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Natraden Nataden Natrædanzeres
Type
Fusional
Alignment
Ergative-Absolutive
Head direction
Initial (?)
Tonal
No
Declensions
Yes
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect

Natraden is an fusional, engineered language that I somewhat developed when bored one night and it grew from there. Though others may not agree, I'm quite satisfied with the way it turned out. You could say this language is semi-germanic. The flag below is me trying to design one in 5 minutes; and another I actually thought about. I have tried to put a lot of logic into the grammar as well as deriving words from other languages. I only intend to use it by myself though am more than happy to share it. Enjoy!

Archaic Natraden

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Welcome!

Etxëlōdiw! Iw sæte dat Uj ggiwzi forwāte. Equilibrioj Lerk gehapten obrigo.

Welcome! I see that you continued. Anyway, have fun learning!

Welcome! I see that you went forward. Fun learning have anyway.

Alphabet and Phonetics

This is where the nightmare begins. Along with the full English alphabet, Natraden contains 20 other characters. Some will make sense, others not so much. Aspiration does not matter unless specified. The two letters in the table are not part of the alphabet and neither is ß, but all are used.

Natraden Letter	IPA Representative	Alphabet Name
A	a	A
Ā	aː	A lz Makron
Æ	e	A lz Dier
Å	ɔ	A lz Reń
ÅE	ɔj
B	b	Be
BŃ	bɑ̃
C	s	Ce
Č TX	t͡ʃ	Ce lz Haček
CH	ç
D	d	De
Ď	ð	De lz Haček
DZ	d͡z
E	ɛ	E
Ē	ɛː	E lz Makron
É	ĕ	E lz Akūt
Ë	ɵ	E lz Dier
EŃ	ɛ̃
F	f	Fe
G	g	Ge
GG	d͡ʒ
H	h	He
HL	ʟ
I	i	I
Ī	iː	I lz Makron
J	j	Je
K	k	Ke
KH	kʰ
L	l	Le
LL/JJ	ʝ
LR	l͡ɹ
M	m	Me
N	n	Ne
Ń	ŋ	Ne lz Akūt
И	ɲ	Eиe
ИJ	ɲˌ
O	ɒ	O
Ō OU	ɒː	O lz Makron
Œ	ø	O lz Dier
P	p	Pe
PF/PW	pf
Q	k	Que
QU	kw
R	ɾ	Re
Ř	r	Re lz Haček
Я	ʁ	Eяe
ŘŃ	rɑ̃
S	z	Se
Š XH	ʃ	Se lz Haček
ŠŃ	ʃɑ̃
T	t	Te
U	u	U
Ū	uː	U lz Makron
V	v	Ve
W	v	Vedūzime
X	ks	Exe
Y	ʌ or y	Ÿy
Ÿ	w	Ÿy lz Dier
Z	t͡s	Ze
Ž	ʒ	Ze lz Haček
Ź	θ	Ze lz Akūt

Phonetic Rules

• When a W terminates a word, it makes the IPA sound f
  • ​Anaglipw (Anaglyph) /anaglipf/
  • This doesn't apply to some words
    • Iwen (We) /ifɛn/
    • If the root word ends in w
      • ​Anaglipwor (Anaglyphs) /anaglipfɒw/
• ​When R proceeds an unaccented vowel in the same syllable, it makes the IPA sound w
  • ​Ar (She) /aw/
  • Irregularities Happen:
    • Wur (Who) /vuɒ/
    • Ÿåor (Doors) /wɔw/
  • Ińlandere (English) /iŋlandɛɾɛ/    <-- Wrong
• When Y proceeds a vowel, weird things can happen:
  • AY /ɛä/
  • EY /ɛä/
  • IY /iä/
  • OY /wä/
  • UY /uä/
  • YY /iä/
• S makes an /s/ sound when at the end of a root word
• Æ makes an /ɛ/ sound when in the first syllable
• Ī becomes ii at the end of a word.
  • Energii (Energy)
    • Energīj (Energy-ACC) 
• J creates a /ä/ sound when preceded by any form of i in the same syllable.
  • Also applies to Ys pronounced according to English
• SS makes an elongated, almost stressed /s/ sound.
  • ß is not in the alphabet but exists. It makes the same sound as above.
• Я makes the sound /ɐ̯/ when a vowel proceeds it.
  • The letter also cannot go at the end of a word
• Ÿ makes the sound /ʏ/ when between two consonants.
• LL and JJ make the sound /ç/ at the end of a word
• An imaginary /ɵ̆/ comes between consonants that don't sound well together:
  • ​Partikl /pawtikɵ̆l/
  • This doesn't occur if it isn't needed, however:
    • Partiklor /pawtiklɒw/
• When an voiced consonant is follow by its unvoiced counterpart, the unvoiced is said:
  • Bpik Brick /pik/

English Pronunciations

These pronunciations get broken when inflections happen. Take the word Baby in Natraden. It is pronounced according to English:

Represents English Pronunciation

Baby (Uninflected)

Babor (Pluralised)

Babyj (Accusative)

Babyk (Dative)

Babys (Genetive)

Case Marking

Word order in Natraden is Subject-Object-Verb. Therefore, we need a way to distinguish between the subject and object, especially in situations where there is only the object (passive verbs).

There are six cases in Natraden: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive, Vocative and Instrumental.

