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

Dictionary
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Numbers
Hi Johan,

Excuse me because I asking you for my demand (numbers from your conlang(s)) in this page. I think to send my message on your e-mail. But nowhere I didn't see information about your e-mail. First introduce: My name is Janko. I'm collecting numbers from various systems in different languages. You can found information about my self and my work on:

http://janko.gorenc.googlepages.com/home

http://janko.gorenc.googlepages.com/collectionnumbers

Please you tell me if you'll have numbers in Verdunian, or from your others conlang(s) in future. Could you please send me numbers from 1 to 10 (as in English: 1 –one, 2 – two, 3 – three,…) in Verdunian, or from your others conlang(s) on this page or my e-mail address: "j_gorenc@yahoo.com"?

Please you delete my text with your page when you'll have numbers.

Thank you for your help!

I wish you a lot of success at your work!

JANKO GORENC

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