Saksies

Overview
Saksies is a Germanic conlang closely related to the modern Germanic languages, Dutch, German, Afrikaans, Luxembourgish and has a lot in common with the English language as well.

Saksies has a fair amount of French loanwords.

Grammar
The Saksies grammar is relatively simple compared with German or Dutch and resembles more the modern English or Afrikaans grammar.

CONSONANTS
b [b] *[p] baken De. /b/ baken – Nd. /b/ baken – En. /b/ bake

ch [ʃ - ç] ech De. /ç/ ich – Nd. /k/ ik – En. /-/ I

ch [ʃ] chic Fr. /ʃ/ chic

d [d] *[t] dinn De. /d/ dünn – Nd. /d/ dun – En. /θ/ thin

f [f] fallen De. /f/ fallen – Nd. /f/ fallen – En. /f/ fall

g [g] *[χ] ginn De. /g/ geben – Nd. /χ/ geven – En. /g/ give

h [h] hunn De. /h/ haben – Nd. /h/ heven – En. /h/ have

j [j] jaar De. /j/ Jahr – Nd. /j/ jaar – En. /j/ year

j, g [ʒ] séjour Fr. /ʒ/ séjour

k (Fr. c) [k] koud De. /k/ kalt – Nd. /k/ koud – En. /k/ cold

l [l] loud De. /l/ laut – Nd. /l/ luid – En. /l/ loud

m [m] meer De. /m/ mehr – Nd. /m/ meer – En. /m/ more

n [n] naam De. /p/ Pille – Nd. /p/ pil – En. /p/ pill

r [r] rest De. /ʀ/ Rest – Nd. /r/ rest – En. /ɹ/ rest

s [s] vest De. /s/ vest – Nd. /s/ vest – En. /s/ vest

[z]                       sinn                     De. /z/ sein – Nd. /s/ seven – En. /s/ seven

t [t] toll De. /ʦ/ Zoll – Nd. /t/ tol – En. /t/ toll

tz [ʦ] netz De. /ʦ/ Netz – Nd. /t/ net – En. /t/ net

v [f] vill De. /f/ viel – Nd. /f/ veel – En. /f/ file

w [ʋ] wasser De. /ʋ/ Wasser – Nd. /ʋ/ water – En. /w/ water

z [ʦ] schwarz De. /ʦ/ schwarz – Nd. /t/ swart – En. /t/ net

NEvertheless, they are usually declined as indigenous words:
 * Word-finally. French words are mostly spelt and pronounced as in French.

Ech gonn changéiren de billeten. (I go change the tickets.) [ɛʃ gon: ʃãnʒeirən də bije:ən]

Nouns
There are no genders in Saksies. The indefinite article is e /ə/ (emphatic form: een /e:n/ and the definite article is de /də/ (emphatic form: die /di:/).

Plural is formed by adding the suffix -(e)n /(ə)n/.

Irregular Plural Forms

Adjectives & Adverbs
There is a number of real adverbs, any adjective in indefinite form can be used as an adverb. Adjectives have two forms: indefinite and definite.

Verbs
Regular verbs have only 2 forms: An unmarked form is used for present tense, imperative mood and, with the particle te, for infinitive. A form with the prefix ge- /gə/ for past participle.

Only a few verbs have a preterite form. These verbs are filed under irregular verbs in Saksies.

This is an exhaustive list of the irregular verbs in Saksies:

The forms in italics are somewhat archaic. The verb 'wees' is inflected in persons in present tense. The imperative remains 'wees!'.

ex.

Present Tense: Y gee dy e kukie. 'I give you a cookie.'

Future Tense: Y sal dy e kukie gee. 'I shall/will give you a cookie.'


 * Y sal dy e kukie hef gegee. 'I shall/will have given you a cookie.'

Conditional: Y sou dy e kukie gee. 'I should/would give you a cookie.'

2nd Conditional: Y sou dy e kukie hef gegee. 'I should/would have given you a cookie.'

Perfect: Y hef dy e kukie gegee. 'I gave/have given you a cookie.'

Pluperfect: Y had dy e kukie gegee. 'I had given you a cookie.'

Imperative: Gee my e kuekie. 'Give me e cookie.'