Det est de blogg hyam ig danù uzra te aklaran de lingue hyam ig kréit hav: Timosk
Ig hopp dat, ig det blogg ne yttmernera afolgan. Ma kanestan dat, min singleig folgande kan rekallan mig dat, ig da longig ne skivan havra!
Dan, bienkomas te Bloggus na Timosk!
Ig mettra hyärje fog en del in hyam, ig njù vorden aklarra. È, si noddig, linguebauingreglen. Si du ne vis hyam, ig säg, tàly mig è ig asokkra heilpan dig.
This is the blog (that) I am now going to use to explain the language (that) I have created: Timosh
I hope (that) I will remember to continue this blog. But perhaps (that) my only follower can recall me that I have not written anything for a long time.
Anyway, welcome to the Blog for Tomish!
Every time I will put a part explaining the new words and if necessary, grammatical rules. If you do not understand what I say, please let me know and I will try to help you.
First I should explain basic rules in Timosh:
*The alphabet:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
c is pronounced /ts/
g hard /j/ to make /g/ it needs ti be double -gg-
h is pronounced like in germanic languages
q is pronounced /kw/
r is softly rolled
s is always /s/
u /u/ not /y/
w /w/
x is always /ks/
y is always pronounced /y/ like U in French or Ü in German
e in final position is pronounce like a schwa unless with an accent
ä å à č è ì ö ò š ù ž
ä is a very open e /æ/
å is like a closed o ("au" in French)
à is a long a
č is pronounced /tsh/ but for practical reasons it can be replaced by -ch-
è is a long e or simply e in final position
ì is a long i
ö is pronounced /ø/
š is pronounced /sh/ and can be replaced by -sh-
ù is a long u
ž is pronounced /zh/ like in "leisure"
To make /dzh/ > dž
There are also double vowels: aa, ee, ii, oo, uu, yy pronounced with the intonation on the second one aA, eE, Ii, Oo etc
*Sentence:
-The simple sentences follow the SVDo pattern
-However, after a relative pronoun, an adverbial or a conjunction it switches to VSDo:
Today I have seen my mother: Adag hav ig visit min madre
The house (that) I am talking about: De hus hyam, ig spreikkande est
I think (that) you should do nothing: Ig tenk dat, du njeting dàn mostrè
*The question words and their relative pronouns:
-hya(what)> hyam
-hyi(who)>hyim
-hyen(when)>hyenem
-hyo(how)>hyom
-hyau(where)>hyaum
-hyag>(why) >hyagem
-hyate (whatfor)
-hyite(for/to whom)
-hyente(until when)
-hyaute(to where)
*Definite forms:
-The basic definite form: De+noun > De vagne (the car), de hòm (the person), de katt (the cat)
-However, after any preposition the "de" is suppressed and replaced by the suffix -us at the end of the noun: Ig est in husus ( I am in the house), de lyjs na strades (the light of the street), de màn est a båtus (the man is on the boat)
-When the noun ends with a vowel, simply add an -s
*Plurals :
-In the nouns ending with a vowel, add -n at the end: en torro > dyo torron (bull)
-In the nouns ending with two following consonants, add -en: en katt > dyo katten(cat)
-However, nouns ending with one consonant, add -ne: en hus > dyo husne(house)
-Those ending with -n, do like with a vowel ending:
en màn > dy
o mànen(man)
*Combining a definite and a plural form:
-In classical definite forms there is no problem: de husne, de katten, de mànen, de torron
-After a preposition, put -ne after the -us suffix: de katten est in hususne(the cats are in the houses), de torros gà ytt stalusne (the bulls get out of the stalls)
*Tenses and verbs
.Verbs
They always end with -an and are regular.
.Tenses
-simple tenses
>simple past: ig havit (i had)
>simple present: ig hav (i have)
>ig havra: simple futur (i will have)
-progressive tenses
>progressive past: ig estit havande (i was having)
>progressive present: ig est havande (i am having)
>progessive futur: ig estra havande (i will be having)
-unreal tenses
>unreal past: ig havitrè (i would have had)
>unreal present: ig havrè (i would have)
>unreal futur: ig havrarè (i would have futur)
-invitation tense: V+-y> day: please do, spreikky: please speak, sanggy: please sing!
-impérative tense: V+atta> dàtta!, spreikkatta!, sanggatta!
-passive tense: V+as > dàs, spreikkas, sanggas
plus others that i will explain later
*comparitions:
-less than: mins dan
ig est mins grannig dan dig (i'm less tall than you)
-as much as: si+dan
ig est si grannig dan dig (i'm as tall as you)
-more than: piu+dan
ig est piu grannig dan dig (i'm taller than you)
*quantitatives:
-how much > hyo mije
-how many > hyo molt
*Possessives:
Only humans can possess something, not someone else, unless it is a slave, or you want to be very offending. Humans can't possess properly speaking an animal, organs or any part of the body.
For gods, stars and other personifications, do like with humans
To express the possession, an S is put at the end of the noun:
>min papas vagne
>Jons hus
Note that after the possession mark, there is no use to add the definite ending.
The possessive pronouns:
ig > min
dy> din
a
shì> sin
i
vi> vin
ni> nin
dei> dein
In the other cases, one uses the noun+na+noun form:
>de hus na kattus (the house of the cat)
>de gambe na Tom (Tom's leg)
>de reiggor na lannes(the king of the country)
*Adjectives:
usually ending with -ig but not always
*Pronouns:
ig>mig>min>minne
dy>dig>din>dinne
ì
shì>sig>sin>sinne
a
vi>vim>vin>vinne
er>erim>erin>erinne
dei>deiim>deiin>deiinne
