Bohisch
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Bohisch
Bohisch is a conlang created by Tiberius and has been in construction around 1 and a half years. It began as a Romance language based around German roots but soon evolved in its own right. Bohisch is pronounced "bo-eesh".
Phonology/Orthography
- Vowels: a, á, ä, e, é, i, î, ï, o, ó, u, ú, ü
- Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, ñ, p, q, r, s, ß, t, v, x, z
- Dipthongs: sch, tsch, tz, cn, éï, nh, lh, tg
- Pronunciation:
- accent - as in Romance languages
- umlaut a - ae
- circumflex i - ee
- umlaut u - oo
- sch - sh
- tsch - ch
- tz - t
- cn - n
- éï - ai
- ñ - ng
- ß - ss
- nh - ni
- lh - li
- tg - th
Almost all "n"s are nasalized. Most "h"s are also not pronounced unless after a consonant which is usually pronounced like nh and lh except substituting the other consonant. Most consonants are not pronounced at the end of words.
- Examples
- Tod - toh - all
- Can - cahn - male dog
- Hotél - otel - hotel
- naßhón - nassyohn - nation
- Mathéü - Matyoo - Matthew
- hühár - wah - to play
- coampu - cwampoo - field, camp
- teampu - tae-ampoo - time
Syntax and Stress
Bohisch is an SOV language which puts stress on the pentultimate syllable when not already stressed.
Subject Pronouns
- I - eu
- You (inf) - Tu
- He - u
- She - a
- It - ista, istu
- We - noa
- You (frm) - voa
- They - istas, istus
Verbal Morphology
Spelling (pronunciation)
- Infinitive Endings
- ar (ah)
- er (ae)
- ir (ee)
- Present Tense
- 1st person singular - eu (oo)
- 2nd person singular - a
- 3rd person singular - null or e (ae)
- 1st person plural - os (osh)
- 2nd person plural - etz (et)
- 3rd person plural - an (ahn)
- Past Tense (-ed)
- aveu
- ava
- ave
- avos
- avetz
- avan
- Past Tense (was -ing)
- he/ie (ye)
- ast (ass)
- hu/iu (yoo)
- os (osh)
- etz (et)
- aran (arahn)
- Future Tense (will)
- areu (ashoo) etc.
- ara
- are
- aros
- aretz
- aran (ashahn)
Eßémflüs/Examples
To have
- tir (tee)
I have
- teu (too)
I was having
- the (tye)
I had
- taveu (tavoo)
I will have
- tireu (teeshoo)
To leave
- salir (salee)
I leave
- saleu (saloo)
I was leaving
- salhe (salye)
I left
- saliveu (saleevoo)
I will leave
- salireu (saleeshoo)
Nominal Morphology: Gender and Number
Bohisch has two genders: masculine and feminine, and two numbers: single and plural.
Masculine: Most words ending in a consonant or "u" are masculine. Feminine: All words ending in "a" or "e" are feminine.
Nouns, pronouns and adjectives conjugate according to gender and number. This may seem difficult but since most of it isn't pronounced, it will come quickly.
- My cat
- Ma cat (ma ca)
- My cats
- Mas cats (ma catesh)
- Your son
- Tu filu (too feeloo)
- Your sons
- Tus filus (too feeloosh)
- Our house
- Noastra casa (nwastra casa)
- Our houses
- Noastras casas (nwastra casash)
- Smart man
- Hom vifu (om veefoo)
- Smart men
- Homs vifus (omesh veefoosh)
When the pronoun or article modifies a noun that begins with a vowel, it molds with that word.
- My car
- M'autu (maootoo)
- My cars
- M'autus (maootoosh)
- The bird
- L'ava (lava)
- The birds
- L'avas (lavash)
Here are the pronouns which morph.
