Daineso

Nominative Case- (subject)
(ø)

[The man is there: Kan fātol koatō]

Accusative Case- (direct object)
(em (masculine)ˌ am (feminine)ˌ ī (neutral/natural))

[m. I saw the man: Ke hema au fātolem]

[f. I saw the womanː Ke hema au matrōlam]

[nat. I saw the water: Ke hema au supahī]

Dative Case- (indirect object)
(ø)

[I gave a present to the man: Ke dona au komarī i fātol]

Ablative Case- (movement or cause)
Than: (e (masculine)ˌ ā (feminine)ˌ i (neutral)ˌ ōl (natural))

[m. I'm taller than the man: Koheanā au i fātole]

[f. I'm taller than the woman: Koheanā au i matrōlā]

[ne. I'm taller than the box: Koheanā au i hakomi]

[nat. I'm taller than the tree: Koheanā au i ketifōl]

Because: (e̋ (masculine) āa (feminine)ˌ jō (neutral/natural))

[m. This is the boy's because he bought it: Kunērē ɡa koɡa hel mē]

[f. This is the girl's because she bought it: Kunāra̋a ɡe koɡa ham mē]

[neu: This is the people's because they bought it: Mau kuniɡajōr ɡa koɡa mimil mē]

Genitive Case- (possessive)
(eg (masculine), āɡ (feminine)ˌ jōɡ (neutral/natural))

[m. That's his book: Mo heleg kinika ma]

[f. That's her book: Mo hamāɡ kinika ma]

[neu. That's a book: Mo jōɡ kinika ma]

Vocative Case- (address)
(me (masculine)ˌ mā (feminine)ˌ inē (neutral))

[m. Boy*, are you okay?: Me kunēˌ ou pahera?]

[f. Girl*, are you okay?: Mā kunāˌ ou pahera?]

[n. Hey, are you okay?: Inē kuniɡāˌ ou pahera?]


 * The word Boy and Girl can be omitted, but in Daineso, the boy and girl are kept.

Instrumental Case- (object used while performing action)
(tā)

[I eat with a plate: Koga au i salatā]

The:
(r 'basic noun', rū 'described noun')

Basic:

[The bicycle moves: Baikikālar tuha]

Described:

[The bicycle is big: Nōli rū baikikāla]

[The big bicycle moves: Baikikālarū nōli tuha]

A:
(ø 'basic noun', moh/ ø ˈdescribed nounˈ)

Basic:

[A bicycle moves: Baikikāla tuha]

Described:

[A bicycle is big: Nōli moh baikikāla]

[A big bicycle moves: Baikikāla nōli tuha]

Singular:
(ø)

Puacal:
(ō ˈbasic nounˈˌ moki ˈbasic noun with determinerˈˌ dū ˈdescribed nounˈˌ lohakā ˈdescribed noun with determinerˈ)

[Few bicycles move: Ō baikikāla tuha]

[Those few bicycles move: Moki baikikāla tuha īma]

[Few bicycles are big: Nōli dū baikikāla]

[These few big bicycles move: Lohakā baikikāla nōli tuha mēneˈi]

Plural:
(no ˈbasic nounˈˌ mau ˈbasic noun with determinerˈˌ mō 'described noun', tenī 'decribed noun with determiner')

[Bicycles move: No baikikāla tuha]

[Those certain bicycles move: Mau baikikāla tuha īma]

[Bicycles are big: Nōli mō baikikāla]

[These big bicycles move: Tenī baikikāla nōli tuha mēneˈi]

Grammatical Gender
In Daineso, there are two Main genders that can be used for most nouns.

The two genders are Natural and Neutral.

The sex-related genders are Masculine and Feminine.

Neuter is used for undescribed gender words like kid, baby, person, house, horse.

Natural is used for all item that aren't man-made like tree, grass, fire, ocean, and mountain.

Masculine is put on Neuter nouns when it is told as a male or male-like, like man, boy, male dog, fireman.

Feminine is put on Neuter nouns when it is told as a female like woman, girl, female pig, or nurse.

Active Voice:
Past: -a

[I saw the deer: Mila otu keberīr]

Present: -a/ke, -taba

[I see the deer: Mila otu keberīr]

[I am starting to see the deer: Ke milataba otu keberīr]

Present Participle: -taba

[I am seeing the deer: Milataba otu keberīr]

Future: -e

[I will see the deer: Mile au keberīr]

Passive Voice:
Past: ho, -a

[The deer was seen: Ho keberīr mila iā otu]

Present: neʻe, -a/ ho, -taba

[The deer gets to be seen: Neʻe keberīr mila iā otu]

[The deer is being seen: Ho keberīr mila iā otu]

Future: ho, -e

[The deer is going to be seen: Ho keberīr mile iā au]

Grammatical Person

 * these words are used rarely in Daineso, but is included.

First-Person: -lu
I- au. otu

We (you and I) katē

We (he and I) ojēte

We (all of us) katuō

We (everyone but you) lautō

[We have toys: Fonalu ojēte no toir]

"We have toys: Fona ojēte no toir"

Second-Person: -kohe
You- ou

You (you two)- oulū

You (you three)- oukou

[You have toys: Fonakohe oulū no toir]

"You have toys: Fona oulū no toir"

Third-Person: -inakā
He- hehel

She- hamani

They (they two)- mimil

They (they three; them)- mokulē

[They have toys: Foninakā mokulē no toir]

"They have toys: Fona mokulē no toir"

Indicative: Realis
Past: -a

Present: -a, -taba

Present Participle: -taba

Future: -e

Generic: Realis
To describe the generic mood is to put -kanā at either the end of the verb or the beginning of the sentence, depending on syntax.

[The deer is big: Nōli rū kebera/ Kanā nōli rū kebera]

Imperative: Irrealis
The imperative mood is basically -jo or -so at the end of the verb or beginning of the sentence.

[Move! Jo tuha ou!]

[Move! Ou tuhaso!]

Present Tense
Simple: ke, -a

[I eat: Ke koga otu]

Progressive: -taba

[I am eating: Kogataba otu]

Perfect: ho, -taba

[I have eaten: Ho kogataba otu]

Perfect Progressive: a, -taba *different syntax

[I have been eating: A otu kogataba]

Past Tense
Simple: -a

[I ate: Koga otu]

Progressive: hē. -taba

[I was eating: Hē kogataba otu]

Perfect: o, -taba

[I had eaten: O kogataba otu]

Perfect Progressive: ō, -taba

[I had been eating: Ō kogataba otu]

Future Tense
Simple: -e

[I will eat: Koge otu]

Progressive: e, -taba

[I will be eating: E kogataba otu]

Perfect: So, -taba

[I shall have eaten: So kogataba otu]

Perfect Progressive: Nu, -taba

[I shall have been eating: Nu kogataba otu]