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Polson

Czesc !

Jestem 'franclakiem' ^^ Bo tata jest francuzem i mama jest polka. Nie duzo mowie po polsku... :/ Polski to bardzo trudny jezyk... Razz

That's why i created an 'easier' Polish language...and also because it was fun ^^

Its name is 'Noopolsk' (say [noupolsk]), which means 'new Polish'.

Its vocabulary is not very big yet, around 350 words. But i'm still 'working' on it Smile

Here's a sample: i translated the Wikipedia article of Poland and France so you can see what it's like Wink

WIKIPEDIA
Voln encyklopedee

Polland (Polska po Polsk), tes Polskee, offisialn Polsk Respospolit, eest en Centraleurop krae as 38 milion meskantar. On ma gransar as Deetland av vestten, Leetovv i Rosee (Kaliningradsk obvodd) av nordden, Ukrain i Baerosee av oostten, Slovakee i Czesk Republik av sootten. Eest tes en morsk grans av nordden, as Danmark i Sveeds (Baltik Mor).

Fransee (France po Fransk), offisialn Fransk Republik, eest en krae in Vesteurop as veens igg 64 milion meskantar. On ma gransar as Belgee i Luxemburg av nordden, Deetland i Svaetser av oostten, Italee, Andorree, Monako i Hispanee av sootten.

I suppose you have no clue about the pronunciation. It's not very difficult Smile

oo = [ou], like in the English word 'know' or the Polish 'osiol'
ee = [ej], like in 'hej'/'hey'
ae = [aj], like in 'dzisiaj'

Then it's quite the same as in Polish Wink

Another thing you may want to know, the ending consonnant in Noopolsk is 'doubled' if followed by a suffix.
For example:
A cat = en kot [en kot]
The cat = kotten [koten]
A house = en dom [en dom]
The house = dommen [domen]
A language = en ensk [en ensk]
The Polish language = Polsk enskken [polsk ensken]
etc.

I'll write more later, but if you have any question...feel free to ask Wink

Pa.

kmitko

Kwadracik

Polson

Hehe, interesting post Kmitko Wink

And dzieki for writing in both Polish and English ^^ Cuz i do understand Polish a bit...quite a lot sometimes, but never 'everything'.

Polish IS a difficult language, as well as French Wink

I speak French fluently, it's my mother tongue, of course it's not difficult for me (well...it depends ^^ hehe), but, as a foreign language, Polish is quite difficult to learn, not impossible (hope so!!! i still want to speak it some day Wink

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As to 'offisialn', i knew someone would point it out actually. HOW to pronounce it, that is the question Smile

The Polish way is okay, with the '-si' making the sound 'sh(i)'. But dunno if there MUST be a rule... After all, both pronunciations are understandable, whether you say it in a Polish or -let's say- Spanish way Smile

It's you to choose ^^

Tongue twisted? Wink

Because of 'Respospolit'? Hmm...noooo... Or because of all the sentence maybe. Dunno. Is it that complicated?
Anyway, all this is a 'rough draft', a prototype.

Now the 'w'. As you may have noticed, i replaced it with the 'v', to make it simplier (?). I don't think there are many words with a 'w' in Noopolsk... Apart, maybe, from loanwords (maybe) Smile

Only the double vowels are pronounced differently. It does not matter if a consonnant is doubled or not, i mean as far as the pronunciation is concerned Smile

Look, you picked Leetovv and obvodd. Leetovv is pronounced like this: [lejtov] (the double 'ee' makes the sound [ej], as previously said), but the double 'vv' is just to 'force' you not to pronounce [lejtof] but [lejtov], [v] sound Wink

The same for 'obvodd', say [obvod] and not [obvot] Smile

And just so you know, i like double letters, i find them aesthetic ^^ It's my 'personal' touch Wink

About the articles...well, that's a good question. You know, as there are no declinations in Noopolsk, it'd be difficult to do without articles Smile

It's much easier this way...i guess ^^

You want to know more about the grammar... I still have much to do with the Noopolsk grammar, cuz i 'worked' quite much on the vocabulary, but the grammar is still very basic. Apart from that 'doubling ending letters' rule, there is no much more to say... wow, it's late, i don't even know what i'm saying ^^
I can tell you that there are no declinations (phew! that's the hardest part in Polish, haha;)), no masculine and feminine gender, only neutral (just like in English actually), adjectives are placed before the nouns, like in English, there are 2 'types' of plural (2 different endings, for example: one cat = en kot, cats = kottar, and the cats = kottern), etc.
Dunno if there's anything more to add... Smile

Hope it's not THAT difficult, i wanted it to be easy ^^ Or at least 'easier' than Polish Wink

Kwadracik, the ending in -esque is maybe difficult to write or read, but it's very easy to say ([esk]) Wink

Thanks for your posts Smile

Kwadracik

Polson

Kwadracik

Polson

Toivo

A mi się podoba! Tylko brzmi germańsko, ale ja akurat lubię germańskie języki. To "en kot" i "kotten", to zupełnie jak w szwedzkim. W sumie ideą przypomina mój sweński.

I like it! It sounds a bit Germanic, but I personally like Germanic languages. This "en kot" and "kotten" is exactly like in Swedish. Generally the idea is quite similar to my sweński.

kmitko

Polson

pittmirg

@ kmitko: strona bierna (passive voice) to chyba nie to samo, co reported speech (mowa zależna)?

Swoją drogą, mowa zależna to bardzo ciekawa sekcja gramatyki, w której trzeba pomyśleć poważnie o co najmniej kilku rzeczach, które mocno różnią się wśród języków.

Polson

Vilén · Gość

Timpul

Pawle, zrobiłeś to specjalnie ;P