/Ela/On avre

Noi agione

Ni eure

Ióro eno

Fera (To Do)
Jeu faccio

Tu fais

Ile/Ela/On fire

Noi fasa

Ni farite

Ióro ferez

Prendese (To Take)
Jeu prendo

Tu prenne

Ile/Ela/On prende

Noi presa

Ni prito

Ióro prendas

Dictionary
Here's a (long) list of words in Verdunian.

Greetings
Bounamâtin - Good morning

Bounagiore - Good day

Bounasera - Good evening

Bounanoche - Good night

Salut - Hi

Ciao - Bye

Adiue - Bye

Colours
Blu - Blue

Ruberio - Red

Jeauné - Yellow

Verde - Green

Orangio - Orange (Colour)

Rôsa - Pink

Márron - Brown

Gri - Gray

Noir - Black

Blanco - White

Numbers
Zeró - 0 Un - 1 Due - 2 Trei - 3 Quatre - 4 Cinque - 5 Seix - 6 Setó - 7 Huite - 8 Nové - 9 Dieci - 10 Onze - 11 Dueze - 12 Treize - 13 Quatreze - 14 Cinqueze - 15 Seixeuze -16 Setóze - 17 Huitueze - 18 Novéze - 19

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