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
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 (DAT) 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
