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The Grekelin orthography was reformed recently, as part of a larger reform within the conlang. As a result, some texts that preexisted on the internet may not comply with the modern form of the language. | The Grekelin orthography was reformed recently, as part of a larger reform within the conlang. As a result, some texts that preexisted on the internet may not comply with the modern form of the language. | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
The grammar of Grekelin is generally very simple and consistent. | The grammar of Grekelin is generally very simple and consistent. It is very conservative compared to Greek (Or dialects of it). | ||
# Grekelin has two articles, ά and έγυ. ά becomes έ (Remnant of Greek genders) if the subject or object ends with ή. | # Grekelin has two articles, ά and έγυ. ά becomes έ (Remnant of Greek genders) if the subject or object ends with -ή. | ||
# Grekelin has also lost it's grammatical genders, although traces of it still remain in the language. The loss of articles was seen during the shift to Proto-Grekelin, which did not distinguish inflections as much as Greek, leading to gender endings merging together. | # Grekelin has also lost it's grammatical genders, although traces of it still remain in the language. The loss of articles was seen during the shift to Proto-Grekelin, which did not distinguish inflections as much as Greek, leading to gender endings merging together. | ||
# | # Fusional verb inflection for person, number and tense. | ||
# Grekelin has 4 cases: Nominative, genitive, accusative and vocative. In the Slavic dialect, another case persists from Proto-Grekelin, the dative case: | # Grekelin has 4 cases: Nominative, genitive, accusative and vocative. In the Slavic dialect, another case persists from Proto-Grekelin, the dative case: | ||
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| Hello! || ''Jόβορζζο'' (Formal) / ''Γειά!'' (Informal) || /'d͡ʒoːβor̩ʐo/ /ɣjɑː/ | | Hello! || ''Jόβορζζο'' (Formal) / ''Γειά!'' (Informal) || /'d͡ʒoːβor̩ʐo/ /ɣjɑː/ | ||
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| How are you? || '' | | How are you? || ''Χτέ έςτε?'' || /pɛ 'ɛːstɛ/ | ||
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| Good morning! || ''Jό ρεκχέτι!'' || /d͡zoː r̩ɛ'ɟkʰɛːti/ | | Good morning! || ''Jό ρεκχέτι!'' || /d͡zoː r̩ɛ'ɟkʰɛːti/ | ||
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| When? || ''Πόθε?'' || | | When? || ''Πόθε?'' || | ||
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| Where? || '' | | Where? || ''Χτέ?'' || | ||
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| How? || ''Πώς?'' || | | How? || ''Πώς?'' || | ||
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| The study of Grekelin sharpens the mind. || ''Μάθκηση Γρεκελενικηή πειά ά νύ κοβτόερτα.'' || /'maːθkisi ɣr̩ɛkɛlɛːni'kjiː pjɑː α nʊː koβʈoˈɛːr̩ta/ | | The study of Grekelin sharpens the mind. || ''Μάθκηση Γρεκελενικηή πειά ά νύ κοβτόερτα.'' || /'maːθkisi ɣr̩ɛkɛlɛːni'kjiː pjɑː α nʊː koβʈoˈɛːr̩ta/ | ||
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| Where are you from? || '' | | Where are you from? || ''Χτέ έςτε έξ?'' || /pɛː ɛːstɛ ɛːks/ | ||
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| I like ... || ''Αρέςκομο είς ά ...'' /ɑr̩'ɛːskomo jiːs aː/ | | I like ... || ''Αρέςκομο είς ά ...'' /ɑr̩'ɛːskomo jiːs aː/ | ||