Descubralía

Descubralía is like Spanish with the following differences...


Three verb tenses are different:

Present
SubjectSubjet-ar-er/-ir
Iioúíu
you(familiar)ísífus
he,she,(?), youíl,la,le,ustedíífu
wenosí,nosúímosífamos
you (fam. pl.)vosí,vosúíusífuís
they, you (pl.)ílíz,laíz,leíz,ustedízínífun
you (derogatory)iúsius


Past
There is no past tense with the exception of "acabar dí [+infinitive]"

Commands
[infinitive]áchíu[pronoun]
Mandaráchíumelo! ... Send me it!
Hablaráchíu nio! ... Don't speak!

Irregular Verbs

Ir
vy
vaz
vat
vyamos
vaís
vyan
vys


Ser
sy
syes
sye
syemos
saís
syen
sys


"-go verbs" become "-ka" verbs
tener: tengo becomes tenka

Word order
Statement: (auxillary verb) subject object verb (negative)
Question: (interrogative)(aux. verb) subject verb object (negative) ?
Exclamation: (aux. verb)verb (subject) object (negative) !


Within these components:
Adjectives preceed nouns
People preceed things


Spelling and Pronunciation


Word Changes
Directions
-ta denotes compass direction
-ví denotes other direction


Articles
Definite Indefinite
ín
ún
líz íz
lúz úz


Affixes
-ed (adj. from verb) -ít
plural -z/-íz
-tion (noun from verb) -sío
-ic -íq
-ity -ítu
dimunitive nín-


Created on ... September 28, 2003

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