TAAZHPUUR GRAMMAR
Du Diogenes, Snot, E.R.B., Zuhl, Aurora, Wright, Tracy, Tolkien, Kerrin, Darlene, Ishi, jah Nyla, qenai meinai thizai liuboston.
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Taazhpuur is a SVO language- subject verb object. Stress is placed on the second syllable, except for when it is not. Punctuation is as in English.
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Taazhpuur can be written both in Taazhpuurian runes, and in Roman script. Each letter, with the exception of Y, has only one pronunciation. There are no double consonants, only double vowels. There are 15 vowels and 22 consonants, plus the additional rune named Uuncis, which is abbreviated as UN. UN stands for a word meaning “between us” and is used only when referring to intimates, spouses or lovers.
THE TRADITIONAL TAAZHPUURIAN ORDER OF FUTHORC:
Thoovyos aact:
F U TH O R C G W
Thoonourzos aact:
H N I J AI ZH P S
Tyeeros aact:
AE A EE Y OW V CH AA
Aarvithos aact:
OU OI OO UN
IN ROMAN SCRIPT:
A AA AE AI B C CH D E EE EO F G H I J L M N O OI OO OU OW P R S SH T TH U UN UU V W Y Z ZH
THE PRONUNCIATION OF LETTERS, WITH EACH LETTER’S RUNIC NAME:
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NUMBERS:
1-ain, 2- veg, 3- tra, 4- feor, 5-fimf, 6- hecs, 7-zeof, 8- aact, 9- coo, 10-daen, 11- ylf 12- vegdaen,13- tradaen, 14-feordaen, 15- fimfdaen,16- hecsdaen, 17-zeofdaen, 18- aactdaen, 19- coodaen, 20- vegric, 30- traric, 40- feoric, 50-fimfric, 51- fimfricain, 52- fimfricveg, 53-fimfrictra, 60- hecsric, 70- zeofric, 80-aactric, 90- cooric, 100- tugric 101- tugricain, 102- tugricveg, 150-tugfifric, 251- vegtugfifricain, 1000- cylric,1100- cyltugric, 1251-kylvegtugricfifricain
Examples:
A. 100 + 50= 150;
tugric + fimfric = tugfimfric. The highest number drops it’s suffix of –ric as in the tugric in this case, leaving the lowest with its suffix of -ric.
B. 1,000 + 100 + 50+= 1150
cylric + tugric + fimfric = cyltugricfimfric. Only the suffix -ric from cylric is dropped, only the first suffix -ric of two or more numbers is dropped.
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NOUNS
All names, titles, and terms of endearment are capitalized. When making a plural in which the initial letter is capitalized, only the l of the pl. form is capitalized. Ex: Aunt n. Ethlyg, pl. Lyethlyg
SUFFIXES:
When adding suffixes to a word which ends in e,u, or i, the final vowel is dropped. Ex.: dronu, hair, dronylu fur.
-ylu A diminutive.
-os Makes a possessive; daas fimf puurbucos, the cat’s paw, the paw of the cat. The possessive follows the word it posseses, geen Staen Shainaaros, geen huv huvaeryislynos, the head of which.
PREFIXES:
ly- Makes a plural; geen lypuurbuc, the cats’. The y of ly- rhymes with “lip”.
When making a plural with a word which begins with y, skip the initial y. Ex: yoon, acorn, pl. lyoon.
When making a plural with a word which begins with i, skip the initial i. Ex: bath, inip, pl. lynip.
When making a plural with a word which begins with another vowel besides i, the y of ly- is then pronounced first like the vowel y, then like the consonant y, as in l-i-yu. Ex: eonamin skull, pl. lyeonamin.
To make a noun into a verb, simply add the requisite verbal inflection.
Comparatives are made by using an adjective such as binictmins, more, or mins, less, with aanu, on, as English than; binictmins feohuursc aanu al lysuuncith, more gorgeous than every sunset
When making compound words, the prefix ly-, and the suffixes –lyg and –lyn are deleted. The vowel u is often inserted between the two elements. Ex: micylyn, big; micyl big, gaard, city, Micylugaard, Clearwater, Florida
To combine plurals and possessives, Ex: geen lyfimfos lypuurbucos, the (plural) paws of the (plural) cats
iscu- Makes a verb out of a noun; Ex: hunger n. huungriz, To hunger inf. v. iscuhuungrizaen.
Many prefixes indicate direction or state of being and are commonly found with possessive nouns; common prefixes:
Fraem- from.
Dis- apart.
Hindaar- behind.
Fauru- before.
Aefaar- after.
Aanu- on, upon, over, across.
Gu- together.
