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

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 thriteen

… …

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