Garomenian
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Garomenian Garumenien | |
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Spoken in: | [[United Island Empire |
Total declared fluent or learning speakers: | 297,465 (Dec. 2005 est.) |
Genetic classification: | Indo-European |
Official status | |
Official language of: | 1 country |
Regulated by: | Di Mannstriden fur da Dictionery at Garumenien Spröken |
Contents
Overveiw
Garomenian, one of the national languages of the United Island Empires, and is spoken in the western colony of Garomenia. It is a evolution of English and German. Simple language tends to be more like the German, whereas words in the subjects of education, corporations and law tend to be more like the English.
Alphabet
- a - eh as in egg
- ä - aa as in lair
- d - dah as in dare
- e - ay as in day
- ë - ea as in easy
- f - vow as in valve
- g - gah as in game
- h - hoh as in house
- i - ee as in seen
- ï - i an in like
- j - pronounced yu
- k - kay as in kite
- l - ell as in light
- m - em as in man
- n - en as in name
- ñ - pronouced nreh
- o - u as in put
- ö - oo as in soon
- p - pay as in pan
- r - rah as in rain
- s - say as in same
- t - tay as in tar
- u - you as in too
- ü - pronounced uaw
- v - fau as in fail
- w - veh as in vent
- z - pronounced tset
- Þ - same as th
- ß - same as ss
Number
- 1 - ïn
- 2 - zö
- 3 - dri
- 4 - foir
- 5 - fonf
- 6 - seks
- 7 - sib
- 8 - akt
- 9 - non
- 10 - ïnÞan
- 11 - ïnutïnÞan
- 12 - zöutïnÞan
- 20 - zöÞan
- 21 - ïnutzöÞan
- 30 - driÞan
- 100 - ïnhodït
- 900 - nonhodït
- 999 - nonutnonÞanutnonhodït
- 1000 - ïnÞoßin
- 5465 - fonfutseksÞanutfoirhodïtutfonfÞoßin
- 1000000 - ïnmïllon
- 8000000 - aktmïllon
- 1234567 - sibutseksÞanutfonfhodïtutfoirutdriÞanutzöhodïtÞoßinutïnmïllon
Subject Pronouns
- Ik - I
- u - you (single)
- ar - he
- se - she
- it - it
- wïr - we
- u - you (plural)
- Þa - they
Basic Phrases
- Hilo - Hello
- Hi - Hi
- Got Deg - Good day
- Got Murgan - Good Morning
- Got Nëkt - Good Night
- Got Vurnëkt - Good Evening
- Wes es der Ur? - What time is it?
- Min nam es..... - My name is.....
- E - yes
- Nin - no
- Ik spröke Englisch - I speak English
Regular verbs
The basic formular verbs follow, example Spröken - to speak
Spröken
- Ik spröke - I speak
- u spröke - you speak
- ar spröke - he speaks
- se spröke - she speaks
- it spröke - it speaks
- mon spröke - one speaks
- wïr sprökes - we speak
- u sprökes - you speak
- Þa sprökes - they speak
Irregular verbs
Some verbs that don't follow the basic patern.
Sin - to be
- Ik bin - I am
- u bit - you are
- ar es - he is
- se es - she is
- it es - it is
- mon es - one is
- wïr sins - we are
- u bits - you are
- Þa bits - they are
Heren - to have
- Ik her - I have
- u hert - you have
- ar hert - he has
- se hert - she has
- it hert - it has
- wïr herens - we have
- u herts- you have
- Þa hers - they have
Users
- The following nation use garonmenian as an offical langueage: United Island Empires
- No nation have it as an unoffical language.