Grammar

18 pages · 166 words

1.

Descriptors

Adjective + Noun (e.g., Grand Vohk = Great People)

9 words

2.

Sentence Order

SVO (Subject + Verb + Object)

6 words

3.

Positions

Prepositions (e.g., En Maison = In the house)

8 words

4.

Registers

None (Unified language across all contexts)

6 words

5.

State/National Prefix (〜)

Attached to the front of a word for state/national concepts (e.g., 〜-Maison = State House / Government Hall).

18 words

6.

Time Prefix (μ)

Placed directly before verbs to signal tense without changing verb endings (e.g., μ-Voir = Saw).

15 words

7.

Plurals

I to end any noun.

5 words

8.

Phonetics

Hybrid Parisian French (nasal vowels, soft endings) + Downeast Maine (broad vowels, non-rhotic/dropped trailing 'r's).

15 words

9.

Questions

Put Question Word at start of SVO sentence.

8 words

10.

Negation

Pas before the verb (and after μ if a tense marker is used).

13 words

11.

Zero Copula

Omitted in present tense.

4 words

12.

Demonstratives

Cis (This/That), Cises (These/Those).

4 words

13.

Pronouncation

Mix of Parisian French and Downeast Maine Dialect.

8 words

14.

Possession

[Noun] + De + [Owner].

5 words

15.

Sentence Boundries

. is replaced with |, major section breaks use ||.

10 words

16.

Capitalization

Follows English convention.

3 words

17.

Word Creation

1. Find French Root, 2. Apply Downeast Sound, 3. Finding Spelling within the script.

14 words

18.

Numbers in Text

No word for them, symbols used, when spoken are pronounced directly as their digit sounds.

15 words