In this example, we will be using the word for World: Planeta.

Case	Suffix	Natraden Sentence	English Translation
Nominative (NOM) Nomnus	-	Zegle Planeta sorvīvi.	The world survived.
Accusative (ACC) Aktus	-j	Zegle Planetaj geprazen!	Praise the world!
Dative (DAT) Datus	-k	Iw zegle Planetak cpeki	I said [to] the world.
Genetive (GEN) Genetus	-s	Cpinflūgl zegle Planetas.	The world's dirt.
Vocative (VOC) Voktus	-w	Jwlo, Planetaw!	Hello, world!
Instrumental (INS) Toltus	-y	Energīj zegle Planetay genimmen	Gain energy [using] the world

External Marking

Any Quotations or anything of the such also have to be marked. This is done differently. The quotation (in quotation marks) is proceeded by the corresponding marker. The marker, however, acts like a particle and as it is a single letter, is pronounced like it would in the alphabet (sound + e for consonants, just the sound for vowels)

Er "Uj hor beokte?"j cpeki.

He said "How are you?"

This also applies to anything taken and pronounced exactly like English:

Post-Processingj permite.

Allows Post-Processing.

J in the above examples are pronounced /jɛ/

Word Order

SOV is just a summarisation of the entire word order. Any nouns basically come before the verb unless the noun is preceded by a preposition. The entire word order is as follows, anything in square brackets are optional:

1. Subject
2. Object
3. Indirect Object
4. Instrument
5. [Auxiliary] Verb
6. Adverb
7. Preposition [+ Indirect Object]
8. Time
9. Separable Part of Separable Verb
10. Participle
11. Infinitive (if Auxiliary verb is used)

Verb Conjugation

Verbs conjugate like in most European languages, and also unlike other languages, every verb is regular (excluding the structural form of to be and to have, which derive from Germanic). All verbs end in llé and are required to be replaced in order to conjugate. If the mood of the verb is changed, llé is replaced with en (doesn't apply to interrogative; normal conjugation occurs) and the corresponding prefix is added. To make a verb negative, you add the suffix -nz after conjugating (okte => oktenz). Please note participles go at the end of a sentence. C stands for normal conjugation,

To Be

There are two forms of to be, normally referred to as the Auxiliary Form and the Structural Form. The first one is self explanatory, the Auxiliary form is always regular and is only used to form the progressive tense, alongside the participle. The Structural form is used in proper sentence structuring (hence the name) such as He is some guy.

Structural Conjugation of the word oktllé (to be) is below, irregularities underlined:

Tense + Mood	Conjugated Form or Verb in its place	Participle if Necessary
Infinitive	oktllé
Imperative	gebinden
Subjunctive	obisten
Interrogative	beC
Present Participle		ere
Past Participle		bet
Gerund	berend
Present Simple	okte
Present Progressive	okte	ere
Present Perfect	håre	bet
Present Perfect Progressive	oktihåre	ere
Past Simple	omni
Past Progressive	okti	ere
Past Perfect	håri	bet
Past Perfect Progressive	oktihåri	ere
Simple Future	wyt
Simple Conditional	worbunden
Future Progressive	oktyt	ere
Conditional Progessive	worokten	ere
Future Perfect	håryt	bet
Conditional Perfect	worhåren	bet
Future Perfect Progressive	oktihåryt	ere
Conditional Perfect Progressive	woroktihåren	ere

To Have

To Have has two forms, the same as to be (refer to the above). The only difference is that the Auxiliary form is used with the perfect tense, rather than the progressive.

Structural Conjugation of the word hårllé (to have) is below, irregularities underlined:

Tense + Mood	Conjugated Form or Verb in its place	Participle if Necessary
Infinitive	hårllé
Imperative	gehapten
Subjunctive	obhæten
Interrogative	beC
Present Participle		habëndere
Past Participle		gehaptet
Gerund	håb
Present Simple	habe
Present Progressive	okte	habëndere
Present Perfect	håre	gehaptet
Present Perfect Progressive	oktihåre	habëndere
Past Simple	hati
Past Progressive	okti	habëndere
Past Perfect	håri	gehaptet
Past Perfect Progressive	oktihåri	habëndere
Simple Future	hoyt
Simple Conditional	worheben
Future Progressive	oktyt	habëndere
Conditional Progessive	worokten	habëndere
Future Perfect	håryt	gehaptet
Conditional Perfect	worhåren	gehaptet
Future Perfect Progressive	oktihåryt	habëndere
Conditional Perfect Progressive	woroktihåren	habëndere

Normal Verbs

Conjugation of the word cpekllé (to speak) is below:

Tense + Mood	Conjugated Form or Verb in its place	Participle if Necessary
Infinitive	cpekllé
Imperative	gecpeken
Subjunctive	obcpeken
Interrogative	becpekC
Present Participle		cpekere
Past Participle		cpeket
Gerund	cpek
Present Simple	cpeke
Present Progressive	okte	cpekere
Present Perfect	håre	cpeket
Present Perfect Progressive	oktihåre	cpekere
Past Simple	cpeki
Past Progressive	okti	cpekere
Past Perfect	håri	cpeket
Past Perfect Progressive	oktihåri	cpekere
Simple Future	cpekyt
Simple Conditional	worcpeken
Future Progressive	oktyt	cpekere
Conditional Progessive	worokten	cpekere
Future Perfect	håryt	cpeket
Conditional Perfect	worhåren	cpeket
Future Perfect Progressive	oktihåryt	cpekere
Conditional Perfect Progressive	woroktihåren	cpekere

