Fuiul
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author: projetdefleur created: December 2004 type: experiment in language flow and beauty vocabulary: hm, not much yet inspiration: Arabic, Icelandic, Norwegian, Quenya
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Pronunciation
Letters are more of less pronounced in English, except for a few.
| Transliteration | English example |
| a | always like father |
| á | power (unless preceding a consonant, where it is pronounced as in pole) |
| e | always like bet |
| h | always like happy (but a little more aspirated) |
| j | always like young |
| o | always open and round as in bold |
| r | like the Russian 'р', rolled slightly |
| u | always short as in sun |
| û | cool |
Grammar
Articles
There are no articles in Fuiul. No 'a', 'an', or 'the'. There are declarative pronouns ('this', 'that'), that work somewhat the same as in Russian.
- This - Em
- That - En
Example: En jûn : jáng. - That boy is young.
Pronouns
| Ia | I (nominative) | Iar | We (nominative) | Iain | Me (accusative) | Iarin | Us (accusative) |
| Thá | Thou (nominative) | Thár | You (nominative) | |
| Tháin | Thee (accusative) | Thárin | You (accusative) | |
| An/Ana | He/She | Anar | They | |
| Anin/Anain | Him/Her | Anarin | Them |
Examples:
Ia n'fersta'a tháin - I don't understand you
Talanha'at thá Fuiul? - Do you speak Fuiul?
Nominative Case
Nominative nouns have the same form as in the dictionary, and show the subject of a sentence. No ending, i.e.
Example: Ia : Ian Tuten. - I'm Ian Tuten. (in written Fuiul, a ':' is used to show where the copulate should be, although Fuiul has no copulate ('am', 'is')
- Note: adjectives and possessive nouns are never declined, because they directly precede the noun they modify, i.e.:
Example: ia's hus'e - [in/at] my house ("ia's" is not declined as prepositional, even though it is part of the noun phrase) Example: mástsis hus'e - [in/at] a big house ("mástsis" is not declined as prepositional, even though it describes "hus")
Accusative Case
Used to show a direct object, accusative nouns have -in added, i.e.
Example: Ia talanha'a Fuiulin. - I understand Fuiul. ( a ' is added in between vowels that come one after another)
Prepositional Case
Prepositional case is used with prepositions to show where something occurs and adds -'e, i.e.
Example: Iar dad en ia's hus'e - We were in my house.
Genitive Case
Genitive case is used to show possession, and adds -'s (unless following a consonant, where it adds -'es), i.e.:
Example: Thor ia's hus - There's/here's my house Example: Hus'es gardna : mástsis - The house's garden is big
Verbs
Verbs are, more often than not, formed by adding an -a to the noun form, i.e.
- jok - a game, á'joka - to play
The table below takes the following form:
First person singular | First person plural
Second person singular | Second person plural
Third person singular | Third person plural
| -'a | -'ar |
| -'at | -'atar |
| -'as | -'asar |
Past tense verbs add dad- before the verb, i.e.
Example: Ia dad-festra'a thain. - I understood you.
Future tense verbs add vil- before the verb, i.e.
Example: Ia vil-talanha'a o... - I will talk about...
