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Coastal Atlantean has a very simplified grammar. There is no conjugation. The same form of the verb is used for all pronouns.
Pronouns:
I: Ig /ɪx/
You: Du /du/
He: He /hei/
She: Se /sei/
It: Es /es/
We: We /wei/
You (pl): Dese /dezə/
They: Esse /esə/
Possessive
my: meen /me:n/
your: deen /de:n/
his: haar /ha:ɹ/
her: saar /sa:ɹ/
its: esaar /esa:ɹ/
our: unser /unseɹ/
your (pl): deser /deseɹ/
their: esser /esə/
Accusative pronouns
me: mich
you: dich
it: es
him: hich
her: sich
us: uns
you (pl): desech
them: essech
The verb to be is “ar” in all cases.
Ig ar een man = I am a man
Du ar een man = You are a man
He ar een man = He is a man
We ar manen = We are men
Dese ar manen = You (pl) are men
Esse ar manen = They are men
Plural is formed by adding -en to the end of the word
Add -nen if the word ends on a vowel
If -ed must be added to a word that ends on a vowel
the ending becomes -ned instead
He, Se, We, Dese are pronounced as if the e was a double e
If an adjective comes behind a noun, it adds an -a
Some adjectives end on -er. This is an older form from Harbour Atlan
Verbs
If you use “kan”, “muss”, “zou”, “las”, “verd” or “miech” the second verb must go to the end and add on -en
Also, if a verb is used with “su”, it must also take -en at the end
The only exception are verbs ending on -ch, which change the “ch” to “g” when -en is added
Ig kan das sagen
I can say that
Ig lees een kniega
I read a book
Ig kan een kniega leesen
I can read a book
Accusative
The direct object of the sentence is in the accusative
Ig sien dich
I see you
Du sien mich
You see me
Ig sien essech
I see them
Comparitives
Just add -er for more, and -te for most
prachtich – beautiful
prachticher – more beautiful
prachtichte – most beautiful
If the adjective ends on a vowel, like fru
You must use -ner for the comparitive
fru – early
fruner – earlier
frute – earliest
If the word ends on t, then use -ste for “most”
skrit – mean, horrible
skritste – meanest
Adjectives
Add -a to the adjective if it directly precedes the noun it is describing
If the adjective ends on a vowel, then add -na instead of -a
Ig ar een grouda man
I am a big man
De man ar groud
The man is big
Add ‘se to the end of a noun to make it possessive
Keepa (name)
Keepa’sa hond: Keepa’s dog
Past tense
Use the “is…. -ed” construction
He toud een man
He kills a man
He is een man touded
He has killed a man
In short clauses where a longer clause follows, “is” can be dropped
Ig hoord was du machd is.
I heard what you did.
“Ig is hoord was du machd is” is technically correct, but “is” is often dropped in these small clauses
especially when they are followed by a longer clause
Future tense
Use wou with the verb to form the future tense
Put the verb at the end and add -en to it
Ig wou dord gaanen
I will go there
Past tense
Ig ujeth een appel
I eat an apple
Ig is een appel ujethed
I ate an apple
Past perfect
Use the form “ar…. -ed”
Ig ar een appel ujethed
I have eaten an apple
Talking about something
Ig praat over een book
I talk about a book
Exceptions to the -en and -ed rules
If “k” is preceded by a short vowel, it changes into “ch”
For example, mak becomes machen
If “k” is preceded by a long vowel, it changes into “g”
For example, maak becomes maged
“ch” changes to a “g”, but if it is preceded by a short vowel
then the vowel is written only once
saach becomes saged and fraach becomes fraged
If -ed is added to a “k” which is preceded by a short vowel
then the -ed becomes a -d
For example, mak becomes machd
If a word ends on “n” or “r”, then it gets -d instead of -ed
For example, ren becomes rend and hoor becomes hoord
Infinitive
Use “su….-en”
Ig forbereet das su machen
I am preparing to do that
Negative Form
Negative is formed with “niet”. If it is used to negate a verb, add it after the object related to the verb
Ig mak das niet
I don’t do this.
If there is a second verb, “niet” comes before it.
Ig will das niet machen
I don’t want to do this
To negate an adjective, add the “niet” before the noun phrase (which is the definite or indefinite article plus the noun)
He ar niet een grouda man
Demonstative pronouns
“jon” means “that over there”.
“dies” is used to refer to things right in front of you, like your fork at the dinner table.
“das” is used for anything you might want to refer to. The word “this” occupies this role in english
What does this say = Was saach das?
If you were to write “Was saach dies” this would have the nuance of “What does this right here in front of me say”
Was ar dies = What is this right here
Was ar das = What is this
Was ar jon = What is that over there
“der” is used for as a demonstrative pronoun, equivalent to “who” in English
He who runs becomes tired
He der louf verd mud
“der” can only be used with people, for everything else use “das”
The dog that runs becomes tired
De hoond das loup verd mud