Separable Verb

Conjugation of the word etlādllé (to download) is below, note that the separable parts always go at the end of the sentence (refer to word order):

Tense + Mood	Conjugated Form or Verb in its place	Participle if Necessary
Infinitive	etlādllé
Imperative	gelāden et
Subjunctive	oblāden et
Interrogative	belādC et
Present Participle		etlādere
Past Participle		etlādet
Gerund	etlād
Present Simple	lāde et
Present Progressive	okte	etlādere
Present Perfect	håre	etlādet
Present Perfect Progressive	oktihåre	etlādere
Past Simple	lādi et
Past Progressive	okti	etlādere
Past Perfect	håri	etlādet
Past Perfect Progressive	oktihåri	etlādere
Simple Future	lādyt et
Simple Conditional	worlāden et
Future Progressive	oktyt	etlādere
Conditional Progessive	worokten	etlādere
Future Perfect	håryt	etlādet
Conditional Perfect	worhåren	etlādet
Future Perfect Progressive	oktihåryt	etlādere
Conditional Perfect Progressive	woroktihåren	etlādere

Verb with a 'Prefix'

Verbs with a prefix always appear with a hyphen. Anything before the hyphen is pronounced according to the alphabet. The following example will conjugate r-dectīnllé (copy; recreate)

Tense + Mood	Conjugated Form or Verb in its place	Participle if Necessary
Infinitive	r-dectīnllé
Imperative	r-gedectīnen
Subjunctive	r-obdectīnen
Interrogative	r-bedectīnC
Present Participle		r-dectīnere
Past Participle		r-dectīnet
Gerund	r-dectīn
Present Simple	r-dectīne
Present Progressive	okte	r-dectīnere
Present Perfect	håre	r-dectīnet
Present Perfect Progressive	oktihåre	r-dectīnere
Past Simple	r-dectīni
Past Progressive	okti	r-dectīnere
Past Perfect	håri	r-dectīnet
Past Perfect Progressive	oktihåri	r-dectīnere
Simple Future	r-dectīnyt
Simple Conditional	r-wordectīnen
Future Progressive	oktyt	r-dectīnere
Conditional Progessive	worokten	r-dectīnere
Future Perfect	håryt	r-dectīnet
Conditional Perfect	worhåren	r-dectīnet
Future Perfect Progressive	oktihåryt	r-dectīnere
Conditional Perfect Progressive	woroktihåren	r-dectīnere

Negative

Making a verb negative means adding nz directly after the verb. This means it goes before anything after the verb.

Iw ggiwzi nz erlere.

I didn't go earlier.

Auxiliary Verbs

Negative auxiliary verbs often use nz as a suffix or use it to replace the last few letters.

Refer to Natraden Auxiliary Verbs

Imperative Mood

The imperative mood is applicable to all persons. You would use the applicable pronoun in the nominative case however:

First Person Singular

Often used when talking to yourself. Otherwise it isn't very common. At least it's a way to distinguish whether a person is talking to themselves or you, so there's that.

Iw geadepen et!

Come on! (When you're talking to yourself)

This sometimes can be used on buttons. For example, when you press a button Go! in the game, it can be written as Geggiwzen! or in less frequent situations, Iw geggiwzen!. This derives from the perspective that buttons in a game are telling a game to do something, though the button is part of the game itself; pressing the button will causes the game to tell itself to do something. This isn't as common without the pronoun but it can be used.

First Person Plural

This is hard to express in English. It uses will with an emphasis. For example, compare the following:

Iwen ggiwzi erlerenz.

We will go later.

Iwen geggiwzen et 3 Lamafragmentor.

We will go on the count of three.

Normal future tense is very casual. Emphasise it and it's almost a command. Must can be substituted however.

Let us can also be substituted:

Let's go!

Second Person

This can't get any more obvious. The direct order to the person(s) you are speaking to.

Uj(en) Icj geetxaren!

Make it!

Third Person

This, like the first person plural, uses the translation will.

Er(en) geggiwzen wor Iw Er(en)j cpeke i ggiwzllé!

He/They will go when I tell him/them (to go)!

Other Voices

Passive

Passive in other languages use a completely different verb. In English we use the verb is; in German, werden. In Natraden, no verb changes are made. The only difference is the subject because the object.

Plajtolorj håri etlāden

Games were downloaded

Someone had downloaded games

Reflexive

The reflexive voice isn't very common though it still can be utilised. This makes use of pronouns of self:

• Men - Myself
• Vot - Yourself
• Sich - His-/Her-/Itself
• Nes - Ourselves
• Voz - Yourselves
• Les - Themselves
• Ējn - Oneself

There is only ever the nominative and dative case used in this voice, apart from anything proceeding the verb of course:

Men Iwk sæti

I saw myself

The pronoun can be omitted however.

Voz bevoseиče?

What do you call yourselves?

Change

Sometimes, the verb changes in the reflexive voice:

Uj geprazen! 

Praise!

Vot Ujk geprazen!

Bless you!

