Isgalino

Isgalino: Is a language I designed. It is designed to be easy to learn and is based on English, Spanish, Italian and various others. Scroll down and you'll see the Alphabet pronunciation and then Diphthongs, they will show you how the language is pronounced. From then on you will be able to read and pronounce the language correctly.

=Alphabet Pronunciation= The letter and how they sound in English words. (Bracketed symbols are IPA for English)

A- Ant. [æ]

B- Big. [b]

C- Car. [k]

K- Kid. [k]

D- Dog. [d]

E- End. [ɛ]

F- Fox. [f]

G- God. [ɡ]

H- Hot. [h]

I- EEl. [iː]

J- Job. [dʒ]

L- Lot. [l]

M- Mob. [m]

N- Nip. [n]

O- On. [ɒ] and [oʊ] this pronunciation » oʊ occurs when the o is at the end of the word.

Ô- used to represent the [ɒ] sound found inside or at the start of Isgalino words, although if the normal o was used at the end of an Isgalino word it would be pronounced like [oʊ] and so it is used to indicate that the sound is that of [ɒ] and not [oʊ].

P- Pop. [p]

R- Rat. [r] or [ɾ]

S- Sat. [s]

T- Top. [t]

U- BOO. [uː]

V- Val. [v]

W- Win. [w]

Y- You. [j]

Z- Zed. [z]

Letters (Q,X) are not used in the Isgalino alphabet and are replaced according to a more regular phonetic system in Isgalino. (C and K both represent the same sound and can be used alternatively). Q is replaced with C & U or K & U both connected together, for example this happens in other Isgalino words G & U connected together make a similar sound. Like in Spanish "Cuando" or Italian "Lingua". X is replaced with C & S or K & S, the S followed after the C or, alternitively K & S.

Diphthongs
Other alphabetical sounds represented by more than one letter; Compared to the pronunciation in English.

Another thing to take notice to is the O at the end of a word in Isgalino is pronounced like in the English word "No". But in a word, not at the end, it is pronounced as a standard Isgalino O. Although when a noun which has "o" at the end is pluralised the "o" does not make the long "o" sound that it would normally make at the end of a word, it instead makes a normal "o" like it would inside a word. E.g. Le stanos.

(Bracketed symbols are IPA for English)

EI long A in English Game. [eɪ]

AI long I in English Friday. [aɪ]

OI like in English Toy. [ɔɪ]

CH like in English Chocolate. [tʃ]

SH like in English Shock. [ʃ]

JH like in the French Bonjour. [ʒ]

AO like in the English Cow. [aʊ]

AU like in English Audience. [ɔː]

OU rarely used in Isgalino but when used is only used at the start of the word or within it and is not required at end. Represents sound like in English Code.

CU/KU like in English QU. E.g. Question.

GU like in Italian GU. E.g. Lingua. (When followed by o, a, i,e)

TH like in English TH. E.g. The or Thin. [ð] or [θ]

=Basic Grammar= Isgalino uses a similar grammatical construction to Italian and Spanish. The language uses the normal Subject-Verb-Object used in English and other european languages. The construction of grammar isn't unusual and follows many of the same rules as other European languages. The noun before adjective rule of many languages can be used in Isgalino, but the user can change this to what they prefer;

Le grio lufo sereios feliso.

Le lufo grio sereios feliso.

Common verbs
English- Isgalino

Isgalino verbs in their present form always end in "EI".

To/Be- Serei

To/Do- Adei

To/Go- Ei

To/Feel- Sentei

To/Move- Movei

To/Have- Tenei

To/Want- Cierei

To/Function/work- Functei

To/Work- Trabacei

To/Need- Nesitei

To/Look- Servei

To/Learn- Aprendei

To/Make- Constructei

To/Whisper- Nisaplei

To/Talk- Saplei

To/Shout- Melisaplei

To/Lose- Perdei

To/Ask- Askei

To/Walk- Carinei (Run - Melicarinei)

To/Stand- Piei (Sit - Nipiei)

To/Start- Comensei (Stop - Nicomensei)

To/Jump- Soltei

To/Come/arrive- Arivei

To/Think- Pensei

To/Know- Sabei

To/Like- Gustei

To/Laugh- Rei

To/Kill- Matei

To/Help- Helpei

To/Fish- Pesei

To/Farm- Granei

To/Buy- Comprei

To/Eat/drink- Consumei (The noun. Food is Consuma)

To/Drink- Bevei (The noun. Drink is Beva)

To/Catch- Cogei

To/Use- Usei

To/Sleep- Dormei

To/Rest- Restei

Can- Podo

Will- Ta

An example sentence using some of the verbs above:

Le graneijo serveios i serveios ad e peseijo, li sereios peseigo in le acua.

