West Germanic language/Vocabulary building
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Itx hâf kôldôn
Tæêrôn -> ¿Wæêrôn?
Li jewidẽjûm - It's down to the weather
Li tæêrôn tis dæjûm sniwê - Das liegt daran, dass es an diesem Tag schneite (Lie thereon this day.DAT snow.SUB)
Wâtûm têlôn - To count on something to happen
We têl tæêmid sniwê - Wir rechnen damit, dass es schneite
Tât fôlkmanrâdên is odê txũrê tâm hẽrêmanrâdên to mênûm tâs fjõqs onjẽn tâm nût âtxrunê wâpên is - The civil service is an alternative (other choice) to the military service for people (men) whose principles are against the use of a lethal weapon
Mutæ - mündig
Fõmê mid sîkstînê jẽsûm mæ man miqtxewũlûm farôn - Erst mit sechzehn darf man Moped fahren
Mid sîkstînê jẽsûm xâl man mânbewisôn ôdê fõlâtûncôn hâbôn - Mit sechzen muss man einen Personalausweis oder Pass haben
Mid fjoêtînê jẽsûm is man halænesmutæ - Mit fünfzehn ist man religionsmündig
Mid ẽqtînê jẽsûm mæ man êl crînôn - Mit achtzehn darf man alles trinken
Sîkstînẽrê mæ ẽqtînẽjôn hâmôn - Eine 16-Jährige darf mit einem 18-Jährige Sex haben
Wîlê he si in Lûndênûm - he could be in London (he is possibly in London, [It] wants he be in London)
Tẽf he si in Lûndênûm - he should/must be in London (he is probably in London, [It] needs he be in London)
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West Germanic Computer Glossary http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ctb/wordhord.html
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alias - evênamê anchor - ônkõ anonymous - unkutlitx application - jefrêmînc archive - stæêhõd arrow key - flankæ asynchronous communication - unstûncumêndmâdêlkwidê automatic - sêlfrêmêndê
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backbone - rucban bandwidth - bêndbradnes battery - spẽkêhus beep - swœcropê bells and whistles - bêlê ônd wîstêls beta release - unfûlfremedbrutnûnc binary - txwirimlitx bit - lutêlbitê bookmark - âstêl boot, boot up - inspînjewũfôstũriôn broadcast - tobrâdôn browser - ûmpxẽwẽrê buffer - lânêsto bug - wũm, bûdê bus - înodpât button - knâp byte - bitê
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cable - wiê, rap cache - lânêhõd camera - onlitxnesnimênd cancel - onwoêxuvôn card - xid cathode-ray tube - nidêstiêndêximêpipê chip - txîp circuit - ûmpfaru, ûmpgônc click - musgacratxiôn
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Modal Verbs
kûnôn
kûnêndê, kut
Hit kân - It can
Hit kûnê - It could (conditional)
Hit kutê - It could (past tense)
xulôn
xulêndê, xulênê
Hit xâl - It must
Hit xulê - It should
Hit xôldê - It had to
wîlôn
wîlêndê, wîlênê
Hit wîlê - It wants
Hit wôldê - It would like
Hit wôld - It wanted
magôn
majêndê, majênê
Hit mæ - It may (is allowed to)
Hit mâjê - It likes
Hit mẽqtê - It might (past tense)
dûrôn
dûrêndê, dûrênê
Hit dẽ - It dares
Hit dûrê - It had better
Hit dõstê - It dared
Other common verbs
wezôn
wezêndê, wezênê
Hit is - It is
Hit si - It be
Hit wâs - It was
hâbôn
hâbêndê, hâft
Hit hâf - It has
Hit hâbê - It have
Hit hâftê - It had
dôn
dôndê, don
Hit de - It does
Hit do - It do
Hit dudê - It did
gôn
gôndê, gan
Hit jæ - It goes
Hit ga - It go
Hit jodê - It went
farôn
farêndê, farên
Hit fæê - It travels
Hit farê - It travel
Hit fõ - It travelled
matxiôn
matxiêndê, makod
Hit makê - It makes
Hit matxi - It make
Hit maktê - It made
luviôn
luviêndê, luvod
Hit luvê - It loves
Hit luvi - It love
Hit luvdê - It loved
hatiôn
hatiêndê, hatod
Hit hatê - It hates
Hit hati - It hate
Hit hâtê - It hated
hatôn
hatêndê, hatên
Hit hât - It is called
Hit hatê - It be called
Hit het - It was called
namiôn
namiêndê, namod
Hit namê - It names
Hit nami - It name
Hit namdê - It named
kwêlôn
kwêlêndê, kwâld
Hit kwêl - It kills
Hit kwêlê - It kill
Hit kwâldê - It killed
etôn
etêndê, etên
Hit ît - It eats
Hit etê - It eat
Hit ât - It ate
crînôn
crînêndê, crûnên
Hit crîn - It drinks
Hit crînê - It drink
Hit crân - It drank
slâpôn
slâpêndê, slâpên
Hit slâp - It sleeps
Hit slâpê - It sleep
Hit slep - It slept
stxõvôn
stxõvêndê, stõvên
Hit stiẽf - It dies
Hit stxõvê - It die
Hit stẽf - It died
nimôn
nimêndê, numên
Hit nim - It takes
Hit nimê - It take
Hit nom - It took
wũtôn
wũtêndê, wõdên
Hit wiẽt - It becomes, It will
Hit wũtê - It become, It would (conditional)
Hit wẽt - It became, It would (past tense)
Purpose of subjunctive in tense
Tât ẽ wâs lôn - The river was long/The river was long (but not anymore) Tât ẽ si lôn - The river be long/The river was long (and still is or still might be)
He hâftê grene ẽjônôn - He had green eyes/He had green eyes (but they changed colour) He hâbê grene ẽjônôn - He had green eyes/He had green eyes (when I saw him)
Weak, Regular verbs
-ôn
-êndê, -ên
Hit --
Hit -ê/-jê
Hit -dê/-tê
-iôn
-iêndê, -od
Hit -ê/-jê
Hit -i
Hit -dê/-tê
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godnê, god, gocrê - masculine, neuter and feminine adjective endings
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Months of the year
- January - âftẽrêjũlê
- February - sôlmônt
- March - retmônt
- April - ẽstêmônt
- May - txrimîlkêmônt
- June - midsumêmônt
- July - âftẽrêludê
- August - wũdmônt
- September - hæêfstmônt
- October - wîntêfûlet
- November - blodmônt
- December - jũlmônt
- month - mônt
- year - jẽ
- last year - utmâst jẽ
- monthly - môntlitx
- yearly - jẽlitx
Seasons
- winter - wîntê
- spring - lêntên
- summer - sumõ
- autumn - hæêfst
Directions
- north - nõt
- south - sut
- east - ẽst
- west - wêst
- right - riqt
- left - ?
- straight - ?
Colours
- orange - jũluqrẽd
- pink - rozê
- purple - pũpûl
- blue - blâwên
- yellow - jũlu
- red - rẽd
- black - swẽt
- brown - brun
- grey - græ
- white - wit
- green - grenê
- silver - sjôlfõ
- gold - gôld
- beige - blâtx
- light - lũqt
- dark - cõk
Time
- What time is it? - ¿Hu latê is?
- It's one o'clock - Is an timê
- It's half past three - Is hêlf fjoê
- It's quarter to six - Is fjõdê fõ sîks
- It's three (minutes) past seven - Is txri (stevênz) ovê sjovôn
- At half past nine - Ât hêlf tîn
