From 04ad65afb02053b5499f54001fb1e2237993b36a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ngô Ngọc Đức Huy Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:23:01 +0700 Subject: Make it French instead of German --- src/grammar/phonology.md | 1 - src/grammar/pos.md | 191 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ src/grammar/syntax.md | 4 +- src/introduction.md | 5 +- 4 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 102 deletions(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/grammar/phonology.md b/src/grammar/phonology.md index bbf3626..b78a704 100644 --- a/src/grammar/phonology.md +++ b/src/grammar/phonology.md @@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ its intuitivity, it is modified a little. - t: [t] - tsch: [tʃ] - ts: [ts], follows short vowels -- tzsch: [tʃ] - v: [v]; word-ending: [f] - w: [v] - z: [ʒ] diff --git a/src/grammar/pos.md b/src/grammar/pos.md index e7f4b9c..efb8400 100644 --- a/src/grammar/pos.md +++ b/src/grammar/pos.md @@ -1,25 +1,56 @@ # Parts of Speech This chapter describe behaviors of different parts of speech that can't be just -simply ported from German, mostly morphology. +simply ported from French and German, mostly morphology. ## Noun -While having the same number of cases and gender, Isanercent has less noun -patterns compared to German (only four): +Like French, Isanercent nouns has 2 genders and no cases. +Isanercent has German-esque noun endings, but it works like French: only plural +is marked with -(e)r. If the noun is objects (whether +COI or +COD), it gains an +extra -n, similar to how German nouns work in accusative and dative case. -- plosive ending (e.g. *ki Bǔt*, house) -- sonorant and vowel ending (e.g. *ke Tann*, table) -- fricative (e.g. *ka Münsch*, mouse) +The noun's gender is the same as in German. -In plural form, the first vowel is umlauted +Compound nouns are also made by concatenation like in German instead of +chaining with preposition. -- plosive ending: add a schwa: *kuu Bütte* -- sonorant ending: add an -en ending: *kuu Tännen* -- fricative ending: add a -er ending: *kuu Münscher* +## Adjective + +Generally, the ending is: + +| | masculine | feminine | +|----------|-----------|----------| +| singular | no prefix | -a | +| plural | -(e)n | -an | -Just like in German, those ending in -e and -er are weak and is added -n in -dative case and accusative case, e.g. *kum Bütten*, *kur Münschern*. +## Pronoun + +| pronoun | subject | COI | COD | possessive | +|---------|---------|-----|-----|------------| +| I | iir | mi | min | mis- | +| thou | nii | ni | nin | nis- | +| he | ce | ce | cen | ces- | +| she | za | zi | zin | zis- | +| it | ci | cin | cin | cis- | +| we | vi | vim | cim | vis- | +| ye | chii | chi | chin| chis- | +| you | scho |schan|schim| sches- | +| they.n | suu | sim | sim | suus- | +| they.m | see | sem | sem | sees- | +| they.f | saa | sam | sam | saas- | + +Possessives have endings like adjective. + +### Impersonal pronouns + +| French | Isanercent | +|--------|------------| +| se | sich | +| y | wiise | +| en | darim | ## Verb @@ -29,99 +60,65 @@ dative case and accusative case, e.g. *kum Bütten*, *kur Münschern*. |------------|--------| | iir | -(e)s | | nii | -(e)st | -| ba | -(e)t | -| e/saa/ci | -(e) | -| vi/scho/su | -(e)nt | +| ce/za/ci | -(e) | +| chii | -(e)t | +| vi | -ons | +| scho | -etse | +| suu/see/saa| -(e)nt | ### Participles -- past: circumfix da-V-et -- present: suffix -ang - -## Adjective - -Because I'm lazy, adjective ending is the same as in German - -## Pronoun - -| case | I | thou | he | she | it | we | ye | you | they | -|------------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|------| -| nominative | iir | nii | e | saa | ci | vi | ba | scho | suu | -| accusative | mic | nic | em | sam | ci | vus | ban | schan | sum | -| dative | miir | niir | en | sar | cen | vim | bam | schim | sur | -| genitive | mar | nar | sas | san | cas | vis | bas | sches | sus | +- past: circumfix ge-V-et +- present: suffix -and ## Articles -Isanercent articles are a bit saner than German counterparts, with separate -articles for feminine and plural nouns. - -- nominative - - masculine: *ke* - - neuter: *ki* - - feminine: *ka* - - plural: *kuu* -- accusative: - - masculine: *kem* - - neuter: *ki* - - feminine: *kam* - - plural: *kum* -- dative - - masculine/neuter: *ken* - - feminine: *kar* - - plural: *kur* -- genitive - - masculine/neuter: *kes* - - feminine: *kan* - - plural: *kus* +Isanercent articles work like French, except that there are 3 gender. + +| article | singular | plural | +|-----------|----------|--------| +| masculine | de | den | +| feminine | da | dar | +| neutral | di | din | ## Preposition TODO: translate these -- Accusative - - bis - - durch - - entlang (postposition) - - für - - gegen - - je - - ohne - - um - - wider -- Dative - - aus - - außer - - bei - - dank - - gegenüber - - gemäß - - laut - - mit - - nach - - seit - - von - - zu -- Genitive - - anstatt - - statt - - außerhalb - - innerhalb - - jenseits - - diesseits - - seitens - - während - - wegen - - mithilfe - - würdig - - anhand -- Accusative or dative - - an - - auf - - hinter - - in - - neben - - über - - unter - - vor - - zwischen +| French | German | Isanercent | +|------------|------------|------------| +| à | zu | zo | +| à la | zur | zo da | +| au | zum | zod | +| aux | various | zon/zor | +| après | nach | | +| avant | vor | | +| avec | mit | | +| chez | zu Hause | | +| contre | gegen | | +| dans | in | | +| de | N/A | | +| du | N/A | | +| de la | N/A | | +| des | N/A | | +| depuis | seit | | +| derrière | hinten | | +| devant | vor | | +| en face de | en face de | | +| entre | zwischen | | +| environ | etwas | | +| hors de | raus | | +| jusque | bis zu | | +| malgré | obwohl | | +| par | durch | | +| par | von | | +| parmi | unter | | +| pendant | während | | +| pour | für | | +| près de | neben | | +| quant à | mit Bezug auf | | +| sans | ohne | | +| selon | nach | | +| sous | unter | | +| sur | an | | +| vers | zu | | diff --git a/src/grammar/syntax.md b/src/grammar/syntax.md index b5a59a0..94c89d7 100644 --- a/src/grammar/syntax.md +++ b/src/grammar/syntax.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ # Syntax -There are few constructions that are not directly butchered from German. -Please learn German syntaxes instead. +There are few constructions that are not directly butchered French. +Please learn French syntaxes instead. diff --git a/src/introduction.md b/src/introduction.md index f78a8c5..7f2fe11 100644 --- a/src/introduction.md +++ b/src/introduction.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ # Introduction -Isanercent is a relex based on German with only a few grammatical, -orthographical, and phonology changes. +Isanercent is a relex based on German French with German-esque +phonology and spelling. There are few changes for aesthetic and regularist +reason. In-world wise, Isanercent is spoken by people in Isanerc. -- cgit 1.4.1