Difference between revisions of "Hoogs"

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Prolude

The language Hoogs is, without a doubt, a direct result of Dutch colonial history in Guffingford. Following the long history of the language it did not had as much influence by foreign languages as Afrikaans has, but some things have been changed. Some English words have been included and turned to more Dutch variants. The word 'oxymoron' is a classic example. In English the word's oxymoron. In hoogs it is 'oxiemorn'. Same meaning, same pronunction but different spelling. Hoogs is probably one of the most phonetic languages in the world; every word is simplified until it is exactly written as pronounced. Note this only holds for verbs, nouns and adjectives.

English to Hoogs

• A/an = Ene/un

note Like the English language, words starting with a vowel must use ene, and a consonant must be written with un.

• Apple/apples = Appel/appels
• Pear/pears = Peer/pere
• Cheese/cheeses = Kaas/kaze
• Man/men male = Man/manne mannelyk

note' the suffix e is added when you say this: ene mannelyke vrou (a manly women)

• Women/women female = Vrou/vrouwe vrouwlyk

note' the suffix e is added when you say this: ene vrouwlyke man (a womanly man)

• City/cities = Stad/steden
• Thief/thieves = Dief/dieve
• Thug/thugs = Tuyg/tuyg
• Murder/murderers = Moordenaar/moordenare
• Tree/trees = Boom/bome
• Forest/forests = Bos/bosse
• Salesman/salesmen = Verkeuper/verkeupers
• Shop/shops = Winkel/Winkels
• Onion/onions = uy/uye
• Book/books = Boek/Boeke
• The = Die
• It = Het
• Have = Hedde

=Numbers - English to Hoogs

One = Een Two = Twee Three = Drie Four = Vir Five = Vyf Six = Zes Seven = Zeve Eight = Agt Nine = Nege Ten = Tien Eleven = Elf Twelve = Twalef Thirteen = Dertin Fourteen = Virtin Fifteen = Vyftin Sixteen = Zestin Seventeen = Sevetin Eighteen = Agtin Nineteen = Negetin Twenty = Twintig Thirty = Dertig Fourty = Virtig Fifty = Vyftig Sixty = Zestig Seventy = Zevetig Eighty = Agtig Ninety = Negetig Hundred = Honderd Five hundred = Vyfhonderd Thousand = Duzend Five thousand = Vyfduzend Ten thousand = tienduzend