Korwedish

Koredish is the odd child of Korean and Swedish, with some oddities thrown in...

Word Order

Subject, Object, Verb

Postpositional

Nouns before adjectives

Grammatical Cases

Nominative (NOM) - subject

Accusative (ACC) – direct object

Dative (DAT) – indirect object, telling time (temporal)

Vocative (VOC) – addressing, calling

Genitive (GEN) - possession

Instrumental (INS) – by, means, tool

Topical (TOP) – topic, emphasis

Comitative (COM) – with

Locative (LOC) – location of

Vicinitive (VIC) – nearby

Lative (LAT) – movement to

Ablative (ABL) – movement from

Postpositional (PST) – used with postpositions

hus - house (NOM)

huswl - house (ACC)

huse - house (DAT)

husya - house (VOC)

huswi - house’s (GEN)

huswro - house (INS)

huswga - house (TOP)

huswa - with house (COM)

huswso - at house (LOC)

husege - near house (VIC)

huswge - to house (LAT)

huseso - from house (ABL)

husi - house (PST)

Verbs

Infinitive

The infinitive ends in -da:

seda - to see

varda - to be

hada - to have

gojrda - to do

sajda - to say

The root of the verb is the verb minus the -da suffix:

se

var

ha

gojr

saj

Conjugation

Verbs are not conjugated for person, hence the verb ending is the same regardless of person:

Na sejo - I see

No sejo - you see

Kw sejo - he/she sees

Go sejo - it sees

Vi sejo - we see

Ni sejo - you see

De sejo - they see

Interrogative mood

Na sejka? - I see?

No sejka? - you see?

etc.

(work in progress)

Numbers

Cardinal Numbers

han - one

du - two

se - three

ne - four

tas - five

yos - six

gop - seven

dol - eight

hop - nine

jol - ten

jorihan - eleven

joridu - twelve

jorise - thirteen

… …

duhwn - twenty

duhwnihan - twenty-one

… …

sehwn - thirty

nehwn - forty

… …

hunder - hundred

hunder joriyos - one hundred sixteen

… …

duhunder - two hundred

duhunder hophwnigop - two hundred sixteen

… …

tusen - thousand

joltusen - ten thousand

hunder tusen - one hundred thousand

… …

miljon - million

biljon - billion

Ordinal numbers

Add -et to the cardinal number:

hanet - first

sehwnet - thirtieth

tusenet - thousandth

For compound numbers it is customary to hyphenate the whole number when used as an ordinal:

duhunder-hophwnigopet - two hundred sixteenth

Telling Time

Hours and minutes

Use the suffix -sci for hours, and -bun for minutes.

hansci - one o’clock

dusci - two o’clock

nehwnitasbun - 45 minutes

hansci nehwnitasbun eftermiddage - 1:45 in the afternoon

Days of the week

maansdag - Monday

brandsdag - Tuesday

vattensdag - Wednesday

trejsdag - Thursday

guldsdag - Friday

stjejrnasdag - Saturday

solsdag - Sunday

Months of the year

hanmaanad - January

dumaanad - February

semaanad - March

nemaanad - April

tasmaanad - May

yosmaanad - June

gopmaanad - July

dolmaanad - August

hopmaanad - September

jolmaanad - October

jorihanmaanad - November

joridumaanad - December

Use of dative case as temporal

Use the dative case (DAT) for telling time, by adding the suffix -e to temporal words:

hanscie - at one o’clock

gulsdage - on Friday

semaanade - in March

noga solsdage hemwge ska gaajo - you should go home on sunday

Quick Phrases

Ja - yes

Nej - no

Vajnlik - please

Vajlkomhajo - you’re welcome

Nae ursajkthajo - excuse me

Na ledsenhajo - I am sorry

Snajl slutahajo - please stop

Okej - OK

Helo. Nol ajterska? - Hello. How are you? (literally, “did you eat?”)

Nawi namwga _____ ajrjo. - My name is _______.

Na nage ______ heterhajo. - I call myself _______. (“my name is _______”)

Noga omo heterhajka? - What is your name?

Noga Engelsksprajk talahajka? - Do you speak English?

Naga Korensksprajk inte talahajo. - I do not speak Korwedish.

Na inte fojrstarhajo. - I don’t understand.

No goga igen sajger kanhajka? - Can you say that again? (Can you repeat that?)