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Coastal Atlantean has a very simplified grammar. There is no conjugation. The same form of the verb is used for all pronouns. 

Pronouns:<br />
Ig - I<br />
Du - You<br />
He - He<br />
Se - She<br />
Es - It<br />
We - We<br />
Dese - You (plural)<br />
Esse - They<br />

The verb to be is "ar" in all cases.<br />
Ig ar een man = I am a man<br />
Du ar een man = You are a man<br />
He ar een man = He is a man<br />
We ar manen = We are men<br />
Dese ar manen = You (pl) are men<br />
Esse ar manen = They are men<br />

Plural is formed by adding -en to the end of the word<br />
Add -nen if the word ends on a vowel<br />

If -ed must be added to a word that ends on a vowel<br />
the ending becomes -ned instead<br />

He, Se, We, Dese are pronounced as if the e was a double e<br />
If an adjective comes behind a noun, it adds an -a<br />
Some adjectives end on -er. This is an older form from Harbour Atlantean<br />

Verbs
If you use "kan", "muss", "zou", "las" or "verd" the second verb must go to the end and add on -en<br />
Also, if a verb is used with "su", it must also take -en at the end<br />
The only exception are verbs ending on -ch, which change the "ch" to "g" when -en is added<br />

Ig kan das saagen<br />
I can say that<br />

Ig will een hond<br />
I want a dog<br />

Ig muss een hond willen<br />
I need to want a dog<br />

Accusative<br />
The direct object of the sentence is in the accusative<br />

Ig sien dich<br />
I see you<br />

Du sien mich<br />
You see me<br />

Accusative pronouns<br />
mich - me<br />
dich - you<br />
es - it<br />
hich - him<br />
sich - her<br />
uns - us<br />
desech - you (pl)<br />
essech (them)<br />

Ig sien essech<br />
I see them<br />

Comparitives<br />
Just add -er for more, and -te for most<br />

prachtich - beautiful<br />
prachticher - more beautiful<br />
prachtichte - most beautiful<br />

If the word ends on t, then use -ste for "most"<br />
skrit - mean, horrible<br />
skritste - meanest<br />

Adjectives<br />
Add -a to the adjective if it directly precedes the noun it is describing<br />
If the adjective ends on a vowel, then add -na instead of -a<br />

Ig ar een grouda man<br />
I am a big man<br />

De man ar groud<br />
The man is big<br />

Possessive<br />
me - my<br />
haar - his<br />
saar - her<br />
esaar - its<br />
unser - our<br />
deser - your (pl)<br />
esser - theirs<br />

Add 'se to the end of a noun to make it possessive

Keepa (name)<br />
Keepa'sa hond: Keepa's dog<br />

Past tense<br />
Use the "is.... -ed" construction<br />

He toud een man<br />
He kills a man<br />

He is een man touded<br />
He has killed a man<br />

In short clauses where a longer clause follows, "is" can be dropped<br />
Ig hoord was du machd is.<br />
I heard what you did.<br />

"Ig is hoord was du machd is" is technically correct, but "is" is often dropped in these small clauses
especially when they are followed by a longer clause

Future tense<br />
Use wou with the verb to form the future tense<br />
Put the verb at the end and add -en to it<br />

Ig wou dord gaanen<br />
I will go there<br />

Past tense

Ig ujeth een appel<br />
I eat an apple<br />

Ig is een appel ujethed<br />
I ate an apple<br />

Present perfect<br />
Use the form "ar.... -ed"<br />

Ig ar een appel ujethed<br />
I have eaten an apple<br />

Talking about something

Ig praat over een kniega<br />
I talk about a book<br />

Exceptions to the -en and -ed rules<br />
If "k" is preceded by a short vowel, it changes into "ch"<br />
For example, mak becomes machen<br />

If "k" is preceded by a long vowel, it changes into "g"<br />
For example, maak becomes maged<br />

"ch" changes to a "g", but if it is preceded by a short vowel
then the vowel is written only once<br />
saach becomes saged and fraach becomes fraged

If -ed is added to a "k" which is preceded by a short vowel
then the -ed becomes a -d<br />
For example, mak becomes machd<br />

If a word ends on "n" or "r", then it gets -d instead of -ed<br />
For example, ren becomes rend and hoor becomes hoord<br />

The difference between "dies", "das" and "jon"

You might not recognise it at first, but "jon" also exists in the harbour language I am using right now, English.

Shakespeare used the line "what light through yonder window breaks" in his play "Romeo and Juliet".

"yonder" has left English, but it is alive and well in Coastal Atlantean. It means "that over there".<br />
"dies" is used to refer to things right in front of you, like your fork at the dinner table.<br />
"das" is used for anything you might want to refer to. The word "this" occupies this role in English<br />

What does this say = Was saach das?<br />
If you were to write "Was saach dies" this would have the nuance of "What does this right here in front of me say"<br />

Was ar dies = What is this right here<br />
Was ar das = What is this<br />
Was ar jon = What is that over there<br />

Infinitive<br />
Use "su....-en"<br />

Ig forbereet das su machen<br />
I am preparing to do that<br />