In- in, into, through.
Inu- within.
Withru-against.
Uus- excluded, out of.
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VERB TENSES:
INFINITIVE : ganaen
PRESENT: Ic gan I go.
PAST: Ic ganai. I went.
FUTURE: Ic ganish. I will go.
PRESENT PARTICIPLE: Ic ganist I am going.
PERFECT PARTICIPLE: Ic ganyow I have gone.
FUTURE PARTICIPLE: Ic ganith I will go.
OPTATIVE 1: Ic ganust I want to go.
OPTATIVE 2: Ic ganuth I must go.
OPTATIVE 3 Ic ganush I may, can go
VERB ABLAUT SERIES SUFFIXES:
aen, , ai, ish, ist, yow, ith, ust, uth, ush
In adding the required verbal suffix to a word that ends in a final u, a, e, or i, the final vowel is deleted then the inflection added. Ex: heela, to season, heelaen, heela, heelai, heelish, heelist, heelyow, heelith, heelust, heeluth, heelush.
TO MAKE VERBS INTO NOUNS
Add prefix aend- to infinitive. Ex: cuucyaen to lick ain aendcuucyaen a licker, lyaendcuucyaen two lickers.
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ADVERBS
Add suffix “-lyg” to root word to make an adverb. Ex: aashodis, orgasm, aashodislyg, orgasmic.
If –lyg is added to a root word which ends in the vowel “ai”,then the i is unchanged in Roman spelling.
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ADJECTIVES
Add suffix “lyn”, “like” to root words to make an adjective. Example: luuft, air, luuftlyn, airy.
Adjectives made from nouns which already end in –lyn do not add the adjectival –lyn.
Colors and adjectives made from other adjectives are made by duplication. Ex: blaolyn, blue, blaoblao, bluish.
If –lyn is added to a root word which ends in the vowel “ai”,then the i is unchanged in Roman spelling.
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SUPERLATIVES FOR ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES
Remove the adjectival or adverbial suffix –lyg or –lyn then add the prefixes bi- (more) or ift- (most). Ex: wislyn calm, biwis calmer, iftwis calmest
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WEEK DAYS: Sunday to Saturday
Raazcin, Daarloscin, Tyeeroscin, Wothenoscin, Douroscin, Frowoscin, Giroscin
13 LUNAR MONTHS: In honor of: Janus, Odin, Tyr, Thor, Freya, Pan, Fauna, Freyr, Balder, Alaric, Idunna, Hecate, Demeter, Mithras, Fortuna.
1 Jaenismonaet (Jan. 1-28)
2 Gowtsmonaet (Jan. 29- Feb. 25)
3 Tyeermonaet (Feb 26 – March 25)
4 Thoonourzmonaet (March 26- April 22)
5 Frowyomonaet (April 23 – May 20)
6 Paenmonaet (May 21 –June 17)
Leap day 6/17 or 18 Faanoscin
7 Frowyumonaet (June 18-July 15)
8 Baalthmonaet (July 16- August 12)
9 Aelhureecsmonaet (August 13 –September 9)
10 Nailumonaet (September 10- October 7)
11 Hecaetmonaet (October 8-November 4)
12 Demeetuurmonaet (November 5- December 2)
13 Mithrusmonaet (December 3- December 30)
Year’s Eve, Fourchoonoscin (December 31)
Du Diogenes, Snot, E.R.B., Zuhl, Aurora, Wright, Tracy, Tolkien, Kerrin, Darlene, Ishi, jah Nyla, qenai meinai thizai liuboston.
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Taazhpuur is a SVO language- subject verb object. Stress is placed on the second syllable, except for when it is not. Punctuation is as in English.
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Taazhpuur can be written both in Taazhpuurian runes, and in Roman script. Each letter, with the exception of Y, has only one pronunciation. There are no double consonants, only double vowels. There are 15 vowels and 22 consonants, plus the additional rune named Uuncis, which is abbreviated as UN. UN stands for a word meaning “between us” and is used only when referring to intimates, spouses or lovers.
