Zeonic
The city for conlangs
Basic Phonology in X-SAMPA:
a - /a/ but becomes [@] word-finally
ä - /au/
e - /@/
ë - /i/
é - /e/
i - /I/
o - /o/
u - /U/
ü - /u/
y - /j/
B - /b/
C - /s/
D - /d/
F - /f/
G - /g/
H - /h/
J - /j/
K - /k_h/
L - /l/ word initially, [5] as a coda or before another consonant
M -/m/
N - /n/
P - /p_h/
Q - /k_h/
R - /R\/.
S - /z/
T - /t_h/
V - /v/
W - /w/
X - /k_s/
Z - /t_s/
Example:
Hallo, Vë anz Samuel Martinez un Vë heb sichdec jahno. Vë niz ehn Amerikaner un Vë niz ep der gratra decep. Vë heb tü brozro un ehn sezra. Mehn brozro anzra ker Charlie un Miguel. Charlie heb sebendec jahno un Miguel heb écht jahno. Mehn sezra anz Cori un Së heb fëhrdec jahno.
Hello, My name is Samuel Martinez and Iam sixteen years old. I am an American and I am in the tenth grade. I have two brothers and one sister. My brothers names are Charlie and Miguel. Charlie is seventeen years old and Miguel is eight years old. My sisters name is Cori and she is fourteen years old.
Literal:
Hello, I named Samuel Martinez and I have sixteen years. I am an American and I am in the grade tenth. I have two brothers and one sister. My brothers names are Charlie and Miguel. Charlie has seventeen years and Miguel has eight years. My sisters name is Cori and she has fourteen years.
German: (may be a little mangled)
Hallo, Ich heisse Samuel Martinez und Ich bin sechzehn jahre alt. Ich bin Americaner und Ich bin in der zehnta klassen. Ich habe zwei bruder und ein schwestern. Mein brüder heissen Charlie und Miguel. Charlie ist sebzehn jahre alt und Miguel ist acht jahre alt. Mein schwestern heisst Cori und Sie ist vierzehn jahre alt.
Literal:
Hallo, Ich heisse Samuel Martinez und Ich habe sechzehn jahren. Ich bin Americaner und Ich bin in der klassen zehnta. Ich habe zwei bruder und ein schwestern. Mein brüder heissen Charlie und Miguel. Charlie hat sebzehn jahren und Miguel hat acht jahren. Mein schwestern heisst Cori und Sie hat vierzehn jahren.
Numbers, one through ten
ehn...one
tü...two
thrë...three
fëhr...four
fef...five
sich...six
seben...seven
écht...eight
nën.,..nine
dec...ten
Some pronouns:
Vë - I --- /v/ /i/
Ibeh - you --- /I/ /b/ /@/ /h/
Ibehr - you (possesive) --- /I/ /b/ /@/ /h/ /R\/
Ibehz - you (plural) --- /I//b//@//h/ /t_s/
jë - he --- /j/ /i/
jët - him --- /j/ /i/ /t/
jëz - he (possesive) or him --- /j/ /i/ /t_s/
së - she --- /z/ /i/
sët - her --- /z/ /i/ /t/
sëz - her (possesive) --- /z/ /i/ /t_s/
et - it --- /@/ /t/
ët - it possesive --- /i/ /t/
Vëb - We /v/ /i/ /B/
Jur - We (possesive) /j/ /U/ /r/
dé - They /d/ /e/
Verb conjugation
If the verb imediatly follows the subject (except if it is Vëb, "We" ) than the verb ending "ra" is removed from the stem so you just have the stem.
such as...
Vë ërbë jët
I respect him
Jë ërbë jët
He respects him
Së ërbë Sët
She respects her
for we or Vëb as it is in Zeonic...
Vëb ërbëra Jët
We respect him
If there are one or more verbs than the first verb is conjugated and the rest are left with verb endings
Vë vill mävra an Sonsdok
I will walk on Sunday, or
I will move on Sunday (depends on context)
To change the verb to a noun such as "he walks" to "he is a walker" you switch the position of the letters in the verb ending so the "ra" becomes "ar"
example:
Jë mäv
He walks
literal: He moves
Jë ist ehn mävar
He is a walker
literal: he is a mover
to change a verb to past tense you simple change the verb ending from "ra" to "rnz" (the "r" and "z" are stressed) "r: /R\/" "z: /t_s/" "n: /n/"
present:
Vë niz éngra
I am fishing
Vë éng
I fish
future:
Vë vill éngra
I will fish
past:
Vë éngrnz
I fished
Nouns
Nouns are very simple in Zeonic,
A noun in its singular form is just the word. In its plural form an "o" is added to the end of the word.
Example:
Singular --- kat
Plural --- kato
the final "o" is emphesized
if the word ends in a vowel already you change that vowel to "o"
Example:
Singular -- terra - planet/world
Plural --- terro - planets/worlds
Singular --- citë - city
Plural --- cito - cities
To change a noun to a verb simply add an "a" and the "ra" verb ending
Example
Noun --- rént - rain
Verb --- réntara - to rain
If the noun already ends in "a" just add "ra"
To make a noun a verb and then change that verb to a pronoun you add your "a" for the verb,
your "ra" ending, then you reverse the "ra" to "ar" It sounds tricky but is quite simple...
Noun --- kahléng - conlang
Verb --- kahléngara - to conlang
Pronoun --- kahléngaar - someone who conlangs
Vë mechrnz ehn kahléng.
I made a conlang
Vë niz mechra ehn kahléng
I am making a conlang
Vë kahlénga
I conlang
Vë lëb kahléngara
I like to conlang
Vë niz ehn kahléngaar
I am a conlanger
Iregular verbs:
there are two in Zeonic
Nizra: to be
Vë --- niz
Ibeh --- ker
Ibehr --- ker
Ibehz --- ker
jë(t,z)/së(t,z)/et(t,ët) --- ist
Veb --- ker
dé --- ker
Vë niz der brozra eb jët
I am the brother of him
I am his brother
Ibehz ker mehn brozro
you(plural) are my brothers
You guys are my brothers
Vëb ker brozro
We are brothers
anzërra - seperable prefix, all except Vëb
Vë zër et an
I put it on
Vëb anzërra et
We put it on
We on-put it on
Word Order
Word order in Zeonic is similiar to both English and German
When making a statement such as:
Vë lëb éngra
I like to fish
the word "to" is not needed in Zeonic.
you can also say "éngra lëb Vë" or "(to) fish I like"
you can't say that in english
to ask a question:
éngra ibeh?
fish you?
do you fish
verb subject
or you can say
Mehn mozra ker ibeh?
My mother are you?
or
Mehn büt ist dat
My boat is that?
you can't say "Is that my boat?"
you can't do that in english
Unique to Zeonic
some more word order
When the subject is the subject twice in a sentence, the subject is after the object unless it is seperated by a conjunction and the model verb comes before the subject.
Example
to say: "I know I will make it" you would say
Vë dur mechra et villra Vë
I know make it will I
Vë dur klënra der rass schudra Vë
I know clean the grass should I
This is kinda complicated. email questions to mezzox3@sbcglobal.net
