Dænsk

Dænsk is a dialect spoken in parts of the fictive country thorway.

Grammar

Nouns

There are two noun classes in Dænsk: Common and Neuter. The common nouns use the yn article and the neuter ones use yt. They are often informally called n-words and t-words.

Here are some examples of regular declension

Noun class	Singular		Plural		Meaning
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Common	yn dryng yn sæg yn kvonde yn sky	dryngyn sægyn kvondyn skyyn	dryngy sægyr kvondyr skyyr	dryngyny sægyrny kvondyrny skyyrny	"boy" "case" "woman" "spoon"
Neuter	yt føngsyl yt øbly yt lun	føngslyt øblyt lunyt	føngslyr øblyr lun	føngslyrny øblyrny lunyny	"jail" "apple" "flash of lightning"

Neuter monosyllabics are unchanged in plural. Other nouns take either -y or -yr. Otherwise there is little correspondence between declension and noun class or sense and noun class. In order to correctly decline a noun, one must look it up in a dictionary or memorise the declension form and the noun class.

Note that if the final syllable ends in unstressed -y, -yl, -yn, or -yr, the y will disappear if a grammatic ending starting with an y is added. E.g. the declension of "føngsyl" above is quite regular.

There are many nouns with irregular plural. Here are some typical examples:

Gender	Singular		Plural		Meaning
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Common	yn mænd yn båndy yn dronk yn styn yn rosokå	mændyn båndyn dronkyn stynyn rosokåyn	mønd bendyr dronks styn rosoco	møndyny bendyrny dronksyny stynyny rosocoyny	"man" "farmer" "drink" "stone" "risk"
Neuter	yt bærn yt his yt vabyn	bærnyt hisyt vabnyt	bern hisy vabyn	bernyny hisyny vabnyny	"child" "house" "weapon"

Some have the "wrong" regular form, some have vowel change with or without a suffix, and some are foreign words using their native plural. In all cases it is only the plural indefinite that is irregular. Singular definite always just adds -yn or -yt. Plural definite adds -ny to the indefinite if it has a standard plural suffix, -yny if not.

Grammatical case

There are no case declensions in Dænsk nouns, except the genitive, which is normally applied as an -s ending, or simply with an apostrophe when the noun ends with an s already. Pogyns his ("the girl's house"); yt his' bybåyry ("the inhabitants of a house"). Thus, one does not distinguish between persons and things in the genitive, as in English. The order of the genitive and the governed word is always the same as in English.

When the noun governed by the genitive can be considered part of the governing noun physically, the genitive is often replaced by a prepositional phrase, e.g. lagyt pa spændyn "the lid of the bucket", bægsodyn æf hisyt "the back of the house" rather than spændyns lag, hisyts bægsody, which are not incorrect but more formal.

Older case forms exist as relics in phrases like o lovy "alive" (lov = "life"), pa tody "in due time" (tod = "time"), pa fådy "on his foot" (fåd = "foot"). Similarly, the genitive is used in certain fossilised prepositional phrases (with tol "to"): tol fåds "on foot", tol vænds/ses "by water/sea", ga tol handy' "assist" (handy being an old genitive plural of hand "hand", now replaced by høndyr).

Pronouns

		Nominative case	Oblique case	Possessive
				Common	Neuter	Plural
Singular
First person		jyg	myg	myn	myt	mony	I
Second person	informal1)	di	dog	don	dot	dony	you
	polite1)	Dy	Dym	Dyrys
Third person (personal)	masculine	hæn	hæm	hæns			he
	feminine	hin	hyndy	hyndys			she
Third person (impersonal)	commune	dyn	dyn	dyns			it
	neuter	dyt	dyt	dyts
Reflexive2)		-	sog	son	sot	sony	him, her, it
Plural
First person		vo	ås	vår3)	vårt3)	våry3)	we
				vårys
Second person	informal1)	O	jyr	jyrys			you (all)
	polite1)	Dy	Dym	Dyrys
Third person		dy	dym	dyrys			they
Reflexive2)		-	sog	dyrys

Text Examples

Our Father

Vår fædyr, di såm yr o homlyny!

Hyllogyt blovy dyt nævn

Kåmmy dot rogy

Sky don voljy

Såm o homlyn, salydys ågsa pa jårdyn

Gov ås o dæg vårt dæglogy bred

åg fårlæd ås vår skuld

Såm ågsa vo fårlædyr vårys skuldnyry

åg lyd ås okky ond o frostylsy

myn fro ås fræ dyt åndy

får dot yr rogyt, mæktyn åg øryn o yvoghyd

Æmyn

Dialogue

• P1 - Hyj Ænny (Hey Anna)
• P2 - Hyj Mokæyl. Hvårdæn hær di dyt? (Hey Michael. how are you?)
• P1 - Jyg hær dyt font. Hvæd myd dog? (I'm fine. What about you?)
• P2 - Jyg hær dot ågsa font. (I'm fine to)
• P1 - Ærbyjdyr di stædyg pa fæbrokkyn? (Do you still work at the factory?)
• P2 - Jæ jyg hær snært jiboløim (Yes. It'll soon be my anniversary)
• P1 - Tollukky. Hvårnar? (Congratulations. When?)
• P2 - trydjy fybriær o ar (Third february this year)
• P1 - Okay, jyg ma smitty. Vo sys synyry (Okay. I have to go. See you later)
• P2 - Dyt yr o årdyn. Vo sys (Thats okay. See you)