Some verbs are completely reflexive, however:

Men Iwk sæte et Æcplazk få.

I am in a restaurant.

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxliary verbs are the same as other languages, with some extras. Proper auxiliary verbs refer to all the auxiliary verbs exluding the normal verbs with auxiliary forms. All auxliliary verbs have an infinitive though only for lexicon reasons and don't serve a meaning in deep grammar. All proper auxiliary verbs can only be conjugated with either an e or nothing. Any non-present conjugations end in te. They also replace the main verb in a sentence leaving the the verb being replaced to move to the end.

Kanllé/Mallé

• Expresses possibility and permission
• Conjugation is kan/mae
  • English equivalent is can/may
  • Iw kan sætllé!
    • I can see!
• Negative is kannz/manz
  • ​English equivalent is can't/might not
  • Iw Icj manz etxarllé.
    • I might not do it.
• Non-present conjugation is kante/mate
  • English equivalent is could/might
  • Iw mate plajllé
    • ​I might play.

Requisillé

• Expresses obligation
• Conjugation is requisie
  • English equivalent is must
  • Wz, Er requisie!
    • ​No, he must!
• Negative is requisinz
  • ​English equivalent is mustn't
  • Er requisinz, ira zegle Gropwj Råems okte.
    • He musn't, or it's back to square one.
• Non-present conjugation is requisite
  • English equivalent is must've
  • Ar Icj requisite extarllé!
    • ​She must've done it!

Soltllé

• Expresses imperativity and speculation
• Conjugation is sole
  • English equivalent is shall
  • Uj sole ggiwzllé.
    • You shall go.
• Negative is solnz
  • ​English equivalent is shan't
  • Ic solnz lamada etxarllé.
    • ​It shan't happen now.
• Non-present conjugation is solte
  • English equivalent is should('ve)
  • Iw solte få Iceńk plajllé.
    • ​I should've played for them.

Lorllé

• Expresses pleasure
• Conjugation is lore
  • English equivalent is like to
  • Iw lore danzllé.
    • ​I like to dance.
• Negative is lornz
  • ​English equivalent is don't like to
  • Iw lornz danzllé. (:P)
    • I don't like to dance,
• Non-present conjugation is lorte
  • English equivalent is used to*
  • Iw Icj lorte lårllé.
    • ​I use to like it.
• Though not showing pleasure, it is a way to display that you used to do something.

Lamenllé

• Expresses the ability to do something on the basis that you aren't occupied
• Conjugation is lamene
  • ​English equivalent is have time (for)
  • Jz, Iw lamene
    • ​Sure, I have time.
• Negative is lamenz
  • ​English equivalent is don't have time (for)
  • Ar lamenz danzllé.
    • ​She doesn't have time to dance.
• Non-present conjugation is lamente
  • ​English equivalent is did/will have time (for)
  • Pjēgō, Iw lamentenz hœt.
    • Sorry, I won't have time today.

Participles

As word order specifies, although participles are considered 'last' in a clause, the verb replaced by auxiliary verbs always goes to the end. Thus, when you use auxiliary verbs with continuous or perfect tense then it would look like this:

Iw mate gjalōrënen hårllé.

I might have died.

Personal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns follow ordinary case marking

Person	'0th' Person	1st Person		2nd Person		3rd Person
Number	-	Sing.	Plu.	Sing.	Plu.	Sing.			Plu.
Gender	-	-	-	-	-	Masculine	Feminine	Neutral	Masculine	Feminine	Neutral
Pronoun	Jw	Iw	Iwen	Uj	Ujen	Er	Ar	Ic	Eren	Aren	Icen

Noun Pluralisation

To make a noun plural, you use the suffix or. This can go directly after a word or it can replace several letters:

Noun Ending	Plural Replacement	Example
Normal Pluralisation	Add Or	Partikl Partiklor
-ii	-īor	Entitii Entitīor
-(Vowel)	-or	Plajere Plajeror
-eri	-iror	Plajeri Plajiror
-(Vowel)i	-(Vowel)jor	Dai Dajor
-å	-åor	Ÿå Ÿåor

Adjectives

Adjectives are always a suffix (they are pronounced separately, however) to a noun and never agree. Inflexions must happen first, however. This becomes a problem in genetive case . Adjectives that derive directly from other languages are suffixed with a hyphen separating them:

Ōto-lower-end (Lower-end car)

Thanks to this, you can get simple phrases such as My father's big fast red car looking like a monstrocity that is:

Iwspotresōtořńlzřńpidalzgrōcec

Luckily enough, this word doesn't look like this if referred to on its own:

Iwspotresōtořń lz -řńpida lz -grōcec

Describing More than Once

Nouns can be described more than once but uses the word and. There are two ways of writing it; pronounced the same either way. The examples include Red stained glass:

Compact Form

This form is used in a written sentence: I have some red stained glass:

Iw multē Panjverctreńilzrń habe.

Extended Form

This form is used when only referring to the object itself[+1]: Red stained glass:

Panverctreńi lz -rń

[+1] This is literal and thus you cannot do things like this:

Bōdo ale Panverctreńi lz -rń

But instead you must write:

Bōdo ale Panverctreńilzrń

More than two adjectives

This still is applicable, though it mostly does not make sense if directly translated.

