Balai nor
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Balai nor (Our tongue)
This language is created with the intentions to be candidate of the Unilang Conlang Contest.
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Pronunciation
Vowels
a á ä e i o u ( y )
a = like spanish a in casa
á = like ough in cought
ä = like a in bad
e = like spanish in beber
o = like oo in goose
u = like ü in German.
y = diphtong, pronounced exactly as english pronoun " I "
^ = a e u can get a ^ sign which means that the vowel is pronounced long.
é = a long i
Consonants
B C Ch D Di F G H J K L Li M N Ni P R S Si T Tt V Z Zs
C : like German Z. (ts)
Ch : like German Ch. Scottish "loch"
Di : like ð, th in that
Li : Simmilar Portuguese "lh". Pronouncing "l" and the semivowel "y" at the same time.
Ni : like gn in Italian and French, ni in Polish... ñ in Spanish. :)
Si : like English Sh.
Tt : English t.
Zs : ss in ussual.
All the others are pronounced like English. There's no a very scrict pronunciation.
Grammar
It has 3 cases :
Nominative
Genitive
Acusative (Acusative always goes first in the sentence)
The sentence order is SVO.
Verbs are conjugate, however it's rather easy : There're four verbs that don't get conjugated : to be, to go, to have and the modal verb can. Three of them are added to the pronoun.
yr : to be
esta : to have
yror : can
myel : to go
I am Carlos --> Yr Carlos.
I can ---> Yror
I have ---> Ysesta
I go ----> Y myel
He is Proycon ---> Hôsyr Proycon.
He can ---> Hôsyror
He has ---> Hôsesta
He goes ---> Hôs myel
They are Emandir and Saaropean. ----> Dêir Emandir ur Saaropean.
They can ----> Dêiror
They have ----> Dêiresta
They go ----> Dê myel
You are Ekalin and She's Patricia. ----> Dyr Ekalin ur Dârir Patrisia.
You can. She can ----> Dyror. Dâryor.
You have. She has ----> Dyresta. Dâresta.
You go. She goes. ----> Dy myel. Dâr myel.
You are Lyle and Psi-Lord ----> Sáir Lyle ur Psi-Lord.
You can -----> Syror
You have ----> Sáesta
You go ----> Sá myel.
Personal pronouns :
Y (I)
Dy (you (male))
Do (you female))
Vo (you formal)
Hôs ( He)
Dâr (She)
O (It)
Ren ( We)
Sá (You)
Dê (They)
Verbs in Balai nor have three endings :
-(r)éne
-(v)aras
The second one is the most common. You use the first one to turn an adjective into a verb :
(adjectives end in -rca)
omidirca = wet omidiréne = to be wet
asiotrca = dry asiotréne = to be dry.
Now, let's give a hand to "éstaras" (to eat)
ésta-n y
ésta-gur dy
ésta-gor do
ésta-räs vo
ésta-sie hôs
ésta-dän dâr
ésta-lior o
ésta-zs ren
ésta-dach sá
ésta dê
Vocabulary
apple - masa
bread - brédai
banana - pliac
Do you eat an apple? -- Masu éstagur dy na? ---> na is used as a particle to determine "question", like ka in japanese.
Yes, I eat an apple. -- Dá, masu éstan y.
(There's no article in balai nor)
Does she eat bread? -- Brédu éstadän dâr na?
No, she doesn't eat bread. She eats a banana. -- Nu, brédu éstadän noch. Pliacu éstadän.
(you can write either noch or no) Nu, brédu éstadän no.
More verb tenses
Balai nor only has four tenses. Present, past,. future and conditional.
In Balai nor, I have eaten and I ate have the same translation.
You only have to add a particle after the verb.
I.e.
Now, let's give a hand to "éstaras" again, and its past tense.
the past particle is "ka"
éstan ka
éstagur ka
éstagor ka
éstaräs ka
éstasie ka
éstadän ka
éstalior ka
éstazs ka
éstadach ka
ésta ka
now, some sentences :
Did you eat a bread? - Brédu éstagur ka na?
Did they eat an apple? Masu ésta ka na?
No, they didn't -- Nu, ésta ka no/noch.
Now, the future particle is : ás/más
éstan ás
éstagur ás
éstagor ás
éstaräs ás
éstasie más
éstadän ás
éstalior ás
éstazs ás
éstadach ás
ésta más
and the Conditional one is : û/mû
éstan û
éstagur û
éstagor û
éstaräs û
éstasie mû
éstadän û
éstalior û
éstazs û
éstadach û
ésta mû
Would you go to the park? -- Éstagor û vé parko na?
Would she go, please? -- myel û dâr na, zsá?
CASES
Cases are rather easy
Accusative always goes at the beginning of the sentence, and its ending is -u.
Genitive is like Japanese, a particle who is placed next to the word.
The woman's banana
Dona GA pliac.
Object pronouns
They don't use accusative.
me - ytt
you - odytt
you - odott
you - ovott
his - ohôtt
her - odâtt
its - ott
us - orett
you - osátt
them - odêtt
I eat myself, she eats us and we eat them.
Éstan ytt, éstadän orett ur éstazs odêtt.
Possesives
My - ma
Your - ta (for the three forms)
His - élor
Her - siár
Its - ôr
Our - nor
Your - vor
Their - dér
And it goes after the noun :
Balai nor -- Our language
Brédai siár -- Her bread.
GENDER
It's used to make a difference between a female teacher or a male teacher, a female doctor or a male doctor.
doktôr : doctor (male) doktôr-ines : doctor (female)
pális : policeman pálisines : policewoman
PLURAL
Plural is so easy. just add -ci :
balai = balaci or balaici. brédai = bredáci or brédaici.
That's all for now.
