Talk:Brooding

Add topic
Revision as of 21:01, 6 April 2016 by Praimhín (talk | contribs) (→‎Verbs)

Croissant is the ancestor of the Zoomic language family spoken on the planet Rulak. It's meant to be French gibberish with retroflexes.

Introduction

Phonology

The same as French, but with three additional retroflex consonants: /ʈ/, /ɖ/ and /ɳ/.

Orthography

Written like French.

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Croissant nouns have two cases: nominative and genitive. Nouns ending with consonants use this paradigm:

Singular Plural
Nominative - -o
Genitive -e -ɑ̃

For example,

riège (wood) Singular Plural
Nominative riège riègeau
Genitive riègé riègent

(Croissant final -ent is always pronounced.) Nouns ending with vowels use the same paradigm, but with an intrusive t:

Singular Plural
Nominative - -to
Genitive -te -tɑ̃

For example,

crus (grass) Singular Plural
Nominative crus crûteau
Genitive crûté crûtant

Verbs

Verbs don't inflect for number or person.

gauṇe 'to love' Indicative Subjunctive
Present gauṇe gauṇement
Past dégauṇe dégauṇement
Future gauṇé gauṇaise

Non-finite forms

  • Imperative: gauṇier!
  • Infinitive: gauṇesse

Syntax

Croissant is an almost exact relex of English.

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources

Return to "Brooding" page.