- my - ma/mas/m'
- your - tu/tus/t'
- his/her/its - ça/ças/ç'
- their - ças/c'
Direct Object Pronouns
- me
- te
- ça, le, lu
- ne
- ve
- ças, les, lus
Prepositional Object Pronouns
- ma, mas
- tu, tus
- ças, les, lus
- noastra, noastras, noastru, noastrus
- voastra, voastras, voastru, voastrus
- ças
Reflexive Verbs/Pronouns
- lavarme
- lavarte
- lavarça
- lavarne
- lavarve
- lavarça
I wash myself - Me laveu You wash yourself - Te lava He washes himself - Ça lave She washes herself - Le lave It washes itself - Lu lave We wash ourself - Ne lavos You wash yourself - Ve lavetz They wash themselves - Ça lavan
Verb Morphology: Irregular Verbs
- Ser - To be
- Present - seu, era, isch, sonos, eretz, san
- Past - ereu, erasta, era, eros, eretz, eran
- Future - sereu, sera, sere, seros, seretz, seran
- Ir - To go
- Present - veu, va, ve, vanos, vetz, van
- Past - feu, fuista, foa, fous, fuetz, fuan
- Future - ireu, ira, ire, iros, iretz, iran
- Tir - to have
- Present - teu, ta, te, tanos, tetz, tan
- Past - tiveu, tiva, tive, tivos, tivetz, tivan
- Future - tireu, tira, tire, tiros, tiretz, tiran
- Zir - to say
- Present - zeu, za, ze, zicos, zetz, zan
- Past - ziveu, ziva, zive, zivos, zivetz, zivan
- Future - zireu, zira, zire, ziros, ziretz, ziran
- Savir - to know about
- Present - seu, sa, se, savos, setz, savan
- Past - saviveu, siviva, savive, savivos, savivetz, savivan
- Future - savireu, savira, savire, saviros, saviretz, saviran
- Schir - to know something
- Present - scheu, scha, sche, schos, schetz, schan
- Past - schiveu, schiva, schive, schivos, schivetz, schivan
- Future - schireu, schira, schire, schiros, schiretz, schiran
- Cnostar - to know someone
- Present - cnoasteu, cnoasta, cnost, cnaostos, cnaostetz, cnostan
- Past - cnostaveu, cnostava, cnostave, cnostavos, cnostavetz, cnostavan
- Future - cnostareu, cnostara, cnostare, cnostaros, cnostaretz, cnostaran
Verbal Morphology: Indicitive Mood Compound Tenses
Ir, intsch - to go, going Fallar, fallantsch - to speak, speaking
Ir, id - to go, gone Fallar, fallaf - to speak, spoken
Present Perfect Indicitive Conjugation
I have gone to Zergattum - Aveu if a Scherhattan. He has spoken to me - Me ave fallaf.
Nominal Morphology: Articles
- Definite Articles
- Masculine - el, els
- Feminine - la, las
- Indefinite Articles
- Masculine/Feminine - an
Adjective Morphology: Gender and Number
- A happy cat - An gata felis (ahn gata feli)
- A happy bird - An ave felis (ahn ave feli)
- A happy man - An om felis (ahn om feli)
- The happy cats - Las gatas felis (La gatash feli)
- The happy birds - Las aves felis (Lavesh feli)
- The happy men - Els oms felis (Ey omsh feli)
- A smart dog - An can vifu (ahn cahn vifu)
- A smart car - An autu vifu (ahn autu vifu)
- A smart tree - An arvor vifu (ahn aavwa vifu)
- The smart dogs - Els cans vifus (ey cahnsh vifush)
- The smart cars - Els autus vifus (ey autush vifush)
- The smart trees - Els arvors vifus (ey aavwash vifush)
Contractions
- Of (de) Contractions
- de + el = del
- de + la = dal
- de + els = dels
- de + las = dals
- To, At (a) Contractions
- a + el = al
- a + la = a la
- a + els = als
- a + las = a las
- In (en) Contractions
- en + el = nel
- en + la = nal
- en + els = nels
- en + las = nals
- For (per) Contractions
- per + el = pel
- per + la = pal
- per + els = pels
- per + las = pals
Pronominative Morphology: Nonpersonal Pronouns
- Who - Qui
- What - Que
- Where - Ou
- When - Quantsch
- Why - Per que
- How - com
- Here - aqui
- There - atscha
- Yonder - aquila
Like in the Romance languages, "qu" is pronounced without the "u"
Verbal Morphology: Idiomatic Verbs
- With Tir (to have)
- I have to do - teu que
- I am sleepy - teu dormir
- I am hungry - teu avru
- I am thirsty - teu tirsta
- With Facar (to do)
- It is cold - Faca friu
- It is hot - Faca calor
- It is sunny - Faca zol
- With Ustar (to like/love)
- I like to go to Zergattum - M'usta ir a Scherhattan
- He likes to speak to me - L'usta fallarme
- With Anschantar (to love to do)
- I love to go to Zergattum - M'anschanta ir a Scherhattan
- He would love to talk to me - L'anschantarea fallarme
Texts
- All men are created equal - Tod els oms san critschavan iqual. (toh ey omsh sahn creeshavahn ikal)
- Live free or die - Vive o mortsch. (veeveh oh muash)
- Divide and conquer - Divit et conquer. (deeveeh eh cohnke)
- Workers of the world, unite! - Labrus del montsch, unit! (labrush de mohnsh, uneeh!)
- Can I have some more? - Poadeu tir an masch? (Pwatoo tee ahn mash?)
- We respect the seperation of church and state - Respehtos la sepersshon del elhasea et statu. (espetosh la sepeassyohn de elyasia eh shtatoo)
