| Serubian Serobid | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Agglutinative | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Ergative-Absolutive | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | [[User:|]] | ||||||||||||
Classification and Dialects[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Stop | b p | d t | g k | ||
| Fricative | f v | s z | h | ||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||
| Lateral app. | l |
Vowels[]
| Front | Near-front | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ||
| Near-high | e | o | |
| Low | a |
Phonotactics[]
Syllable structure: (C)V(C).
No fixed stress. Usually it is on the first syllable, if not Serubian uses accent diacritics (´) to emphysize stress. This leads to confusion, because there are words which are emphysized differently, otherwise they are spelled the same way. Example: mokes (/v/ tire) and mokés (anxiety).
Writing System[]
| Letter | Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Ll | Mm | Nn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | a | b | k | d | e | f | g | h | i | l | m | n |
| Letter | Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Vv | Zz | á | é | í | ó | |
| Sound | o | p | ɾ | s | t | v | z |
Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Cases[]
Nouns have four cases: ergative (nominative), absolutive (accusative), genitive and dative. Ergative is the doer of a verb: woman eats cheese. The ergative affix appears only if there is an absolutive in the sentence. Ca icofló bine nogá. Ca is the definite article (the), ic means woman plus the affix -(o)flo which is the ergative suffix. Bine means to eat from the noun bin (food) with an -e and nogá is the equivalent of cheese in English.
Genitive is the possessor and possession. Icege fite which means the woman's cloth. Icege is the woman in genitive with the suffix -(e)ge and fite simply means cloth. Clothes is fitid in Serubian and it is only used when we talk about at least two clothes, like a shirt and jeans.
Dative is the recipeint of something. Ea ico lekin sa mife. That means the woman promises change (to) her girlfriend.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Ergative | -(o)flo | -(o)flid |
| Absolutive | No affix | No affix |
| Genitive | -eg | -egid |
| Dative | -o | -od |
Plurality[]
In Serubian there are only singular and plural forms of the nouns. Serubian can form each and every noun's plural forms with the suffix -(i)d.
Articles[]
There are two basic forms of the article, definite and an indefinite. With other words we can form demonstrative pronouns from the definite article.
| Forms | Definite | Indefinite |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | ca (the) | a (a/an) |
| Plural | cad (these/those) | ad (some) |
| Dem.pr. | cap (that) | |
| Rel. pr. | cafá (this/that) | afá (something) |
| cadá (who) | adá (someone) | |
| cafázo (like) | afázo (somelike) | |
| cabe (many/much) | abe (some/any amount) | |
| can (how) | ace (somehow) |
Verbs[]
Verbs have past, present and future aspects.
| Past | Present | Future |
|---|---|---|
| ag ré (was) | ré (to be) | rénga (will be) |
| ag abine (felt) | abine (to feel) | abinénga (will feel) |
| ag fin (made) | fin (make) | finínga (will make) |
Pronouns[]
| Person | Ergative | Absolutive | Genitive | Dative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | fi | fo | fe | na |
| 2nd sing. | pa | po | pe | pi |
| 3rd sing. | se | so | sa | si |
| 1st plu. | fid | fod | fed | nad |
| 2nd plu. | pad | pod | ped | pid |
| 3rd plu. | sed | sod | sad | sid |
Derivational morphology[]
| From | To | Suffix |
|---|---|---|
| Noun | Verb | -e |
| Adjective | -i | |
| Place | -a | |
| Person | -ad | |
| Verb | Noun | -(i)n |
| Adjective | -el | |
| Adjective | Verb | -(a)ni |
| Adverb | -(o)k | |
| Noun | -(e)s | |
| Other | Diminutive | -ol |
| Augmentative | -ab |
Syntax[]
The word order is VSO (verb-subject-object). Ea ico lekin sa mife = Promises woman change to her girlfriend.
