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Lesson 2
created by Lugrekh
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Review
SYNTAX
All Black Speech sentences are written and spoken
subject - verb - object with adjectives following the modified word.
NOUNS
Nouns use -u to pluralize words that end in
consonants and -z to pluralize words that end in a vowel.
VERBS
Verbs can take one subject and one object pronoun.
Pronouns attach to the verb with a -. First person pronouns (both plural and
singular) go after the verb and before the object pronoun, if it is
present.
-izg |
I |
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-izish |
me |
lat |
you |
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lat |
you |
ta |
he/she/it |
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ta |
him/it |
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to |
her |
To make a root into a infinitive you add -at.
To make the present tense in the first and second person (singular and
plural) the root verb is used. For third person singular -at is
added and for third person plural -ut is added.
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LESSON 2
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NOUNS
Nouns can take a possessive pronoun to mark who that noun
belongs too.
-izub |
my |
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-izubu |
our |
-lab |
your |
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-latub |
your (pl) |
-tab |
his/its |
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-tob |
her |
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-ulub |
their |
These pronouns simple go after the noun they are modifying.
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mokh-izub |
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my house |
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horngaz-izubu |
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our pet |
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urûk-lab |
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your orc |
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skûtu-latub |
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your shields |
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golog-tab |
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his elf |
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kaar-tab |
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it's head |
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naakh-tob |
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her hand |
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lûnt-ulub |
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their boat |
When combing these pronouns with adjectives, the pronoun goes first and
then then adjective.
Examples: |
mokh-izub-dur
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my big house |
goloh-tab-kûf
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his ugly elf |
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VERBS
There are also a set of plural pronouns used when more
than one person is being talked about. The first person plural pronouns
also always go after the verb even if they are the subject.
Subject Pronouns |
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Object Pronouns |
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-izgu |
we |
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-izishu |
us |
Note: Remember, these two go after the verb, even when they are the subject. |
latu |
you (pl) |
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latu |
you (pl) |
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ulu |
they |
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ul |
them |
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In order to negate a sentence, just preffix
nar- to the beginning of the verb.
Example |
golug nargrush ul
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Elves didn't kill them |
CONJUGATION AND TENSE
Last lesson we looked at the present tense. This
lesson we will look at the past tense.
grush- |
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root - kill |
grushat |
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infinitive - to kill |
grushuz |
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past - I/you/we killed |
grushuzat |
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past - he/she/it killed |
grushuzut |
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past - they killed |
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SYNTAX
We have already seen how to make basic sentences so now we will move
onto more complicated sentence types. In this lesson we will look out sentences as
subjects.
Example: |
nargzab-izg
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I want
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nûrlat ghashnum-mor
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to learn Black Speech
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nargzab-izg nûrlat ghashnum-mor I want
to learn Black Speech
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The first sentence acts as the subject for the first sentence,
so the second sentence should never have a object pronoun. The second verb can
only take an object, while the first verb can take both a subject and an object.
The second verb always takes only the -at suffix, no matter what the tense
is. The first verb needs to be conjugated correctly.
Example: |
ulu shaguzut ul
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They
asked them
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grushat golug
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to kill the elves
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ulu shaguzut ul grushat golug
They ask them to kill the elves
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VOCABULARY
hanhar
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sword (n) |
brus- |
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have (v) |
nargzab |
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want (v) |
kaput |
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boot (n) |
naragr- |
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disagree (v) |
mushaf- |
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hide (v) |
kûtlag |
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farm (n) |
shag- |
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ask (v) |
kâam- |
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sleep (v) |
ghûlum |
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aid, help (n) |
gathrok- |
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be ready (v) |
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be lucky (v) |
laus |
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tree (n) |
kân- |
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trust (v) |
gimb- |
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find (v) |
kistraum |
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alarm (n) |
drâgh- |
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build, make (v) |
fûr- |
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betray (v) |
krampam |
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duty (n) |
lâzg
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shield (n) |
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deny (v) |
snag- |
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serve (v) |
egur- |
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to destroy (v) |
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LESSON 2 - QUESTIONS
Soon we make this into quiz so you can take questions online!
TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH
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TRANSLATE INTO BLACK SPEECH
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12) |
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I'm not sleeping. |
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You betray your words. |
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Your injury finds assistance |
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I ask you to hit me. |
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You want me to write you. |
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You want me to trust your pet. |
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You're not helping our farm. |
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His sword doesn't have hands. |
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You want me to lie. |
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I build homes. |
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I want to learn. |
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