ROKOCHEOWA language

(Hyphens insterted into examples for clarity)

Syntax

Rokocheowa is an anylitical language. The basic word order goes Noun/Verb/Object.

KATI ODURADU-TSO KODASI (I see the stone)

Adjectives and Preprositional Phrases come before the root speech part.

TSAWA-UWEKSI KATI ODURADU-TSO KOTAWE ORIOERO-KAKLU KODASI (Lit. The stopped I see the stone in the river; Translit. I, who paused, see the stone in the river)

Conjunctions can connect any thing, they go between two parts that need to be conjoined, and only between two parts that match roots. (Noun conj. Noun, or Verb conj. Verb, or Noun Verb conj. Noun Verb, or Verb Object conj. Verb Object, Adjective conj. Adjective, etc.)

KATI ODARU-TSO KAWA RIO-TSO KODASI (Lit. I see and sit the stone, Translit. I see and I sit on the stone)

Verb, Noun/Verb, and Verb/Object are considered complete sentences as long as they can state a thought in context.

KATI ODURADU-TSO (I see)

To use the passive tense the sentence must be in Verb/Object

ODURADU-KSI KODASI (The stone is being seen)

When a verb is taken in its intransitive sense, the preprositional phrase is attached to the verb.

TSADIDOI DOIRE DIDOI SOROSA CHUCHE-KAKLU KARE-SUTSO (They were in this very place)

Adjective & Possessive

To make any word an Adjective or Possessive, add TSAWA- to the beginning.

TSAWA-KODASI (Stoney, stone-like); TSAWA-OWA (Talkative, talking); TSAWA-I (held, holdable)

Adjectives can be used to modify pronouns.

TASWA-UWEKSI KATI (Lit. The stopped I)

The Demonstrative Adjective TSADIKA does not change form. (Demonstrative represents adjectives this, that, these, and those.)

TSADIKA KARE-TSO RIO (This is sitting; That is sitting)

Possessive Pronouns do not change form.

To make and adjective Comparative , add -SA onto the end.

To make an adjective a Superlative, instead put TSAWASOROSA- at the beginning.

A Substansive Adjective is essentially the same as a noun, do not add TSAWA- to the beginning (A Substansive is an adjective with an understood noun, i.e. 'the poor')

An adjective can show Possession (ex. snow's, of the snow's), Description, (ex. fortunate, of good fortune) and Reference

In common speech, TSAWA- is left off of assumed adjectives occasionally, especially when the adjective and the noun go together, usually making a different meaning.

SAA OOCHI KROWATSI-KAKLU (In the new age) ('new age' being a term referring to the current era, so they go together.)

 

Adverbs

Adverbs are treated the same as adjectives, only they preceed the verb.

 

Articles
There are no articles in the language. There are adjectives that can reflect a certain, some, and that specific, but they are usually only used in emphasis and are applied as adjectives.

 

Interrogatives

Interrogatives replace the wanted information in the sentence.

WODIDO ODURADU-TSO WAAKSI (What do you see?)

Specifications can be made by combining the interrogatives with specific words. (WAAKSI-KADUKADU, what time? and ITSO-CHATI what kind of person?)

 

Nouns

To make a noun plural, add -WAI to the end in all cases, except pronouns.

KATI ODURADU-TSO KODASI-WAI (I see the stones)

To make a noun show possession, add TSAWA- to the beginning. (Same as an adjective)

 

Preprositions

Always add -KAKLU to the end of a preprositional phrase.

SAA OOCHI KROWATSI-KAKLU (In the new age)

(Look at the Preprositions in the vocabulary for more information)

 

Personal Pronouns
Pers. Singular Plural Genative Singular Genative Plural
1 KATI KATOWAI WAKATI WAKATOWAI
2 WODIDO WODIDOI WAWODIDO WAWODIDOI
3 TSADIDO TSADIDOI WATSADIDO WATSADIDOI
Reflexive Pronouns
1 KATI KATOWAI WAKATI WAKATOWAI
2 WIDO WIDOI WAWIDO WAWIDOI
3 TIDO TIDOI WATIDO WATIDOI

Impersonal Pronoun (Ambiguous forms of its, they, you etc.) and Prepositional Pronoun (which, that, this, who) is DIDOI.

DIDOI KATI-TSOA RADUKACHUCHEWAI (They are everywhere)

The Demonstrative Pronoun is TSADIKA

The Intensive Pronoun is SOROSA (very, same)

TSADIDOI DOIRE DIDOI SOROSA CHUCHE-KAKLU KARE-SUTSO (They were in this very place)

 

Verbs
  Singular Plural
Imperative -WO -WOA
Infinitive -ROE  
Present Imperfect Active -TSO -TSOA
Past Imperfect Active -SUTSO -SUTSOA
Ancient Imperfect Active -KARUTO -KARUTOA
Future Imperfect Active -SATSO -SATSOA
Present Perfect Active KARETSO [participle] KARETSOA [participle]
Past Perfect Active KARESUTSO [participle] KARESUTSOA [participle]
Ancient Perfect Active KAREKARUTO [participle] KAREKARUTOA [participle]
Future Perfect Active KARESATSO [participle] KARESATSOA [participle]
Present Imperfect Passive -KSI  
Past Imperfect Passive -SUKSI  
Ancient Imperfect Passive -KARU  
Future Imperfect Passive -SAKSI  
Present Perfect Passive KAREKSI [participle]  
Past Perfect Passive KARESUKSI [participle]  
Ancient Perfect Passive KAREKARU [participle]  
Future Perfect Passive KARESATSI [participle]  
Present Participle no change  
Past Participle -SA  
Ancient Participle -KARU  
Future Participle -SU  
Gerund (Verbal Adjective/Noun) -KO -KOWAI

KARE (KARE, n. existance, v. be) is the only type of Being, Linking or Helping verb. Thus, in the verb DOTEROE, to learn, DOTETSO can mean learns or is learning.

KATI CHADUDA-TSO DOTE-ROE (I am liking to learn)

The perfect has learned (KARETSO DOTE) or had learned (KARESUTSO DOTESA) or will have learned (KARESATSO DOTESU) is a seprate verb form.

KATI KARE-TSO DOTE CHADUDA-TSO OAUKE-WAI (I have learned to like kiwis)

The Ancient case pertains to history or a historical event that was not recent, and always applies to events that happened before the speaker's life.

There is no difference in transitive/intransitive, so any word can be a command without needing to use an object.

ODURADU-WO! (See!); KARE-WO! (Lit. Be! or Exist! Be as such!)

Any verb therefore can take on a direct object or not.

KATI ODURADU-TSO KODASI (I see the stone) or KATI ODARU-TSO WESI KODASI-KAKLU (I look to the stone)

Remember for passive voice: Present perfect is was, were, Past perfect is had been, Future perfect is will have been, Ancient tense is like past tense.