In Isgalino there is no word for "went" instead it is the past tense of the verb "go". For example;

Le nijo eios a scola.

Common adjectives
English - Isgalino

Happy- Feliso - Sad - Nifeliso

Beautiful- Bwelo - Ugly - Nibwelo

Hungry - Famino - Full - Nifamino

Thirsty- Sedo - Not thirsty - Nisedo

Intelligent- Intelijento - Unintelligent - Niintelijento

Big- Grando - Small - Nigrando

Hard- Duro - Soft - Niduro

Nice- Agriablo - Nasty - Niagriablo

Kind- Bono - Unkind - Nibono

Angry- Enrajo - Calm - Nienrajo

Suffixes
English suffixes;

-ize/-ise

-fy

-ly

-able/-ible

-ful

-ness

-less

-ism

-ment

-ist

-al

Many of these suffixes are also used in Isgalino.

The suffix ly modifies the root-word from an adjective into an adverb.

Le nija felison carineios a shio scola.

The n turns an adjective to an adverb in Isgalino.

Pluralising
To pluralise a noun which ends in a vowel add an s. Le shatos.

If the noun ends in a consonant pluralise with es. Medusa teneios mas cebes thei e jo. - Medusa had more heads than a man.

Word gender
In Isgalino to say "The" we would say Le.

A noun ending with "o" means that the noun is masculine.

A noun ending with "a" means that the noun is feminine.

A noun ending with any other letter means it is neither masculine or feminine, and so the "Le" word for "The" is used.

''Cueno es le depei tren? Jhores le nija nesitei fintrei et in le ora.

Translation; "When is the next train? Because the girl needs to find it in the hour".

Jhores means Because in English, it is a mixture of two words, jhor= for, and es= is.

Jhora means Why in English, it's a mixture of the words, jhor= for, and cei= what.

Although "jhor-cei" is acceptable. The line separating jhor from cei is used to indicate to the reader that the phrase means "Why".

Pronouns
English - Isgalino

I- Mi

(Me does not exist in Isgalino, Mi means both I, and Me.)

He- Li

She- Shi

It- Et

They- Lis

We- Mis

You- Thi

You all/lot- This

Is there some kind of relation between the pronouns? You might ask. There in fact is. The relation is hard to explain in English because English or any other language simply doesn't use a relationship like this, but I will try to explain, once this relationship is understood the pronouns are very easy to understand.

For example, "Li" means "He", and so in Isgalino to say "They" we say "Lis", it literally translates in English as "Hes", literally a pluralization of "He". Why is "He" used when talking about something that has no particular gender? Well that is because in Isgalino masculine nouns etcetera are dominant.

The same thing happens with "We", in Isgalino "Mi" means "I" so to say "We" you would say "Mis" which literally translates in English as "I's", a pluralization of "I".

The same thing happens with "Thi", which means "You". So to pluralize "You" we say "This". Literally "You lot".

Although this concept is unusual and maybe slightly confusing at first when it is understood it makes the pronouns of Isgalino very simple and gives them a good relationship.

Possessive Pronouns
English - Isgalino

My- Mio

Your- Thio

His- Lio

Her- Shio

Our- Miso

You lot's- Thiso

Their- Liso

Its- Eto

The pronouns are the route, the "o" indicates possession. It also makes remembering them much easier.

Tense
Isgalino has its own way of expressing tense, past, present, future & present continuous(Usually used to express continuing, ongoing actions which are taking place at the moment of speaking or writing.)

Verbs in Isgalino always end in EI, this means the verb is in the present tense. Below is how to change the tense from just present to past, future and present continuous.

To make a verb the past tense in Isgalino we add OS to the end.

To make a verb the future tense in Isgalino we add AS to the end.

To make a verb a present continuing we add GO to the end.

For example, "Michael thought he had a problem running". This would be, "Micel penseios li teneios e problem melicarineigo".

In the sentence "pensei" is the verb "think" so the past tense is "os". "Melicarinei" is the verb "run" so to make Melicarinei present continuing we add "go".

Preterite & present perfect
The preterite denotes an action that began and ended in the past.

I drank all day. - Mi beveios tô dio.

Present perfect tense; an action that started in the past and is still going on.