Lexicon[]
| No. | English | Serubian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | Fi |
| 2 | you (singular) | Pa |
| 3 | he | Se |
| 4 | we | Fid |
| 5 | you (plural) | Pad |
| 6 | they | Sed |
| 7 | this | Cafá |
| 8 | that | Cafá |
| 9 | here | Rebé |
| 10 | there | Delé |
| 11 | who | Dá |
| 12 | what | Fá |
| 13 | where | — |
| 14 | when | — |
| 15 | how | — |
| 16 | not | — |
| 17 | all | — |
| 18 | many | — |
| 19 | some | — |
| 20 | few | — |
| 21 | other | — |
| 22 | one | — |
| 23 | two | — |
| 24 | three | — |
| 25 | four | — |
| 26 | five | — |
| 27 | big | — |
| 28 | long | — |
| 29 | wide | — |
| 30 | thick | — |
| 31 | heavy | — |
| 32 | small | — |
| 33 | short | — |
| 34 | narrow | — |
| 35 | thin | — |
| 36 | woman | — |
| 37 | man (adult male) | — |
| 38 | man (human being) | — |
| 39 | child | — |
| 40 | wife | — |
| 41 | husband | — |
| 42 | mother | — |
| 43 | father | — |
| 44 | animal | — |
| 45 | fish | — |
| 46 | bird | — |
| 47 | dog | — |
| 48 | louse | — |
| 49 | snake | — |
| 50 | worm | — |
| 51 | tree | — |
| 52 | forest | — |
| 53 | stick | — |
| 54 | fruit | — |
| 55 | seed | — |
| 56 | leaf | — |
| 57 | root | — |
| 58 | bark | — |
| 59 | flower | — |
| 60 | grass | — |
| 61 | rope | — |
| 62 | skin | — |
| 63 | meat | — |
| 64 | blood | — |
| 65 | bone | — |
| 66 | fat | — |
| 67 | egg | — |
| 68 | horn | — |
| 69 | tail | — |
| 70 | feather | — |
| 71 | hair | — |
| 72 | head | — |
| 73 | ear | — |
| 74 | eye | — |
| 75 | nose | — |
| 76 | mouth | — |
| 77 | tooth | — |
| 78 | tongue | — |
| 79 | fingernail | — |
| 80 | foot | — |
| 81 | leg | — |
| 82 | knee | — |
| 83 | hand | — |
| 84 | wing | — |
| 85 | belly | — |
| 86 | guts | — |
| 87 | neck | — |
| 88 | back | — |
| 89 | breast | — |
| 90 | heart | — |
| 91 | liver | — |
| 92 | drink | — |
| 93 | eat | — |
| 94 | bite | — |
| 95 | suck | — |
| 96 | spit | — |
| 97 | vomit | — |
| 98 | blow | — |
| 99 | breathe | — |
| 100 | laugh | — |
| 101 | see | — |
| 102 | hear | — |
| 103 | know | — |
| 104 | think | — |
| 105 | smell | — |
| 106 | fear | — |
| 107 | sleep | — |
| 108 | live | — |
| 109 | die | — |
| 110 | kill | — |
| 111 | fight | — |
| 112 | hunt | — |
| 113 | hit | — |
| 114 | cut | — |
| 115 | split | — |
| 116 | stab | — |
| 117 | scratch | — |
| 118 | dig | — |
| 119 | swim | — |
| 120 | fly | — |
| 121 | walk | — |
| 122 | come | — |
| 123 | lie | — |
| 124 | sit | — |
| 125 | stand | — |
| 126 | turn | — |
| 127 | fall | — |
| 128 | give | — |
| 129 | hold | — |
| 130 | squeeze | — |
| 131 | rub | — |
| 132 | wash | — |
| 133 | wipe | — |
| 134 | pull | — |
| 135 | push | — |
| 136 | throw | — |
| 137 | tie | — |
| 138 | sew | — |
| 139 | count | — |
| 140 | say | — |
| 141 | sing | — |
| 142 | play | — |
| 143 | float | — |
| 144 | flow | — |
| 145 | freeze | — |
| 146 | swell | — |
| 147 | sun | — |
| 148 | moon | — |
| 149 | star | — |
| 150 | water | — |
| 151 | rain | — |
| 152 | river | — |
| 153 | lake | — |
| 154 | sea | — |
| 155 | salt | — |
| 156 | stone | — |
| 157 | sand | — |
| 158 | dust | — |
| 159 | earth | — |
| 160 | cloud | — |
| 161 | fog | — |
| 162 | sky | — |
| 163 | wind | — |
| 164 | snow | — |
| 165 | ice | — |
| 166 | smoke | — |
| 167 | fire | — |
| 168 | ash | — |
| 169 | burn | — |
| 170 | road | — |
| 171 | mountain | — |
| 172 | red | — |
| 173 | green | — |
| 174 | yellow | — |
| 175 | white | — |
| 176 | black | — |
| 177 | night | — |
| 178 | day | — |
| 179 | year | — |
| 180 | warm | — |
| 181 | cold | — |
| 182 | full | — |
| 183 | new | — |
| 184 | old | — |
| 185 | good | — |
| 186 | bad | — |
| 187 | rotten | — |
| 188 | dirty | — |
| 189 | straight | — |
| 190 | round | — |
| 191 | sharp | — |
| 192 | dull | — |
| 193 | smooth | — |
| 194 | wet | — |
| 195 | dry | — |
| 196 | correct | — |
| 197 | near | — |
| 198 | far | — |
| 199 | right | — |
| 200 | left | — |
| 201 | at | — |
| 202 | in | — |
| 203 | with | — |
| 204 | and | — |
| 205 | if | — |
| 206 | because | — |
| 207 | name | — |