Grednian

Overview

=Setting= ...Grednian is the language native to Grednia. About 95 million people speak Grednian, and is the official language of Grednia, Beritudia, Karnesia, and Zenezia. ...Grednian uses the Latin alphabet consisting of 26 letters. The "X" and the "Q" were replaced by the "ç" and the "ź".

=Spelling = ...Grednian is a phonetic language, making words easier to spell and pronounce. There are only two rules to abide by for spelling.

...... Crei vs Kai: Both these letters make the "kh" sound. The "k" comes before all vowels except for "o". It can also come before the consonants "h", "s", "w", "y", and "z". "K" can start a word and end a word. The "

=Pronouns= ...Grednian has a long list of pronouns. NOTE: Personal pronouns are seldom used by themselves. Unlike English, it is unnecessary to put the personal pronoun before the conjugated verb. The verb ending (after it has been conjugated) tells who the verb is reffering to.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS: mo, tas, mel, fel, ce, yez, jasa, en

POSSESIVE&#160;PRONOUNS: &#160;more, tars, mero, fera, ces, yera, jarsa, ençora&#160; (mine, your, his, her, its, our, yours, their)

INTENSIVE PRONOUNS:&#160; monezo, tasena, melrazo, felrazo, cerazo, yezana, jasana, ençosana (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves)

OBJECTIVE&#160;PRONOUNS:&#160; mone, tas, melo, felo, celo, yeza, jasa, en

...The word "ce", meaning it, is not used often by itself. Instead, demonstrative pronouns, such as that or this, are used instead.

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS: pur, ast, puren, asten  (this, that, these, those)

çrayez, zome, oles, is'j'on (who, what, when, where, why, how, how much/how many)

CONDITIONAL PRONOUNS: hade, jarder, lazest, aljaz, tavil (should, could, would, already, will)

...There are a handful of other pronouns that can be found in the dictionary.

=Verbs= ...Verbs can be identified by their ending. They all either end in "-ay", "-ey", or "-oy". These infinitive forms are only left alone if the follow another verb (the first verb should be conjugated). There are three conjugative tenses (present, future, past), four "suffix" tenses, and three "prefix" tenses, a total of ten. Unlike most languages, there are NO IRREGULAR VERBS! this makes the language even easier to learn.

Present: AY verbs - dehay (to talk) | Present:  EY verbs - raley (to walk) | Present:  OY verbs -

Future: AY verbs - ponay (to swim) | Future:  EY verbs - sarbey (to want) | OY verbs:  vizoy (to live)

Past: AY verbs - sentay (to go) | Past:  EY verbs - starey (to be) | Past:  OY verbs - aloroy (to give)

COMMAND TENSE: This is used when telling someone to do something. All that is done is the verb is conjugated in the present "tas" form. Then, add the suffix "ty". Hon azty ''ne ceva. ''Cut the grass.

CONTINUOUS TENSE: This is like the "-ing" form in English. This can be done in the present and past tense. After the verb has been conjugated in the present tense, then add the suffix "-anov", "-enov", or "onov", depending on if the verb ends with ay, ey, or oy. If the conjugated form ends in a vowel, then simply drop off the vowel from the suffix. Adding the prefix "ta" (or just "t" if the verb starts with a vowel) puts the verb in the past tense continuous form ("We were coming home" would be left in the present tense, but with "ta" in the front and either "anov", "enov" or "onov" at the end).

Velmefenov halvat. (She is coming home.)   Tapon ala  nov  visp ne ovana.   (We were swimming at the beach.)'''

CONDITIONAL TENSE: This tense uses the pronouns hade, jarder, and lazest (should, could would). To do this, conjugate the verb in the present tense. Then add the conditional suffix:

Esk az  ade  pur kamo.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; You should listen to this song.

Sarb eme  dest  rendey' pur obol?&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;      Would he want to have this candy?

Remember: the vowel in parenthesis is only needed if the conjugated verb ends with a consonant.

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