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.

Nominative - NOM 1SG na 2SG no 3SG.HUM kw 3SG.NEU go 1PL vi 2PL ni 3PL de

Accusative - ACC 1SG nal 2SG nol 3SG.HUM kwl 3SG.NEU gol 1PL vil 2PL nil 3PL del

Dative - DAT 1SG nae 2SG noe 3SG.HUM ke 3SG.NEU goe 1PL vie 2PL ni 3PL de

Vocative - VOC 1SG naya 2SG noya 3SG.HUM kwya 3SG.NEU goya 1PL viya 2PL niya 3PL deya

Genitive - GEN 1SG nawi 2SG nowi 3SG.HUM kwi 3SG.NEU gowi 1PL viwi 2PL niwi 3PL dewi

Instrumentative - INS 1SG naro 2SG noro 3SG.HUM kwro 3SG.NEU goro 1PL viro 2PL niro 3PL dero

Topical - TOP 1SG naga 2SG noga 3SG.HUM kwga 3SG.NEU goga 1PL viga 2PL niga 3PL dega

Comitative - COM 1SG nawa 2SG nowa 3SG.HUM kwa 3SG.NEU gowa 1PL viwa 2PL niwa 3PL dewa

Locative - LOC 1SG naso 2SG noso 3SG.HUM kwso 3SG.NEU goso 1PL viso 2PL niso 3PL deso

Vicinitive - VIC 1SG naege 2SG noege 3SG.HUM kwege 3SG.NEU goege 1PL viege 2PL niege 3PL dege

Lative - LAT 1SG nage 2SG noge 3SG.HUM kwge 3SG.NEU goge 1PL vige 2PL nige 3PL dege

Ablative - ABL 1SG naeso 2SG noeso 3SG.HUM kweso 3SG.NEU goeso 1PL vieso 2PL nieso 3PL deso

Postpositional - PST 1SG nai 2SG noi 3SG.HUM kwi 3SG.NEU goi 1PL vii 2PL nii 3PL 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?)