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Name: Liaman

Type: Germanic

Alignment:

Head Direction:

Number of genders: No

Declensions: No

Conjugations: No

Nouns declined
according to
Case Number
Definitiveness Gender
Verbs conjugated
according to
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect
Gender Cases Numbers Tenses Persons Moods Voices Aspects
Verb No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
Nouns No Yes No Yes No No No No
Adjectives No No No Yes No Yes No No
Numbers No No Yes No No No No No
Participles No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Adverb No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Pronouns No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Adpositions No Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Article No No Yes Yes No No No No
Particle No Yes No Yes Yes No No No


About Liaman[]

Liaman is a Germanic conlang, strongly based on the Dutch language, with a lot of English in it too. It also has German influences too, as well as influences from the Scandinavian languages, and also a bit of Spanish.

Setting[]

You'll probably look at this language and think "Hey, this looks like Dutch!" And I don't blame you, it's about 60% based on Dutch, and 40% based on English.

Phonology[]

Phonotactics[]

Basic Grammar[]

Like Spanish, the noun generally comes before the verb. For example, the sentence "Der sponse yelle ist ijn der bad", is literally "the sponge yellow is in the bath."

To the speaker of either English or Dutch, the language should not be hard to learn. The grammar is not too different to English, while many words are very similar to Dutch words. Either way, there are still a lot of words that are mutally intelligible to English words.


"Wat bijn je ist doen?" - "What are you doing?"

Ist[]

You should notice that the word "ist" would normally mean either it or is. (When saying "it is", you would say "ja ist" instead.) So you're now probably wondering what the heck it's doing in that sentence. To be honest, it doesn't mean anything in that sentence. But it's important in Liaman grammar. It is always used in front of a verb in the future tense and the present tense, but never in the past tense. Also, if the verb is directly after "Ikh" ("I" in English), then "ist" is not needed, but it must be used directly after you, he, she, we, they. (Ikh essen - I eat. Je ist essen - you eat. Heij ist essen - he eats. Zeij ist essen - she eats.)

Words with more than one meaning[]

Voor[]

This can be a complicated word. It is pronounced "for", and often has the same meaning as that word. It can also mean "to" and "too". Such as "me too" would be "meij voor". "To eat" would be "Voor essen." If you were to say "I want to go to the beach too," it would go like this - "Ikh wante voor ist goen voor der strap voor."

Dictionary[]


