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?)