Malh'orr

Overview
Malh'orr (also called Malh'úrrhé) is a Germanic language most closely related to Standard German.

Malh'orr has the same gender system (masculine, neuter, and feminine), with one plural, the same basic verb system, and the two languages share most of the same roots for vocabulary.

Phonology
The possible structure of any one syllabe is: (C)(C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)(C)


 * This form is used before vowels.
 * Replaced by 'rr' in proper nouns.

If a consonant is doubled, it is held for a longer amount of time, and both ends the syllable before it, and begins the next.

If a consonant formed with an 'h' (bh, dh, jh, etc.) is doubled only the first letter is doubled.

Ex. nosa (no - sa) 'nose' vs. nossa (nos - sa) 'note'

'cabha' (ca - bha) 'compartment' vs. 'cabbha' (cabh - bha) 'cap/ hat'

Nouns
Nouns have one of three genders (masculine, feminine, or neuter).

Unlike German, nouns have declensions in the nouns themselves, not in the articles.

All noun declensions are regular.

There are 5 possible cases a noun or pronoun may take: nominative, dative, accusative, genitive, locative, and prepositional.

Masculine Declensions
(on the word 'torh' [door]) Note: the plural declensions are all the same, so they won't be repeated.

Feminine Declensions
(on the word 'cadhe' [cat])

Neutral Declensions
(on the word 'hus' [house)

Articles
There are two forms of articles: definite and indefinite.

They preceed the noun the modify, and do not declense with case.

Verbs
There are two kinds of verbs: strong verbs (verbs that keep their roots in the past), and weak verbs (ones that change in the stem in the past).

Verbs can end in either 'en' or 'én'.

Here is the conjugations for the regular verbs:

Present
Seghén - to See

Past
Ok, the strong verb will be 'kogen' [to cook] and the weak verb will be 'seghen'. The root stayed the same, and the endings are the same, but they follow the past marker 't'.

The root changed to 'sa', and the endings are slightly different.

Future
Future is formed with a conjugated form of 'vedhen' [to become] and the second verb left in the infinitive.

Ex. Ighe vodhe seghen. I will see.

Note: vedhen is a model.

Subjunctive Mood
The subjunctive is formed of the infinitive and the normal endings.

Even irregular verbs are conjugated regularly for the subjunctive.

Model Verbs
Some verbs are models, meaning they are irregular, in that they differ from the normal pattern, but are regular in their own pattern.

They are irregular in that their stems change, but the endings are regular.

Vedhen > vodh- {become]

Mussen > moss- [must]

Sollen > sull- [should]

Konnen > kann [can]

Vullen > voll [want]