THE TRADITIONAL TAAZHPUURIAN ORDER OF FUTHORC:
Thoovyos aact:
F U TH O R C G W
Thoonourzos aact:
H N I J AI ZH P S
Tyeeros aact:
AE A EE Y OW V CH AA
Aarvithos aact:
OU OI OO UN
IN ROMAN SCRIPT:
A AA AE AI B C CH D E EE EO F G H I J L M N O OI OO OU OW P R S SH T TH U UN UU V W Y Z ZH
THE PRONUNCIATION OF LETTERS, WITH EACH LETTER’S RUNIC NAME:
- RUNE PRONUNCIATION AND NAME WITH IPA SYMBOLS:
- A e A as in mate or state. Aansus
- AA ɒ The vowel sound in dog. Daadyu
- AE æ The vowel sound in that or cat. Aeglo
- AI aj The vowel sound in high or pie. Airzees
- B b The consonant B sound as in boy. Baercu
- C k The consonant C sound as in the K of kitchen or keep Cowns
- CH tʃ The consonant CH sound as in chance or chowder. Chaelcyo
- D d The consonant D sound as in dog or deep. Daegs
- E ɛ The vowel E sound as in set or pet. Evuus
- EE i The vowel EE sound in seat or meet. Meedu
- EO eə The vowel sound e as in set or pet followed by the o sound as in hope or dope. Beogud
- F f The consonant F sound as in fright or flicker. Fehoo
- G g The consonant G sound as in get or guppy. Givu
- H h The consonant H sound as in hot or hip. Haegyl
- I ɪ The vowel i as in sit or pit. Ees
- J dʒ The consonant J sound as in jazz or jar. Yaer
- L l The consonant L sound as in leak or lava. Laagus
- M m The consonant M sound as in meet or medal. Maenu
- N n The consonant N sound as in near or net. Neoth
- O o The vowel O sound as in stone or moat. Ogaen
- OI ɔj The vowel OI sound in boy or toy. Beroich
- OO u The vowel OO sound in boot or hoot. Oonaegee
- OU ɔ The vowel OU sound in pour or more. Aurahai
- OW aw The vowel OW sound in sour or ouch. Owthyl
- P p The consonant P sound as in pet or pretty. Paertru
- R r The consonant R sound as in rock or repress. Raidu
- S v The consonant S with a hissing ssssssssss sound as in sing or sun. Saaool
- SH ʃ The consonant SH sound as in shop or sheep. Shel
- T t The consonant T sound as in teach or tip. Tyuus
- TH ð The consonant TH sound as in this or there. Thyooth
- U ə The vowel U as in hut. Uurus
- UN ʊŋ The vowel UU combined with a consonantal -ng Uuncis
- UU ʊ The vowel U sound in fur or purr. Huultho
- V v The consonant V sound as in vapid or vain. Vaer
- W w The consonant W sound as in wanton or whip. Wuunyu
- Y ɪ Before or after L, Y is the vowel I sound as in dill or pill;
- Y j elsewhere, Y is the initial consonant sound as in yes or you. Yeeos
- Z z The consonant z with a buzzing zzzzz sound as in zebra or zap. Aezet
- ZH ʒ The consonant zh sound made by the s in leisure. Uuzhaec
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NUMBERS:
1-ain, 2- veg, 3- tra, 4- feor, 5-fimf, 6- hecs, 7-zeof, 8- aact, 9- coo, 10-daen, 11- ylf 12- vegdaen,13- tradaen, 14-feordaen, 15- fimfdaen,16- hecsdaen, 17-zeofdaen, 18- aactdaen, 19- coodaen, 20- vegric, 30- traric, 40- feoric, 50-fimfric, 51- fimfricain, 52- fimfricveg, 53-fimfrictra, 60- hecsric, 70- zeofric, 80-aactric, 90- cooric, 100- tugric 101- tugricain, 102- tugricveg, 150-tugfifric, 251- vegtugfifricain, 1000- cylric,1100- cyltugric, 1251-kylvegtugricfifricain
Examples:
A. 100 + 50= 150;
tugric + fimfric = tugfimfric. The highest number drops it’s suffix of –ric as in the tugric in this case, leaving the lowest with its suffix of -ric.
B. 1,000 + 100 + 50+= 1150
cylric + tugric + fimfric = cyltugricfimfric. Only the suffix -ric from cylric is dropped, only the first suffix -ric of two or more numbers is dropped.
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NOUNS
All names, titles, and terms of endearment are capitalized. When making a plural in which the initial letter is capitalized, only the l of the pl. form is capitalized. Ex: Aunt n. Ethlyg, pl. Lyethlyg
SUFFIXES:
When adding suffixes to a word which ends in e,u, or i, the final vowel is dropped. Ex.: dronu, hair, dronylu fur.
-ylu A diminutive.
-os Makes a possessive; daas fimf puurbucos, the cat’s paw, the paw of the cat. The possessive follows the word it posseses, geen Staen Shainaaros, geen huv huvaeryislynos, the head of which.
PREFIXES:
ly- Makes a plural; geen lypuurbuc, the cats’. The y of ly- rhymes with “lip”.
When making a plural with a word which begins with y, skip the initial y. Ex: yoon, acorn, pl. lyoon.
