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?)