Big red stained glass:

Panverctreńi lz -rń lz -grōcec or Panverctreńilzrńlzgrōcec.

Comparative

Comparative adjectives are used for comparison. Here, every letter from the first vowel of the last syllable onward is ommited, the suffix ere replacing them:

Grōcec => Grōcere

Mitgæt => Mitgere

Super => Supere

Superlative

This type of adjective is used in comparison though in more of an 'outruling' situation. The same omission rules apply here, though the suffix is erect:

Grōcec => Grōcerect

Mitgæt => Mitgerect

Super => Superect

Adjectival Verbs

These adjectives derive from verbs. To make one, you get the past tense or present participle conjugation and add the prefix ver- This prefix is used when changing a root word's part of speech.

Zegle Cōziowoÿovergjalōrënere

The dying bird

However, if there is already a word instead of the adjectival verb, then that is used instead.

Zegle Cōziowoÿotåt

The dead bird

Some verbs change in adjectival form. For example:

Zen Ōtoveromni

Ōto means car and Veromni derives from Omni meaning was. Despite its origin, Veromni means possible. This possible is only used in past tense as it literally means would have been. Thus:

The possible car or The car that would have been.

'At'

The word for at differs and is used in a prepositional sense and to show something is made of something else:

Zen Fræim alo Woяt

The frame made out of wood; The wooden frame

Here are the words for at:

	At	At the; Made out of	At a (When necessary)
Masculine	Am	Ale	A'ž
Feminine	Am	Ala	A'hl
Neuter	Am	Alo	Ā'm
Starts with a Vowel	Am'	Al'	Ah'

Note: that the dative declension only applies to nouns after the prepositonal at. If the at displays the material in which the object is made out of, then the material does not decline to case. Also note that anything after these words become compact:

Woяt Orks + alo = al'Orkswoяt

Genetive Case

Two Nouns

To show something is possessed by another, it depends on how many are in the chain. If there are only two nouns, like in My Father, then the order is as follows:

Potre Iws [Father I-GEN]

Same rules still apply in different cases, accusative for example:

Potrej Iws [Father-ACC I-GEN]

More than Two Nouns

This is where problems occur, because certain restrictions have to take place. If there is more than two nouns, the nouns are stringed, like in My Father's Car:

Iwspotresōto [I-GEN-Father-GEN-Car]

Cases again still apply:

Iwspotresōtoj [I-GEN-Father-GEN-Car-ACC]

Adjectives

Since the words are stringed, none of the nouns before the last can be described. Only the last noun can have an adjective attached to it. My Father's red Car:

Iwspotresōtořń [I-GEN-Father-GEN-Car-Red]

It is because of this that the longest word is unknown.

Getting around this problem

So the problem is that none of the preceding nouns can be described. Alternatively, one can use the 'of' form (see below). But this can only happen once. Refer to this *Minecraft* example:

Woяtsbōdor del Orkknoyr

Dark Oak Wooden Planks

[Wood-GEN-Planks of the Oak-DAT-Dark]

'Of'

This uses words like 'of'. If the word for 'of' is used, one would use the dative case for the possessor.

Zåglr Adrec w Iwk (My Adress; The Adress of me)

There are different words for 'of'. It can be 'of the', 'of a', in all three genders.

For the three genders, we will use the examples:

Masculine: Howl possessed by Wolf

Feminine: Bird possessed by Sky

Neuter: Stream possessed by Data

	Definite [Of The]	Indefinite [Of A] (When necessary)	Zero [Of]	Partitive [Of Some; Plural]	Negative [Of No]
Masculine	Hurlement du Loudrek	Hurlement é Loudrek	Hurlement w Loudrek	Hurlement dë Loudrork	Hurlement né Loudrek
Feminine	Cōziowoÿo de Cōziok	Cōziowoÿo ā Cōziok	Cōziowoÿo w Cōziok	Cōziowoÿo di Cōziork	Cōziowoÿo nā Cōziok
Neuter	Ctrom del Dātak	Ctrom dela Dātak	Ctrom w Dātak	Ctrom da Dātork	Ctrom nela Dātak
Contraction (Of Europe)	d'Errūpk	N/A	N/A	N/A	n'Errūpk

You can still use the format Hurlement Loudres however.

Word Structure

Noun -

[+GEN- Noun]-

Number-

Case-

Adjective

Genders

There are 3 genders in Natraden after the gender revamp. These are Masculine, Feminine and Neuter. The genders are not biological in any sense. There are some rules to strictly determine which gender a noun belongs to:

• Time is feminine
• Human Beings and their Titles are masculine
  • Whether a woman or man, the gender is masculine.
• Any noun with the suffix -nac is feminine
  • This overrides all the other rules
• Any noun with the suffix -tol or -mekanik is neuter
  • This overrides all the other rules
• Numbers and Measurements are feminine
• Weather is neuter
• Science is masculine
  • Science can be anything from the word Science itself and really long, hard to pronounce chemical names to the Periodic Table .
  • Biology: including body parts and human processes.
    • Nature: plants and forests etc.
  • Chemistry: chemicals, elements and so forth.
  • Physics: forces, types of energy and the universe.
• Animals are masculine
  • Basically, if it's animate, isn't technology and isn't a human, it counts.
• Technology is neuter
  • This includes vehicles
• Loanwords are neuter
  • Whether they are spelled exactly the same or adapted to Natraden, this still applies.
  • This overrides all the other rules excluding the suffix rules; unless specified otherwise.
• Clothing is masculine
• Locations are feminine
  • This includes words like up and left.
  • This also includes words with the suffix -plaz.
• Emotions are feminine
• Food and Drink are masculine
• Musical Instruments are neuter
• Religion is feminine
  • This applies to everything affiliated with them; including their gods and their texts.
• Gerunds are neuter
• Colours are neuter