I have been drinking all day. - Mô beveigo tô dio.

I have been- Mô

He has been- Lô

She has been- Shô

It has been- Etô

We have been- Misô

You lot have been- Thisô

Past Perfect Progressive
I had been- Mô teneios

He had been- Lô teneios

She had been- Shô teneios

It had been- Etô teneios

We had been- Misô teneios

You lot had been- Thisô teneios

Future Perfect Progressive
I will have been- Mô ta

He will have been- Lô ta

She will have been- Shô ta

It will have been- Etô ta

We will have been- Misô ta

You lot will have been- Thisô ta

The past perfect progressive and future perfect progressive can be replaced by their counterparts: past perfect or future perfect.

Mô teneios carineigo jhor oras cueno mi nicomenseios restei.

I had been walking for hours when I stopped to rest.

Mô teneios carineios jhor oras cueno mi nicomenseios restei.

I had walked for hours when I stopped to rest.

=Dictionary= In Isgalino there is a smaller amount of vocabulary compared to other languages. This makes learning it much easier and reduces the amount of words needed to be learned.

To make something opposite we add "NI" to the front of the word. For example "Nibon". This means "Bad". If we actually breakdown the word it is easier to understand why it is like that. "Bon" means "Good", and so if "Ni" means opposite or not something then "Nibon" means "Not good/bad".

This basis works for many words in Isgalino, mainly adjectives & verbs. These adjectives are split from the Other languages' adjectives into Primary adjective and Secondary adjectives of Isgalino. For example Beautiful is a Primary adjective and Ugly is a Secondary adjective, as beautiful is more Prime or Original than Ugly. So to say Beautiful it is "Bwelo", so ugly is the adjective which is changed, so ugly is "Nibwelo".(Bear in mind this example is fairly difficult to possibly explain but I'll show you another easier more logical one.) Another example is Talk which is the Primary verb, (Mainly primary verbs/adjectives are more important than Secondary verbs/adjectives or are louder, faster, or more beneficial.) Talk/Speak in Isgalino is "Saplei" so to say "Whisper" we would say "Nisaplei".

This same rule also concerns making something more something,"Meli" is the thing we use for this. For example we know if Saplei is talk then "Shout" is simply "Melisaplei".

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Connectives
Isgalino - English

Con- With

Nicon or Nocon- Without (Literally "Not with").

No- Not (E.g. Mi no sabei)

Ad- At

Niad- Away (Literally "Not at").

I (Written lower-case when not at the start of a sentence.) - And

Bero- But

O- Or

Jhores- Because

A- To

E- A

Mas- More

Nimas- Less

Es- Is

Et- Is

Le- The

Who, what, when, where, why, etc.
English - Isgalino

Who- Ciei

What- Cei

Which- Ceia

When- Cueno

Where- Cuenei

Why- Jhora

This- Esa

That- Eso

Than- Thei

There- Hia

Here- Hio

Phrases
English - Isgalino

Good morning- Bon mino

Good day- Bon dio

Good evening- Bon sentrei dio

Good night- Bon noto

Hello- Saluto

Goodbye- Nisaluto

Welcome- Bonsaluto

Thank you- Grasi

Please- Plejho

How are you- Como es thi?

Yes- Si (Also means "Always".)

No- Nisi

The fact that- Le fecto eso

The thing is- Le coso es

In fact- In fecto

Colours
English - Isgalino

Colour- Coloro

White- Blanco (Also means "Blank".)

Grey- Grio

Black- Nero

Blue- Bluo (Also means "Sky".)

Red- Ruo

Green- Greno (Also means "Grass".)

Purple- Perplio

Yellow- Yelo

Numbers
Isgalino - English

Ono- One

Duo- Two

Trio- Three

Cuatro- Four

Fifo- Five

Seso- Six

Seto- Seven

Oto- Eight

Novo- Nine

Des- Ten

To say eleven in Isgalino we simply say "Desiono". Literally "ten and one". Des means ten, i means and, Ono means one. This pattern continues until twenty and up. The "o" in "Duodes" can be pronounced like it is at the end of a word because the word is a compound of two different words put together to create one. The "o" in compound words is found fairly regularly and as said can be pronounced as long "o" or a short one.

Duodes- Twenty

Triodes- Thirty

Cuatrodes- Forty

Fifodes- Fifty

Sesodes- Sixty

Setodes- Seventy

Otodes- Eighty

Novodes- Ninety

Sent- One hundred

Food & Drink
Food and drink as a whole contains a large amounts of various nouns. Including animals, fruit, vegetable, and various drinks. In that case I will go over some of the things you'll need when talking about food and drink.

