I. Introduction
High Dobulgan grammar is based mostly on Korean. So, like Korean, basic sentence structure is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). It is a highly inflected and agglutinative language, as is Korean. However, unlike Korean, verb endings differ according to who is speaking.
Low Dobulgan grammar is different only in word order. Low Dobulgan is similar to European languages with its SVO sentence structure. We will focus on High Dobulgan Grammar here and leave Low Dobulgan for you to find out about later on.
II. Sentence Structure
As mentioned above, Dobulgan sentence structure is SOV. Also, it has suffix markers which tell what part the word plays in the sentence. The subject marker is -da and it is added to the end of the subject word. The direct object marker is -im.
Examples
Do-im abicharo
I love you
Nie-da do-im huvorimo
We speak to you.
III. Present Tense
Dobulgan verbs conjugate with personal endings like most western languages. We will show verb conjugations as below, each box representing the personal ending corresponding to the pink boxes below.
There are no known irregular endings as yet. However, they are likely to appear.
| I - an | we - nie |
| you - di | you - vie |
| he - ta she - it - |
they - tan |
Examples
huvorir - to speak
| huvoriro | huvorimo |
| huvoriros | huvoriros |
| huvorit | huvorith |
egar - to want
| egaro | egamo |
| egaros | egaros |
| egarit | egarith |
IV. Future Tense
Future tense is formed by adding a 't' to the verb stem and then the present tense ending.
Examples
razibar - to understand
| razibtaro | razibtamo |
| razibtaros | razibtaros |
| razibtarit | razibtarith |
V. Questions and Negatives
Questions are formed like statements but have an upward intonation at the end. What, when, who, etc. questions end in the question word and then the verb.
Examples
Do-da duro veros?
Where are you?
Ta-da an-im abichtarit?
Will he love me?
Negative sentences are formed by placing an 'an-' prefix in front of the verb.
Examples
An-im an-abicharo.
You don't love me.