Sonderbüürgssesch Emschre | Sonderbourgish Language

SUBJECTS
The Common Tense is used in every day conversation.

COMMON SINGULAR
1st Person: Jå
2nd Person: Tëdre
3rd Person: Het (male), Fret (female) Gren (gender neutral), Gëm (gender unknown)

COMMON PLURAL
1st Person: Gjå
2nd Person: Nëdre
3rd Person: Dheijn (male), Dhem (female), Dë (mixed), Dëm (gender unknown), Dën (gender neutral)

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The Formal is used for people of nobility, the judiciary, high government, and foreign positional (a visiting doctor is foreign positional, a tourist is not).

FORMAL SINGULAR
1st Person: Drët (same as in plural)
2nd Person: d'rTeijtze (male), d'rTeijnz (female), d'rTen (gender neutral), d'rTeme (gender unknown)
3rd Person: Dhet (male), Drget (female), Gent (gender neutral)

FORMAL PLURAL
1st Person: Drët
2nd Person: Vternde (male), Vtilde (female), Vtemne (gender neutral), Vtemne (Gender unknown)
3rd Person: Veijn (male), Veijse (female), Genrën (gender neutral), Feijs'je (mixed, gender unknown)

The Respective is used for speaking to those in an official respective position. One in an official respective position does not use the Respective, though, unless talking to another in an official position. One uses respective when speaking to police officer or a civil servant. In some regions, it is used to speak to anyone you don't know for the first time.

RESPECTIVE SINGULAR
1st Person: Gë
2nd Person: Du
3rd Person: Deijge

RESPECTIVE PLURAL:
1st Person: Eijge
2nd Person: NDhij
3rd Person: Mbrdige

Hospitable is used for those giving hospitality. A guest would speak in the Hospitable, as would a host.

HOSPITABLE SINGULAR:
1st Person: Ïg
2nd Person: Sene, Seme (gender unknown)
3rd Person: Bveijt (male), Bveijn (female), Bveijge (gender neutral), Veijmje (gender unknown)

HOSPITABLE PLURAL:
1st Person: Gjë
2nd Person: Veijnte (male), Veijntl (female), Vilje (gender mixed), Veijsene (gender neutral), Veijseme (gender unknown)
3rd Person: Bvete (male), Bvele (female), Dtel (gender mixed), Bvsene (gender neutral), Bvseme (gender unknown)

INANIMATES (it)

SINGULAR
Detje (low inanimate/common)
Lesje (high inanimate/respective)
Dejjelle (feminine)
Deijlnt (masculine)
Deijn (neuter)

PLURAL
Dë (low inanimate/common)
Leijs (high inanimate/respective)
Dëlente (masculine)
Dëleij (feminine)
Dom (neuter)

Conjugation:
Every single subject has a unique conjugation system. There is prefix and suffix conjugation in Sonderbourgish. If using one of the subject pronouns (he, she, they, etc.) before the verb, suffix conjugation is used. If not using one of the subject pronouns, prefix and suffix conjugation is used). Prefixes and suffixes differ depending if a prefix or suffix is used.

I live in Sonderbourg. I ride the train to work.
Verb: To Live: Hela, To take/ride (the train): Taämea
Jå elHelaroj eijn Sonderbüürg. ElTaämearmojsjajlv ta ejbindsejt.

Common: Et (subject), Ejt (object)

TYPES OF VERBS:
Transitive Verbs
- Reflexive Verbs
Intransitive Verbs

FORMS OF VERBS:
Auxiliary & Participles
- We are learning

Infinitive Verbs
- I like to run

A Verbs
ABE Verbs
VE Verbs
Ël Verbs