Hongsprokk
Hongsprokk (sometimes written as Hoŋsprokk) is a West Germanic language spoken in the fictional country of Hongland. The primary speakers of the tongue are the native Honglings and the immigrant Nigerians. Hongsprokk shares a lot of vocabulary with German and English and many of the loan words are from French, English, and Spanish.
Basic Grammar
Hongsprokk follows a similar sentence structure as English. Thus "Þa Bo geschlages on piñatem" translates to "The boy hit the piñata." Hongsprokk, like Latin, is an inflectional language and has complex declensions for nouns. Hongsprokk relies on word order for meaning, however. Also, subjects are always capitalized in sentences!
Concerning the declining of a noun, there are three independent declensions. The first is for feminine words such as gürl and frow, the second for masculine words like bo and man, and the last is for neuter words like kinde and messer.
gürl, gürlen 1st declension "girl"
nominative: gürl, gürlen
genitive: gürl's, gürlen's
accusative: gürlem, gürlenem
ablative: gürle, gürlen
bo, boes 2nd declension "boy"
nominative: bo, boes
genitive: bo's, boes's
accusative: boem, boesem
ablative: boe, boei
kinde, kinderen 3rd declension "child"
nominative: kinde, kinderen
genitive: kinde's, kinderen's
accusative: kindem, kinderenem
ablative: kinde, kinderenei
There are strong and weak verbs, but luckily there is only one conjugation in Hongsprokk. There are also some irregular verbs, but these are quite rare.
schlagge, schlaggen "to beat"
Ik schlagge- I beat
Ik om schlagging- I am beating
Þu schlagge- You are beating
Hi/sci/it schlagged- He/she/it beats
Wi ert schlagging- We are beating
Yu schlagge- You beat (plural)
Þei schlagge- They beat
For plurals of regular verbs, simply use the continuous form and add a "wes" meaning "was". Example: Ik wes schlagging. "I was beating"
be, been "to be"
Ik om- I am
Þu ert- You are
Hi/sci/it is- He/she/it is
Wi ert- We are
Yu ert- You are
Þei sinden- They are
Imperfect verbs follow a similar pattern for regular verbs, only they begin with a ge-. Example: Sci geschlagged "She was hitting"
Unfortunately, irregular verbs are a bit more complicated as can be seen below.
Ik wes- I was
Þu werst- You were
Hi/sci/it werste- He/she/it was
Wi werst- We were
Yu werst- You were
Þei wersten- They were
Wöurdbukki
aardvark- earth pig (from Dutch)
Angelland- England
Angellisc- English
appelle- apple
avünkkili- uncle (from Latin)
bakken- to bake
bo- boy
bukki- book
Caesar- Emperor
Caesarhoed- Empire
Þoutkksc- German
Þoutkkeland- Germany
faþer- father
ferensier- television
frow- woman
frowköng- queen
göud- good
grott- great
grottfaþer- grandfather
grottmaþer- grandmother
gürl- girl
hofon- sky
Island- Iceland
Islandsc- Icelandic
Italiee- Italy
Ivrit- Hebrew (from Hebrew)
Japaneland- Japan
Jude- Jew
Judesc- Yiddish
Judentom- Judaism
kinde- child
kindergarten- kindergarten (from German)
knifen- knife
kömputere- computer
köng- king
könghoed- kingdom
könglikki- royal
Kristantom- Christianity
Kristane- Christian
man- man
maþer- mother
messer- knife
Musulman- Muslim
Musulmanhoed- Islam
nachber- neighbour
nachberhoed- neighbourhood
Neaþerland- Netherlands
Neaþerlandsc- Dutch
Neigeria- Nigeria
öuttelandisc- foreign
öuttelander- foreigner
piñata- piñata (from Spanish)
Polönd- Poland
Polösc- Polish
museum- museum (from Latin)
Russland- Russia
Russösc- Russian
saga- epic poem
sagahoed- epic poetry
skillen- arts
söngenkrafft- poetry
sprakken- to speak
sprokki- speach
stüden- to study
takken- to talk
weven- to weave
werld- world
werldstüd- science
wöurd- word
ygsöendhoed- good health, gesundheit
Example text
Ounser faþer hwou ert in hofonei.
Our father who art in heaven.
Gehefene bie þy name.
Hallowed be thy name,
Numbers:
Noþþi- Zero
Ön- One
Tvö- Two
Ðri- Three
Fyr- Four
Funþi- Five
Sekksi- Six
Sevan- Seven
Akkþi- Eight
Naini- Nine
Tani- Ten
Elfen- Eleven
Tvölfi- Twelve
Ðertan- Thirteen
Fyrtan- Fourteen
Funþtan- Fifteen
Sekkstan- Sixteen
Sevantan- Seventeen
Akkþtan- Eighteen
Naintan- Nineteen
Tveitig- Twenty
Ðreitig- Thirty
Fyrtig- Forty
Funþtig- Fifty
Sekkstig- Sixty
Sevantig- Seventy
Akkþtig- Eighty
Naintig- Ninety
Hundreþþi- Hundred
Ðusanþþi- Thousand
Tansanþþi- Million
Milljen- Billion
Billjen- Trillion
Gröððen: Greetings:
Good morning- Göud mürgyng
Good afternoon- Göud efternöun
Good evening- Göud avenþþi
Good night- Göud nahþþa
Hello- Hallo
How is your wife?- Hu is þur frowbride?