Articles

There are four types of articles in Natraden, Definite, Indefinite, Partitive and Negative; each differenciating with gender:

	Definite	Indefinite	Partitive	Negative
Masculine	zegle	iž	multē	når
Feminine	zåglr	ihl	multī	nos
Neuter	zen	īm	multx	nen
English Approximate	the	a(n)	some	no

Note that the indefinite article is rarely used. It only used when you need to be specific. Compare these:

Iw nåre Maščulin

I need a man

Iw nåre iž Maščulin

I need one man

Supines

Supines are almost literal in Natraden. They are technically one phrase after another, this is almost the equivalent of saying that the first verb occurs for the second.

Uj bewåre dīses Lińkj i œffnllé?

Do you want to open this link?

[You Interrogative-want this link to open?]

Here the supine is open, which requires you to want it in order for it to happen.

Contractions

There are few contractions in Natraden:

I'gle

Being a contracted form of i zegle, meaning to the in the masculine gender. The uncontracted form is still useable.

I'gle Cōziok!

To the skies!

I'kte

I'kte is the contracted form of Iw okte (I am). Because of word order, it cannot use the accusative case*. This is only used in progressive tense. 

I'kte ggiwzere (I am going).

Using it in normal sentence

Though highly archaic, I'kte could be used with the accusative form.

Ujj i'kte (I am thou)

Ih'

Contracted form of Ihl (feminine 'a'). Used before words beginning with a vowel.

Ih'ordirnac (A difficulty)

Dete/Demni/Dyt

This represents for There is or are/was/will be respectively. This is the contraction although the word order says otherwise; for this reason, the apostrophe is ignored, making it a word and thus does not follow word order in terms of the adverb.

Verbs

The conjugation of the verb can be replaced with the apostrophe so long as the tense is specified. This is heavily informal.

Iw æc' erlere (I ate earlier)

Ar hår'nz hœt æcen (She hasn't eaten today)

Interrogation

Interrogative Verb

Simple Verb

Very little is changed when asking a question. The word order is kept the same. The only noticeable differences are probably the interrogative words, change in pronoun and the question mark at the end.

When a question is asked, the verb changes to its interrogative mood: conjugated as normal with the prefix be-. We'll use the same example as above:

Uj bewåre dīses Lińkj i œffnllé?

Do you want to open this link?

If it wasn't a question, the verb would remain the same:

Uj wåre dīses Lińkj i œffnllé.

You want to open this link.

Participles

If a participle is used, normal procedures happen. Have you eaten?:

Uj behåre æcen?

The prefix is added to the verb to have, however.

Separable Verbs

Again, normal conjugation applies. The prefix is added after the verb is separated: Did you download it?

Uj Icj belādi et?

Interrogative Words

It's words like these that can determine whether a sentence is interrogative or not, as they can't be used in an ordinary sentence.

• Where
  • Wer
• Where to
  • Weri
• What
  • War
  • Nothing*
• What for
  • Wåf
• When
  • Wor
  • Warlam (What time)
• Who
  • Wur
• Why
  • Wir
• How
  • Hor
• How Much
  • Horиom

Each of these words can replace where the answer would go in the reply phrase. Warlam beokte? means, what time is it, or more literally, (it) is what time?. Uj wur beokte? means Who are you? or You are who?. The replying phrase would change the pronoun and replace the interrogative word with the answer. The respective answers for the preceding to questions are:

• 12`30 okte
  • Warlam is replaced with the time
  • The verb is back to its normal conjugated form
• Iw Bobj okte
  • The pronoun is changed from You to I
  • Wur is replaced with the name
  • The verb is restored to its conjugated form
• Sometimes, if the question has 'what' in it, it can be omitted. Iwen Lektūrorj behabe? can either mean Do we have lessons? or What lesson do we have?. The second one would be the preferred meaning since the first definition is normally used with a point in time, like today.

Common Phrases

There can be more than one way to say the same type of phrase.

Greetings

So you have the typical Hello, Good Morning etc. and some extras.

Natraden	English Equivalent
Jwlo	Hello (General)
Podze	Hello (At the Door)
Djep	Hello (On the phone)
Nwlo	Goodbye
Krzwoloz	Good Morning (6am-12pm)
Troktloz	Good Afternoon (12pm-6pm)
Ostroktloz	Good Evening (6pm-9pm)
Nītloz	Good Night (Greeting; 9pm-6am)
Nītloz i Šlaftol	Good Night (About to Sleep)
Dailoz	Good Day; Have a nice day

Basic Phrases

Brackets hold extra information and square brackets hold literal meanings.

