Gund
Gund or Gundsk was started By Samuel Martinez of Lawrence,Indiana
contact him at: [email protected]
Phonlogy
Plosive /p b t d k k_s ɡ/ "p b t d k x g"
Nasal /m n/ <m n>
Fricative /f v θ ð t_s s ʃ z h/ "f v þ ð z c š s h"
Aproximant /ɹ l j/ "r l j"
Semi-vowels /w/ "w"
Vowels /ɑ aʊ ɛ i o ø ʌ ɪ ɛ: u: ɑ: æ/ "a á e i o ø u y é ú aa ae"
Diphthongs /ɔɪ ʌɪ ɪə/ "eu ei ie"
Word finally:
c, /s/ > /k/
e, /e/ > /@/
a, /a/ > /@/
Some speakers would (if there were any) pronounce þorn unvoiced or eþ voiced
Alphabet:
A Á B C D Ð E É F G H I J K L M N O Ø P Q R S Š T Þ U Ú V W X Y Z
a á b c d ð e é f g h i j k l m n o ø p q r s š t þ u ú v w x y z
Names in Gund pronunciation:
ah á be cé dé eþ uh éh ef gé hé ie je ke le em en oh ø pe ké ahr ess šé té þorn uhe úhe vé wé yx øps zet
Morphology:
Verbs are conjugated for person and tense
1st person: stem + i
2nd person: stem + st or est if the consonat is a t or d
3rd person: stem + t or et if the consonat is a t or d
Plural 1st: unconjugated
- all plural forms of verbs for 2nd and 3rd are the same in plural
there is one prefix in Gund, ge /g@/ which marks the present participle. A final "t" is also added to the verb stem.
ge + stem + t
Gund has 4 suffixes, "and", "os" "ys" "ysan"
"and" marks the present participle.
in Gund the use of the word "am" which is a form of the verb "to be" is unecessary.
"yss" marks the past tense
"os" marks the plural
"ysan" marks the past progressive
Pronouns:
Pronouns have three cases, nominative, accusative, and Genitive. Gund has four types of
pronouns, Masculine, Feminine, Neuter, and Inanimate
1st person singular nominative...Ek
2nd person singular nominative...Ðú
(3rd person singular nominative:
Masculine...Ar
Feminine...Sar
Neuter...het
Inanimate singular nominative...et)
1st person singular accusative...Mec
2nd person singular accusative...Þyk
(3rd person singular accusative:
Masculine...Arem
Feminine...Sarem
Neuter...het
Inanimate singular accusative...etem)
1st person plural nominative...Uss
2nd person plural nominative...Ðose
(3rd person plural nominative:
Masculine...Aros
Feminine...Saros
Neuter...hetos
Inanimate plural nominative...etos)
1st person plural accusative...Mec
2nd person plural accusative...Þykos
(3rd person plural accusative:
Masculine...Arom
Feminine...Sarom
Neuter...hetos
Inanimate plural accusative...etemos)
Genitive:
1st person singular...Mehn
2nd person singular...þehn
(3rd person singular:
masculine...arehn
feminine...sarehn
neuter...hetehn
inanimate...etehn)
1st person plural...áer
2nd person plural...þehnos
(3rd person plural:
masculine...arohn
feminine...sarohn
neuter...hetohn
inanimate...etohn)
articles:
- The plural form of all the articles except "this" is the same as the femine form
- Ðie serz = The girl, Ðie serzos = the girls
nominative
- the:**
masculine --- Ðén
feminine --- Ðie
neuter --- þy
indefinate --- þet
- a:**
masc. --- an
feminine --- anie
neuter --- anyn
indefinate --- anet
accusative
- the:**
masculine --- Ðénem
feminine --- Ðiem
neuter --- þym
inanimate --- þetem
- a:**
masc. --- anem
feminine --- aniem
neuter --- anym
inanimate --- anet
This and that don't have gender:
this --- Ðyss
plural --- Ðoss
accusative --- Ðyssem
plural --- Ðosem
that --- Ðaet
plural --- Ðaetos
accusative --- Ðaem
plural --- Ðaemos
Syntax
Gund is SVO with V2 word order like German it has 11 tenses:
Present
I write the book, I write the-accusative book
Ek šreibi þym buk
Future
I will write the book, I will the-acc. book to-write
Ek villi þym buk šreiban
Present Progressive
I am writing the book, I am-writing the-acc. book
Ek šreiband þym buk,
Past Progressive
I was writing the book, I write-pst-pro the-acc. book
Ek šreibysan þym buk
Future Progressive
I will be writing the book, I will the-acc. book to-be to-write-pre-prt
Ek villi þym buk benan šreiband
Present Perfect
I have written the book, I have the-acc. book to-write-pst-part.
Ek hyvi þym buk gešreibt
Past Perfect
I had written the book, have-past-tense the-acc. book to-write-pst-prt
Ek hyvys þym buk gešreibt
Future Perfect
I will have written the book, I will the-acc. book to-have to-write-pst-prt
Ek villi þym buk hyvan gešreibt
Present Perfect Progressive
I have been writing a book, I have the-acc. book to-be to-write-pr-prt
Ek hyvi þym buk benan šreiband
Past Perfect Progressive
I had been writting the book, I have-past-tense the-acc. book to-be to-write-pre-prt
Ek hyvys þym buk benan šreiband
Future Perfect Progressive
I will have been writting the book, I will the-acc. book to-have to-be to-write-pre-prt
Ek villi þym buk hyvan benan šreiband
The only irregular verb:
Benan - to be
1st person --- ben
2nd person --- best
3rd person --- best
inanimate --- best
Plural 1st --- benan
Thing you would learn in kindergarten:
Days, months
Monday...Mondak
Tuesday...Ðúsdak
Wednesday...Vensdak
Thursday...Donsdak
Friday...Frédak
Saturday...Samsdak - a tribute to me (my name is Sam ;) )
Sunday...Sonsdak
Months(in correct order):
Janú
Febú
Merch
Apryl
Mei
Jún
Júle
Ágúst
Septembar
Aktobar
Novembar
Dézembar
Numbers:
ahn
dún
þrie
fie
fef
syš
seb
akt
nien
zik
alf
zølf
þriezik
fiezik
fefzik
syšik
sebzik
aktzik
nienzik
dúnie
þrienie
fienie
fefie
syšie
sebie
aktie
nienie
húndar
ahneðehúndar
dúneðehúndar...