Common Trade Language

Common Trade Language
Grammar

Suffixes

-o female species
Example:

man	humn
woman	humno
dog	brah
bitch	braho
guest	gozt
female guest	gozto

-i small species
Example:

man	humn
boy	humni
girl	humnoi

-s : Forming the plural
Plural is always s after a word. Only if s is already the last sound, the plural is formed by the sj sound.

-e : past time
-t : single
Verbs are always regular:

the single form is formed by putting a t behind the verb
the past is formed by putting an e behind the verb
notice that by putting -e behind a word a noun can also be in past time (humnie: the child that was) and by putting a -t behind a plural noun as "mürq" a single form can be made

Example:

I am	jah et	I have	at
I was	jah ete	I had	ate
we are	jahs e	we have	a
we were	jahs ee	we had	ae

Making verbs from nouns

To make a verb out of a noun is rather simple. It is done by putting one of the common verbs behind the noun.

Example

to see	viztu	(sight+to do)
to work	abta	(work+to have)
to be at work	abte	(work+to do)
to speak	klahsni	(words+to make)

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