Natraden	English Equivalent
Jz	Yes
Jzloz	Of course [Good Yes]
Wz	No
Nē	No (Denying an Offer)
Nē prego	No, thank you [No, please]
Prego	Please
Iw ...j worlorego	I would like ... please
Getzen	Thank You [Imperative to thank]
Nos Probje	You're Welcome [No problem]
Pjēgō	Sorry; My Apologies
Lobolozwz	Sorry (Bumping into Someone) [Bad Walking]
Vot geprazen	Bless You [Praise yourself]
Men geondåren	Sorry (Polite) [Forgive myself]
Jw "Hello"j becpeken (et Natrædanzere)* hor?	How do you say "Hello" (in Natraden)? [Like what does one say "Hello" (in Natraden)?]
Jw "Hello"j becpeken * hor "Jwlo"k.	You would say "Jwlo". [One says "Hello" like "Jwlo".]
"Jwlo"j cpeke	"Jwlo" is said.

Numerical System

The numbers in Natraden are decimal and therefore the highest digit is 9.

Cardinal

The numbers are normal until 10/12. Then on, the numbers are ordered. 95, for example, is written as: 

Five-w Ninety; the w derives from the word for of.

Numeral	Natraden	Abbreviation [+3]
0	Nillo
1	Onz
2	Dūs
3	Wzo
4	Kūaz
5	Penjw [+1]
6	Čizto
7	Ceptāre
8	Ašč
9	Nanarače
10	Data
11	Erlūd [+2]
12	Telver [+2]
13	Wzow Data
14	Kūazw Data
15	Penjw Data
16	Čiztow Data
17	Ceptārew Dara
18	Aščw Data
19	Nanaračew Data
20	Dūta
21	Onzw Dūta
30	Wzta
40	Kūta
50	Penta
60	Čizta
70	Cepta
80	Ašta
90	Nanta
100	Danti
101	Onzw Danti
110	Dataw Danti
111	Onzw Dataw Danti
200	Dūnti
300	Wzti
400	Kūnti
500	Penti
600	Čizti
700	Cepti
800	Ašti
900	Nanti
1,000	Dakilo	1k.
2,000	Dūkilo	2k.
3,000	Wzokilo	3k.
10,000	Datakilo	10k.
20,000	Dūtakilo	20k.
30,000	Wztakilo	30k.
100,000	Dantikilo	100k.
1 million	Damilnac	1mia.
10 million	Datamilnac	10mia.
100 million	Dantimilnac	100mia.
1 billion	Damiljard	1mir.
1 trillion	Dabilnac	1bia.
1 quadrillion	Dabiljard	1bir.

• [+1] Contains two syllables which can be distinguished as [Pen-j'w] or [Pe-niw]. EIther is acceptable though the first is more preferred. Can also be written as Peиw to avoid confusion.

• [+2] Can be written as Onzw Data and Dūsw Data respectively.
• [+3] Only used with measurements:
  • 1mia. Luźjaror
    • 1m Lightyears
• Abbreviations are taken seriously. There is a massive difference between 100k. and 100k. The dot specifically implies an abbreviation. Without a dot, it means 100 in the dative case. Thus the k is pronounced ke according to the alphabet. 
• There are prefixes to show numbers of something: 1 thousand, 2 thousand etc. These prefixes are:
  • Nil- (Not often used in written numbers)
  • Da(n)-
  • Dū(n)-
  • Wz(o)-
  • Kū(n)-
  • Pen-
  • Čiz-
  • Cep-
  • Aš-
  • Nan-

Example Number: 3.687.121.698

Aščw Nantaw Čiztiw, Dakilow Dūtakilow Dantikilow, Cepmilnacw Aštamilnacw Čiztimilnacw, Wzobilnac.

(Above is the reason why random numbers should be abolished)

Marking

As you may see in other languages, there are special markings to help read large strings of numbers.

Digit Grouping

In English we use a comma: 1,356. In Natraden, a dot is utilised: 1.356.

Decimal Mark

A lot of languages either use a comma (,) or point (.). In Natraden we use `; called Flek.

1.356`123

Čiztow Pentaw Wztiw, Dakilo, Flek Onz Dūs Wzo.

Ordinal

These numbers have two superscripted letters, all ending in e.

Numeral	Natraden
0ᵀᴱ	Nejte
1ᵀᴱ	Fœte
2ᴿᴱ	Ondre
3ᴻᴱ	Trēиe
4ᴿᴱ	Pfjēre
5ᵀᴱ	Femte
6ᵀᴱ	Šjete
7ᴾᴱ	Cēpe
8ᴺᴱ	Åpne
9ᴺᴱ	Næine
10ᴺᴱ	Djēne
11ᵂᴱ	Elwe
12ᵀᴱ	Tōte
13ᴺᴱ	Trēиew Data
14ᴿᴱ	Pfjērew Data
15ᵀᴱ	Pemtew Data
16ᵀᴱ	Šjetew Data
17ᴾᴱ	Cēpew Data
18ᴺᴱ	Åpnew Data
19ᴺᴱ	Næinew Data
20ᴺᴱ	Dujēne
21ᵀᴱ	Fœtew Dūta
30ᴺᴱ	Wjēne
40ᴺᴱ	Kjēne
50ᴺᴱ	Pjēne
60ᴺᴱ	Cjēne
70ᴺᴱ	Šjēne
80ᴺᴱ	Ojēne
90ᴺᴱ	Njēne
100ᵀᴱ	Dante
101ᵀᴱ	Fœtew Danti
110ᴺᴱ	Djēnew Danti
111ᵀᴱ	Fœtew Dataw Danti
200ᵀᴱ	Dūnte
300ᵀᴱ	Wzte
400ᵀᴱ	Kūnte
500ᵀᴱ	Pente
600ᵀᴱ	Čizte
700ᵀᴱ	Cepte
800ᵀᴱ	Ašte
900ᵀᴱ	Nante
1,000ᵂᴱ	Dakilwe
2,000ᵂᴱ	Dūkilwe
3,000ᵂᴱ	Wzokilwe
10,000ᵂᴱ	Datakilwe
20,000ᵂᴱ	Dūtakilwe
30,000ᵂᴱ	Wztakilwe
100,000ᵂᴱ	Dantikilwe
1,000,000ᴾᴱ	Damilnacpe
10,000,000ᴾᴱ	Datamilnacpe
100,000,000ᴾᴱ	Dantimilnacpe
1,000,000,000ᴾᴱ	Damiljardepe

