Verdunian

Overview

Setting
The language Verdunian, or La lengûa Verdunîa, is a language that I've started to create to see how it is to create my own language. The language is influenced by the Romance languages, especially French and Italian.

Basic Grammar
Here are some grammar:

The Alphabet (L'Alphabet)
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

The language also uses the letters: Â Ê Î Ô Û Á É Í Ó Ú

A "^" over the vowel means it's a long vowel and a "´" over the vowel means that the stress is on that vowel.

Vowels
a as in bus

e as in bed or as in Cat

i as in sit

o as in cool

u as in pull

ai as in sat

eau as in saw

eu as the French pronounciation

ue as the French pronounciation

au as the French pronounciation

Consonants
b as in big [be]

c before e and i as in child and before a, o and u as in camera [che]

d as in do [de]

f as in foot [ef]

g before e and i as in young and before a, o and u as in grass [ge]

h as in hair [acha]

j as in azure [zhi]

k as in come [ka]

l as in large [el]

m as in mouse [em]

n as in not [en]

p as in pig [pe]

q as in quarter [qu]

r as in rat only further more in the front of the mouth [er]

s as in miss [es]

t as in tea [te]

v as in live [ve]

w as in winner [duble ve]

x as in axe [ix]

y as in young or as in sit [igrek]

z as in zone [zeta]

Articles
In Verdunian have nouns gender. There are two genders, masculine and feminine. Most of the nouns that ends with a vowel is a feminine noun and most of the nouns that ends with a consonant is a masculine noun. The two genders have different words for "one". And those are un for masculine and una for feminine. For example:

Un chíen - A dog

Una chatte - A cat

They also have different words for definite articles, le for masculine and la for feminine. For example:

Le chíen - The dog

La chatte - The cat

When the noun starts with a vowel, the le and the la is slurred togther with the word. For example:

Le + alphabet - L'alphabet

La + animale - L'animale

When theres more than one noun, you don't use le or la, instead you use los. For example:

Los chíenes - The dogs

Los chattes - The cats

Pronouns
Jue - I

Me - Me

Meyênna - Myself

Tu - You

Tuyênna - Yourself

Ile - He

Ela - She

On - It

Noi - We

Ni - You

Ióro - They

Possessive Pronouns
Mon/Ma - My

Ton/Ta - Your

Iles - His

Elas - Her

Ons - Its

Nos - Our

Nis - Yours

Ióros - Their

Possessive pronouns for more than one object:

Mes - My

Tes - Your

Ilese - His

Elese - Her

Onse - Its

Nose - Our

Nise - Yours

Iórose - Their

Adjectives
In Verdunian, the adjective comes after the noun. So it's not un blanco chíen, it's un chíen blanco. But if you want to say two days, you don't say giorges due, you say like in English, due giorges. Here's a list of some common adjectives:

Blondé - Blonde

Brunetté - Brown-Haired

Ruberesé - Red-Haired

Noiresé - Black-Haired

Blancesé - White-Haired

Grezesé - Gray-Haired

Belle - Beautiful, Pretty

Ilî - Ugly

Adôreble - Adorable

Inteligente - Intelligent, Smart

Amusánte - Funny, Fun

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