When making a plural with a word which begins with i, skip the initial i. Ex: bath, inip, pl. lynip.
When making a plural with a word which begins with another vowel besides i, the y of ly- is then pronounced first like the vowel y, then like the consonant y, as in l-i-yu. Ex: eonamin skull, pl. lyeonamin.
To make a noun into a verb, simply add the requisite verbal inflection.
Comparatives are made by using an adjective such as binictmins, more, or mins, less, with aanu, on, as English than; binictmins feohuursc aanu al lysuuncith, more gorgeous than every sunset
When making compound words, the prefix ly-, and the suffixes –lyg and –lyn are deleted. The vowel u is often inserted between the two elements. Ex: micylyn, big; micyl big, gaard, city, Micylugaard, Clearwater, Florida
To combine plurals and possessives, Ex: geen lyfimfos lypuurbucos, the (plural) paws of the (plural) cats
iscu- Makes a verb out of a noun; Ex: hunger n. huungriz, To hunger inf. v. iscuhuungrizaen.
Many prefixes indicate direction or state of being and are commonly found with possessive nouns; common prefixes:
Fraem- from.
Dis- apart.
Hindaar- behind.
Fauru- before.
Aefaar- after.
Aanu- on, upon, over, across.
Gu- together.
In- in, into, through.
Inu- within.
Withru-against.
Uus- excluded, out of.
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VERB TENSES:
INFINITIVE : ganaen
PRESENT: Ic gan I go.
PAST: Ic ganai. I went.
FUTURE: Ic ganish. I will go.
PRESENT PARTICIPLE: Ic ganist I am going.
PERFECT PARTICIPLE: Ic ganyow I have gone.
FUTURE PARTICIPLE: Ic ganith I will go.
OPTATIVE 1: Ic ganust I want to go.
OPTATIVE 2: Ic ganuth I must go.
OPTATIVE 3 Ic ganush I may, can go
VERB ABLAUT SERIES SUFFIXES:
aen, , ai, ish, ist, yow, ith, ust, uth, ush
In adding the required verbal suffix to a word that ends in a final u, a, e, or i, the final vowel is deleted then the inflection added. Ex: heela, to season, heelaen, heela, heelai, heelish, heelist, heelyow, heelith, heelust, heeluth, heelush.
TO MAKE VERBS INTO NOUNS
Add prefix aend- to infinitive. Ex: cuucyaen to lick ain aendcuucyaen a licker, lyaendcuucyaen two lickers.
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ADVERBS
Add suffix “-lyg” to root word to make an adverb. Ex: aashodis, orgasm, aashodislyg, orgasmic.
If –lyg is added to a root word which ends in the vowel “ai”,then the i is unchanged in Roman spelling.
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ADJECTIVES
Add suffix “lyn”, “like” to root words to make an adjective. Example: luuft, air, luuftlyn, airy.
Adjectives made from nouns which already end in –lyn do not add the adjectival –lyn.
Colors and adjectives made from other adjectives are made by duplication. Ex: blaolyn, blue, blaoblao, bluish.
If –lyn is added to a root word which ends in the vowel “ai”,then the i is unchanged in Roman spelling.
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SUPERLATIVES FOR ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES
Remove the adjectival or adverbial suffix –lyg or –lyn then add the prefixes bi- (more) or ift- (most). Ex: wislyn calm, biwis calmer, iftwis calmest
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WEEK DAYS: Sunday to Saturday
Raazcin, Daarloscin, Tyeeroscin, Wothenoscin, Douroscin, Frowoscin, Giroscin
13 LUNAR MONTHS: In honor of: Janus, Odin, Tyr, Thor, Freya, Pan, Fauna, Freyr, Balder, Alaric, Idunna, Hecate, Demeter, Mithras, Fortuna.
1 Jaenismonaet (Jan. 1-28)
2 Gowtsmonaet (Jan. 29- Feb. 25)
3 Tyeermonaet (Feb 26 – March 25)
4 Thoonourzmonaet (March 26- April 22)
5 Frowyomonaet (April 23 – May 20)
6 Paenmonaet (May 21 –June 17)
Leap day 6/17 or 18 Faanoscin
7 Frowyumonaet (June 18-July 15)
8 Baalthmonaet (July 16- August 12)
9 Aelhureecsmonaet (August 13 –September 9)
10 Nailumonaet (September 10- October 7)
11 Hecaetmonaet (October 8-November 4)
12 Demeetuurmonaet (November 5- December 2)
13 Mithrusmonaet (December 3- December 30)
Year’s Eve, Fourchoonoscin (December 31)