Example Number: 3.687.121.698ᴺᴱ

Åptew* Nantaw Čiztiw, Dakilow Dūtakilow* Dantikilow, Cepmilnacw Aštamilnacw* Čiztimilnacw, Wzobilnac*

[+1] Note how only the number that is truly ordinal (the 8ᴷ in this example) is the only one that changes. Numbers like Dūtakilow have not changed to Dopkilow.

Adjectival

These are the only adjectives that are placed before the noun:

8ᴺᴱ Expronnac

Eighth Explosion

Tuples

These are those numbers that show multiples.

English	Natraden
Single	Ciglē
Double	Dūzime
Triple	Treplissime
Quadruple	Kuplissime
Quintuple	Pelissime
Sextuple	Helissime
Septuple	Ceptīssime
Octuple	Aktissime
Nonuple	Nanissime
Decuple	Datissime
Undecuple	Erlissime
Duodecuple	Telissime
Tredecuple	Wzossime
Quattuordecuple	Kuāssime
Quindecuple	Penjssime
Sexdecuple	Čissime
Septendecuple	Cessime
Octodecuple	Assime
Novemdecuple	Nanarassime
Viguple	Dutāssime

Dates & Time

How do you write dates? It's pretty weird. For instance, the century is hidden in there somewhere. You write it like the following:

Lundai, zåglr 7ᴷ Janums, 21ᴱᴿᴱ Jar 14.

Monday, the 7th of January 2014.

Monday, the January's 7th, Year 14 of the 21st Century.

BC

To use BC, one says x years before 0

10.000 Jaror ÿevo 0.

10,000 BC (10,000 Years before 0)

Layout

Mostly the same as the UK with the frequent addition of the century.

DD/MM/YY(/CC)

07/01/14(/21)

Time

Time is written like decimals:

7`15 Kws.: Quarter-Past Seven in the Morning

7`15 Tks.: Quarter-Past Seven in the Afternoon

In speech one would say Ceptāre Flek Onz Penjw Lama Krzwos meaning Seven point One-Five time morning. Replace Krzwos with Trokts for the afternoon. Lama can be omitted.

Money

Money (suprise, suprise!) also uses the Flek. Qrōnen is normally used with money if the currency doesn't need to be specified. Qrōnen is neuter (so is all currency) and translates to Common Currency. This is written with a Ɋ.

Ɋ5`50

Penjw Qrōnen Flek Penjw Nillo

Qrōnen cannot be pluralised.

Currencies

Currencies are all neuter and follow standard pluralisation only when nominal. Most currencies are directly imported from English, pronounced according to Natraden:

• Euro
• Dollar
• Rupē (Phonetic Rules force double Es into a lengthened one at the end of a word)
• Peso

The following are the only exceptions:

• Pound Sterling: Pent [Ctrēllen]
• Yen: Jen
• Krone: Qrōne

Translated Texts

Time Measurements

Lord's Prayer

Potrey Iwens

English	Natraden	Re-Translation
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, on Earth, as it is in Heaven, Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen.	Potrey Iwens et Cōziok, Uj Iwenj gehopjen Namj Ujs i prazllé, Uj Rojaplj Ujs geadepen lz geetxaren, So Venu Ujj boboyt, Hor Ujj okte et Cōziok boboere, Uj Verecej Iwens Iweńk gegeben hœt, Lz Uj Iwenj geondåren få Iwen lozwz etxare, Hor Iwen Anderj ondåre, Uj Iwenj Tennack geaucen, Lz Uj Iwenj geprotekten o lozwz, Amen.	Our Father in Heaven, Help us praise your Name, Come and make your Kingdom, So everyone will obey you, Like you are obeyed in Heaven, Give us our food today, And forgive us for doing evil, Like we forgive others, Kick us out of temptation, And protect us from evil, Amen

Idioms

A few idiomatic phrases.

All Roads lead to Rome

Iž Rom Ÿåorjmultē kan hårllé.

A Room can have many doors.

Back to Square One

Zegle Gropw Råems.

The tree's seed.

It's raining Cats and Dogs

Zegle Cōzio okte grovenere.

The sky is crying.

It's all Greek to me.

Når Nataden et Ick

No language on it

When pigs fly

Wor Lama ggie.

When time stops.

I don't care

Dete Иjevaj i bocpekllé.

There is nothing to talk about.