Hoogs

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

• apple/apples = appel/appels
• pear/pears = peer/pere
• banana = benaan/piesang
• lemon = sitrun
• lime = limun
• 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/stede
• thief/thieves = dief/dieve
• thug/thugs = tuyg/tuyg
• murder/murderers = boordenaar/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
• freedom = vryheid
• alliance = allianse
• national = nasionaal or natsionaal
• painting = skildery
• car = otomobil
• (news)paper = krant
• paper = pepier
• pepper = peper
• salt = sout
• sour = suur
• bitter = bitter
• sweet = soet

Prepositions

• the = die
• it = het
• 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.

Numbers: English to Hoogs - Nummers: Engels naar Hoogs

Written numbers are always starting with a capital letter in Hoogs.
Nummers die geskreve syn starte altyd met een hoofletter in die taal 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
• Forty = Virtig
• Fifty = Vyftig
• Sixty = Zestig
• Seventy = Zevetig
• Eighty = Agtig
• Ninety = Negetig
• Hundred = Honderd
• Five hundred = Vyfhonderd
• Thousand = Duzend
• Five thousand = Vyfduzend
• Ten thousand = Tienduzend

Small texts translated

English
The Sovereign Imperial Republic of Guffingford is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.631 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and Healthcare receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Information Technology.

Graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, eight year-olds can be seen lighting up in public areas, the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Guffingford's national animal is the Parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Ducat Guilder.

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