Footballian
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| Spoken in: | Footballia |
| Total declared fluent or learning speakers: | Over 3 billion |
| Genetic classification: | Indo-European Italic |
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| Official language of: | 1 country (Footballia) |
| Regulated by: | Not Regulated |
Contents
General Historical Notes
Footballian developed originally from the south Gallic languages in the Pyrenees. It was changed drastically by the influence of the Romans, and developed along the lines of Portuguese. It remained unique, however, and grew far apart from other Romance languages especially after the migration to Atlantian Oceania.
Footballian Speaking Nations
Footballia recognizes Footballian as its official language.
Alphabet and pronunciation guide
There are 25 letters in the Footballian alphabet.
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Accents
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Verb Formation
All verbs end in -or. There are no subject pronouns in Footballian, so the verbs show the gender of the subject in addition to what is shown in most Romance languages.
Gender Signs
Gender signs are added to the front of the infinitive. Note that they are added to first and second person also. So, if the speaker was in first person and was feminine, the verb would begin with a-. When it is a group of multiple genders, the masucline takes dominance.
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Verb Endings
Active Voice
Present Tense
The present tense indicates that something is happening now, whether it be currently going or not. Example: He is walking, he walks, he does walk.
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Therefore, he is walking would translate to: Okaminu.
Future Tense
The future tense indicates that something will happen in the future. Example: She will walk, she will have walked, she will be walking.
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Therefore, she will walk is translated as: Akaminitu.
Past Tense
The past tense indicates something happened in the past. Example: He walked, he was walking, he did walk, he had been walking.
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Therefore, he walked is translated to: Okaminabu.
Commands
Commands, or verbs in the imperative mood, order something to be done. Negative commands are formed by adding Nom in front of the verb. The gender sign refers to who is being ordered to do something. Example: Walk!
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Therefore, "Walk!" (when ordering a male) is translated to Okaminam and "Don't walk!" is Nom okaminam
Passive Voice
Present Tense
The present tense indicates that something is happening now, whether it be currently going or not. Example: It is being walked, it is walked.
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Therefore, it is being walked would translate to: Ekaminaj.
Future Tense
The future tense indicates that something will happen in the future. Example: It will be walked.
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Therefore, it will be walked is translated as: Ekaminitaj.
Past Tense
The past tense indicates something happened in the past. Example: It was being walked, it was walked.
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Commands
Commands, or verbs in the imperative mood, order something to be done. Negative commands are formed by adding Nom in front of the verb. The gender sign refers to who is being ordered to do something. Example: Be walked!
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Therefore, "Be walked!" (when ordering a male) is translated to Okaminul and "Don't walk!" is Nom okaminul
Participles and Gerunds
Pariciples and gerunds are formed by adding "-i" to the end of the base. For example, "living" is translated as "amai".
Some Important Verbs
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Note that all these verbs are regular, including to be, unlike many other languages. Therefore:
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Pronouns
Nouns
Nouns can be either masculine, feminine or neuter. If the noun ends in a consonant, add -i. If it ends in a vowel, ad -du. Thus, Soldier=sodi, and soldiers=sodidu.
Adjectives
Adjectives agree with nouns in gender and number. Adjectives will either end in -o or a consonant in their masculine form, which is what is always given. If ending in -o, then the -a or -e to signal gender will replace the -o; if a consonant, it is added to the end. Thus, Footballian sea would become Loçñjala ose and Footballian house would be Loçñaljale kak.
Some Other Footballian Words
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Numbers
On the right is the number, and the left is the first, second, etc.
- One=On, Ons
- Two=Do, Dos
- Three=Tes, Tese
- Four=Fotro, Fotreñ
- Five=Sink, Sinkeñ
- Six=Seis, Seiseñ
- Seven=Soin, Soiñs
- Eight=Okt, Oktes
- Nine=Noe, Ñoes
- Ten=Deis, Deiseñ
- Eleven=Deison, Deisons
- Twelve=Deisdo, Deisdos
- Twenty=Dodeis, Dodeiseñ
- Thirty=Tesdeis, Tesdeiseñ
- One hundred=Kier, Kiereñ
- Two hundred=Docier, Dociereñ
- One thousand=Todo, Todoeñ
- One thousand one=Todooñ, Todooñs
- Two thousand=Dotodo, Dotodoeñ
- One million=Ño, Ñoeñ
