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

Personal Pronouns

There are two grammatical numbers, singular and plural; and two grammatical genders: human and neuter (which covers everything else other than humans). The third person singular has different forms for both human and neuter, but the third person plural does not. None of the other persons shows a distinction between grammatical genders.

Each person has different forms for each of the thirteen cases.

NOM ACC DAT VOC GEN INS TOP COM LOC VIC LAT ABL PST 1SG na nal nae naya nawi naro naga nawa naso naege nage naeso nai 2SG no nol noe noya nowi noro noga nowa noso noege noge noeso noi 3SG.HUM kw kwl ke kwya kwi kwro kwga kwa kwso kwege kwge kweso kwi 3SG.NEU go gol goe goya gowi goro goga gowa goso goege goge goeso goi 1PL vi vil vie viya viwi viro viga viwa viso viege vige vieso vii 2PL ni nil ni niya niwi niro niga niwa niso niege nige nieso nii 3PL de del de deya dewi dero dega dewa deso dege dege deso dei

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?)