A conlang created in less than an hour during a boring business meeting. Circa 2003 or 2004 Nouns: Article or indicative pronoun as a suffix and case as a prefix. Root word is ordinary English word with possibly minor spelling change, especially to get rid of final vowels when that works better with the affixes. "book" -> "buk", "farmer" -> "famar", "house" -> "haus" "tree" -> "tri" Nominative singular / plural boy / boys ............... boy / boyen a boy / some boys ........ boya / boyena the boy / the boys ....... boyat / boyenti this boy / these boys .... boyatis / boyatim that boy / those boys .... boyada / boyenda all boys ......................... / boyenu Genative singular / plural boy / boys ............... saboy / saboyen a boy / some boys ........ saboya / saboyena the boy / the boys ....... saboyat / saboyenti this boy / these boys .... saboyatis / saboyatim that boy / those boys .... saboyada / saboyenda all boys .......................... / saboyenu Dative singular / plural boy / boys ............... deboy / deboyen a boy / some boys ........ deboya / deboyena the boy / the boys ....... deboyat / deboyenti this boy / these boys .... deboyatis / deboyatim that boy / those boys .... deboyada / deboyenda all boys .......................... / deboyenu English = book tree house farmer buk tri haus famar buken trien hausen famaren buka tria hausa famara bukena triena hausena famarena bukat triat hausat famarat bukenti trienti hausenti famarenti bukatis triatis hausatis famaratis bukatim triantim hausantim famarantim bukata triata hausata famarata bukenta trienta hausenta famarenta the farmer's books -> buken safamarat Verbs normally begin a sentence. When a verb is not at the beginning of the sentence mark it with v' (for "verb") prefix, as in "Go" at the start of the sentence and "v'go" elsewhere. Verbs get suffix for tense, mood, voice, person (no sufix for first person singular except present tense -o. -us suffix for first person plural) v'bringo I bring - present tense v'bringam I was bringing - imperfect v'bringer I brought - perfect -u second person singular v'bringu You bring - present tense v'bringamu You were bringing - imperfect v'bringeru You brought - perfect v'bringat Bring - imperative -as third person singular ( -i third person plural ) v'bringas He/she/it brings - present tense v'bringamas He/she/it was bringing - imperfect v'bringeras He/she/it brought - perfect -na negates the verb as in I brought these books but I did not bring those books. Bringer debukatim but bringerna debukenda. Giveras famarat sabuka deboyenti. Denisami boyenti ioifil en essaifil. -> Gave the farmer a book to the boys. Then-were the boys joyful and excited. Bringat tame detoyenu vik v'breakeras boyatis des careless -> Bring (to) me all the toys that broken-were by this careless boy. Who says long boring meetings are a waste of time!! -> Sayamas hu des v'areo meetinen dewaista sataim!! --gary =========================================== Words are derived from English words with some spelling differences and differences due to rules of word formation. Clusters of three or more consonants are not allowed. A vowel is placed between the first and second consonant of a three-consnant cluster. If there is an 'a' or an 'i' somewhere in the word before that cluster then that vowel is duplicated. If there is not, then 'u' is inserted. spring -> supring example -> examaple 'r' is used only immediately before a vowel, or as the last letter in a word. Any 'r' that occurs in a different location is dropped. farmer -> famer turpentine -> tupentine word -> wod Final 'e' that follows a single consonant is dropped and 'y' is inserted before the consonant. Final 'e' that follows a double consonant is dropped and 'u' is inserted between the two consonants: example -> examapul pine -> piyn science -> sienus (scientific -> sienusivig) guide -> guiyd Any noun that ends in a vowel gets 'n' added after the vowel, except where the last consonant in the word is already 'n', in which case 'y' is appended instead. area -> arean (areas -> areanen) arena -> arenay (arenas -> arenayen)