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
Interrogative Pronouns
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?)
