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== Pronouns ==
== Pronouns ==


'''Kerusha''' has three basic pronouns; '''bu''' [1sg], '''ti''' [2sg], and '''ma''' [3sg]. These do not indicate gender. These can be made plural using the suffix "'''-shi'''", and possessive with "'''a-'''".
* '''wa-''' - 1sg
 
* '''ni-''' - 2sg
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* '''ko-''' - 3sg
!
::
! singular
* '''su-''' - reflexive; reciprocal
! plural
! possessive
|-align=center
! 1st person
| '''bu'''<br>I; me
| '''bushi'''<br>we; us
| '''abu/shi'''<br>my; mine / our(s)
|-align=center
! 2nd person
| '''ti'''<br>you
| '''tishi'''<br>you (all)
| '''ati/shi'''<br>your/(s)
|-align=center
! 3rd person
| '''ma'''<br>he; she; him; her; it
| '''mashi'''<br>they; them; those
| '''ama/shi'''<br>their/(s)
|}


== Numbers ==
== Numbers ==

Revision as of 06:47, 31 October 2021


A conlang for fun.

Phonology

consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar
Plosives (p)   b t   d k   g
Nasals m n
Fricatives s   (z) ʃ (sh)
Approximants j (y) w
Trill r


vowels
Front Central Back
Close i~ɪ u~ʊ
Mid e~ɛ o
Open a~ə

Pronouns

  • wa- - 1sg
  • ni- - 2sg
  • ko- - 3sg
  • su- - reflexive; reciprocal

Numbers

Kerusha uses a base 10 number system. The basic numbers are as follows:

Kerusha number English Kerusha number English Kerusha number English
ozi 0 zero ni 6 six wekiyo 500 five hundred
da 1 one go 7 seven tiyo 103 (one) thousand
sho 2 two ro 8 eight metiyo 104 ten thousand
pa 3 three bi 9 nine kitiyo 105 (one) hundred thousand
ke 4 four me 10 ten 106 (one) million
we 5 five kiyo 100 (one) hundred 109 (one) billion

Forming Larger Numbers

  • meda - eleven / 11
  • shome - twenty / 20
  • dakiyogo - one hundred seven / 107
  • pakiyoshomeni (long form) / pashoni (short form) - three hundred twenty six / 326
  • nitiyoshoke - six thousand and twenty four / 6024

Other Number Forms

Kerusha number English ordinal multiple fractional
da 1 one x
first
x
once
-
mesho 12 twelve x
twelfth
x
duodecuple
x
a twelfth
wemeke
(weke)
54 fifty four x
fifty fourth
x
54 times
x
a fifty fourth
kiyoni 106 one hundred (and) six x
106th
x
106 times
x
a 106th
gotiyo 7000 seven thousand x
seven thousandth
x
7000 times
x
1/7000

Lexicon

a

ba

da

e

ga

i

ka

ma

na

o

pa

ra

sa

sha

  • sharu - vs. - be; exist; yes
present past future
1sg shawa
I am
sharewa
I was
shabuwa
I will be
2sg -
-
-
-
-
-
3sg -
-
-
-
-
-

ta

u

wa

ya

za