Atlaans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ig kan das saagen I can say that

Ig will een hond I want a dog

Ig muss een hond willen I need to want a dog

Accusative The direct object of the sentence is in the accusative

Ig sien dich I see you

Du sien mich You see me

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

Ig sien essech I see them

Comparitives Just add -er for more, and -te for most

prachtich - beautiful prachticher - more beautiful prachtichte - most beautiful

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

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

Ig ar een grouda man I am a big man

De man ar groud The man is big

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

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

Keepa (name) Keepa'sa hond: Keepa's dog

Past tense Use the "is.... -ed" construction

He toud een man He kills a man

He is een man touded He has killed a man

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

"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 Use wou with the verb to form the future tense Put the verb at the end and add -en to it

Ig wou dord gaanen I will go there

Past tense

Ig ujeth een appel I eat an apple

Ig is een appel ujethed I ate an apple

Past perfect Use the form "ar.... -ed"

Ig ar een appel ujethed I have eaten an apple

Talking about something

Ig praat over een book I talk about a book

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

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

"ch" changes to a "g", but if it is preceded by a short vowel then the vowel is written only once 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 For example, mak becomes machd

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

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". "dies" is used to refer to things right in front of you, like your fork at the dinner table. "das" is used for anything you might want to refer to. The word "this" occupies this role in english

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

Was ar dies = What is this right here Was ar das = What is this Was ar jon = What is that over there

Infinitive Use "su....-en"

Ig forbereet das su machen I am preparing to do that