Meats - livestock
English - Isgalino

Pork- Pigo (Literally "Pig".)

Beef- Buca (Literally "Cow".)

Bull- Buco

Bacon- Pigo thino (Literally "Thin pork".)

Chicken- Choia

Rooster- Choio

Turkey- Teko

Fruits - Frutos
Apple- Aplo

Raspberry- Ruo bera

Blueberry- Bluo bera

Pear- Pera

Pineapple- Pinana

Orange- Oranca

Banana- Banana

Kiwi- Kiwi

Mango- Mango

Random food & Drink
English - Isgalino

Rice- Ris

Pasta- Pasta/Spaghetti- Spageti

Soup- Supa

Sausage- Salcho

Bread- Poma

Pasty- Pomo

Cake- Torto

Egg- Ovo

Milk- Lachei

Water- Acua

Juice- Juso

Flour- Florina

Sugar- Sugo

Salt- Sal

Pepper- Pepa

Oil- Oilo

Olive Oil- Oilo de oliva

Pastry- Pestri

Professions (English - er, ist, cian.) (Isgalino - jo.)
English - Isgalino

Artist - Artajo

Scientist - Siensajo

Psychiatrist - Sicistrajo

Guitarist - Gutareijo

Farmer - Graneijo

Musician - Musicajo

Magician - Majicajo

Physician - Sanajo (Also Doctor)

Historian - Istorajo

Fisher - Peseijo

(To make the professions above feminine you change the ending from "Jo" to "Ja".

Subjects
English - Isgalino

Music- Musica

Art- Arta

Maths- Maths

Science- Siensa

Philosophy- Filosofa

Psychiatry- Sicistra

History- Istora

Language- Lingua

Countries & Nationality
English - Isgalino

In Isgalino countries end in "a". Nationality or language of a country end in "o".

For example; Mi serei Ingalino. (I am English).

Similarly to say that you speak English you say; Mi saplei Ingalino.

To say you're from England you say; Mi serei de Ingalina.

England- Ingalina

English - Ingalino

Portugal- Portugalina

Portuguese - Portugalino

America- Ameriga

American - Amerigo

Spain- Spanya

Spanish - Spanyo

France- Fransa

French - Franso

Italy- Italia

Italian - Italio

Germany- Germana

German - Germano

Household nouns
English - Isgalino

House- Hasa

Door- Portelo

Window- Viza

Window ledge- Bordo viza

Shelf/ledge/rim/edge- Bordo

Carpet- Carpeto

Stairs- Esculatero(s)

Room- Chambo

Bedroom- Chambo de beda

Bathroom- Chambo de toleto

Garage- Garajho

Garden- Jhardino

Animals
Dog- Stano

Cat- Shato

Rabbit- Coneglo

Bird- Barelo

Bear- Obo

Butterfly- Farelo

Wolf- Lufo

Grey wolf- Lufo grio

Fox- Vulpo

Coyote- Coioto

Squirrel- Dano

Parts of the body
English - Isgalino

Head- Ceb

Nose- Nazo

Mouth- Bosha

Ear- Oido

Eyes- Oco(s)

Teeth- Dento(s)

Hair- Capelo (Hair is classed as a singular noun when describing the hair of your head.)

Neck- Nek

Chest- Torso

Back- Nitorso

Leg- Lim

Knee- Limcervo (Leg curve)

Foot- Pio

Toe- Piodedo

Arm- Bracho

Elbow- Brachocervo (Arm curve)

Hand- Hando

Finger- Dedo

Organs
Heart- Curo

Lung(s)- Pulon(es)

Liver- Actum

Skin- Siel

People
English - Isgalino

Man- Jo

Woman- Ja

Boy- Nijo

Girl- Nija

Father- Padro

Mother- Padra

Brother- Ermano

Sister- Ermana

Son- Dejo (Literally "Of man".)

Daughter- Deja (Feminine version of "Dejo".)

Adult- Adulto

Child- Niadulto

Baby- Beibi

In the kitchen
Cook/Chef- Cuco

Kitchen- Chambo cuco (Literally Cook room)

Seasons
Onoari

Duoari

Trioari

Cuatroari

Fifoari

Sesoari

Setoari

Otoari

Novoari

Desari

Desionoari

Desiduoari

The months are simply numbers 1 - 12 but with "ari" on the end.