No. English Liaman
1IIkh
2you (singular)Je
3heHeij
4weZeij
5you (plural)Je
6theyZeije
7thisDit
8thatDet
9hereHeir
10thereMaer
11whoWehr
12whatWat
13whereWaer
14whenBeije
15howHau
16notNicht
17allAlle
18manyManga
19someZomm
20fewNichtmanga
21otherUnderen
22oneVam
23twoDois
24threeTre
25fourVier
26fiveFijf
27bigGhran
28longLonge
29wideVrist
30thickTyk
31heavyTungan
32smallZmalle
33shortSchrinke
34narrowSmal
35thinDunn
36womanWoman
37man (adult male)Man
38man (human being)
39childJung
40wifeMujeren
41husbandHozben
42motherModder
43fatherFadder
44animalAnimal
45fishVis
46birdFoggel
47dogHund
48louseLus
49snakeSnak
50wormOrmur
51treeBoomme
52forestBoommevest
53stickSchtyke
54fruitFruut
55seedZad
56leafFlaat
57rootRujtz
58barkBarken
59flowerFluur
60grassChrassen
61ropeRopa
62skinSchwin
63meatVlees
64bloodBloeden
65boneBojn
66fat
67eggAg
68hornCorn
69tailChynfone
70featherBloen
71hairHier
72headHoofjd
73earOor
74eyeOjo
75noseNeujz
76mouthMotz
77toothDant
78tongueTungan
79fingernailVinghernallen
80footFooten
81legVia
82kneeJerdz
83handChand
84wingVlegelen
85bellyBuik
86gutsIngjewade
87neckNech
88backBach
89breastBrejtz
90heartHart
91liverLifer
92drinkDrinken
93eatBjita
94biteBjit
95suckZuige
96spitZpiten
97vomitVfomit
98blowHotalphhdhmbaw (pronounced "Otalp-dhm-baw")
99breatheAdemen
100laughLajanbring
101seeSehn
102hearHuir
103knowSehn
104thinkTenk
105smellSmiljz
106fearAngstie
107sleepDorm
108liveViw
109dieSterve
110killJesterve
111fightLuchz
112huntJaght
113hitHit
114cutCut
115splitFurdailen
116stabStahzhe
117scratchPajn
118digGrafje
119swimNatar
120fly
121walkLopen
122comeKom
123lieGorweden
124sitEistedusch
125standStand
126turnWeiyr
127fallVallen
128giveDar
129holdChudden
130squeezeKneepen
131rubRejbenvrij
132washVas
133wipeVegen
134pullTrek
135pushPus
136throwGooiejen
137tieDaas
138sewSue
139countFrontan
140saySehn
141singZingen
142playPlajan
143floatDek
144flowRithym
145freezeIjs-hlk
146swellZvellen
147sunZonne
148moonLun
149starSter
150waterWasser
151rainLubjen
152riverLivrier
153lakeMeer
154seaZee
155saltHut
156stoneSteen
157sandHande
158dustStolf
159earthAarden
160cloudSchpring
161fogDiste
162skySiejlo
163windWinde
164snowLupe
165iceIjs
166smokeRoken
167fireBrande
168ash
169burnZepste
170roadTlak
171mountainMontanja
172redRood
173greenTjip
174yellowLiechfen
175whiteBlanc
176blackZwart
177nightNacht
178dayDaggen
179yearAnjo
180warmWer
181coldCuls
182fullFull
183newNeu
184oldViej
185goodGuut
186badSlecht
187rottenAbslecht
188dirtyVuol
189straightLangen
190roundRund
191sharpSchverp
192dullBulven
193smoothSmertze
194wetMojado
195dryDrogen
196correctCorecte
197nearCaza
198farLeos
199rightRacht
200leftLinks
201atVoor
202inIjn
203withWi
204andUn
205ifHip
206becauseVoorwat
207name


Example text[]


No. English
1I
2you (singular)
3he
4we
5you (plural)
6they
7this
8that
9here
10there
11who
12what
13where
14when
15how
16not
17all
18many
19some
20few
21other
22one
23two
24three
25four
26five
27big
28long
29wide
30thick
31heavy
32small
33short
34narrow
35thin
36woman
37man (adult male)
38man (human being)
39child
40wife
41husband
42mother
43father
44animal
45fish
46bird
47dog
48louse
49snake
50worm
51tree
52forest
53stick
54fruit
55seed
56leaf
57root
58bark
59flower
60grass
61rope
62skin
63meat
64blood
65bone
66fat
67egg
68horn
69tail
70feather
71hair
72head
73ear
74eye
75nose
76mouth
77tooth
78tongue
79fingernail
80foot
81leg
82knee
83hand
84wing
85belly
86guts
87neck
88back
89breast
90heart
91liver
92drink
93eat
94bite
95suck
96spit
97vomit
98blow
99breathe
100laugh
101see
102hear
103know
104think
105smell
106fear
107sleep
108live
109die
110kill
111fight
112hunt
113hit
114cut
115split
116stab
117scratch
118dig
119swim
120fly
121walk
122come
123lie
124sit
125stand
126turn
127fall
128give
129hold
130squeeze
131rub
132wash
133wipe
134pull
135push
136throw
137tie
138sew
139count
140say
141sing
142play
143float
144flow
145freeze
146swell
147sun
148moon
149star
150water
151rain
152river
153lake
154sea
155salt
156stone
157sand
158dust
159earth
160cloud
161fog
162sky
163wind
164snow
165ice
166smoke
167fire
168ash
169burn
170road
171mountain
172red
173green
174yellow
175white
176black
177night
178day
179year
180warm
181cold
182full
183new
184old
185good
186bad
187rotten
188dirty
189straight
190round
191sharp
192dull
193smooth
194wet
195dry
196correct
197near
198far
199right
200left
201at
202in
203with
204and
205if
206because
207name


Voorwat jist wante voorst goen voor der filmen dit dag? (Why do you want to go to the cinemas today?)

Wehr woont ijn en pijnappel unter der zee? (Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?)

Daer bijn een biblotejen neu ijn dit zite voor Oktober. (There's going to be a new library in this city in October.)

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