GAJMAK LANGUAGE

Creating a Language: Bases

THINGS
Body parts
head gek
hands arg
knee jaa
legs mrug

Movable items
statue arshu
sword katai
tiara gikeym
book avnu
harp jax

Parts of the room

altar vildora
hall xekier
chamber diarha
library zabruean

Actions
bow oshi
kneel jaala
dance chazo
fencing arfenos
worship zelik

Person
I ak
me mak
 she ijak
her ijah
we jami

DESCRIPTORS
Size
short glibbix
long zirvokk

Colors
light lumidra
dark kashim
red flamirre
blue azuria
yellow ylkin

Numbers
one kaji
two gan
three kan
four gaijin
five linga

Indicators
above ebrav
under rendue
in-between newtwiv
inside edzra
on mrov
in nitrov
at travre
of fotrav

Meal
breakfast vricker
brunch auncho
lunch lrith
snack flunki
 dinner bherkin
midnight snack vrithony swak

Elements
fire Fria
water Ydro
air Xiri
earth Aeteria

Goddesses
fire Pyrovia
water Hydrogina
air Aeren
earth Terathea

Seasons
summer zaer
winter snewr
spring ethur
autumn lzagas

Helping verbs
is rik
are dur
am zam
was vzol
were erzo
be czek
been brazul
has lavaz
have luzav
had lagor
will zirr
should zurtha
would jurgad
may zeyb
might zoire
must murz
can cor
could conarr
 do doz
does dozer
did dir

Negative words
not zar
no ze
never zobeer
nothing bragor
none nozer

WH questions
who zho
when zhen
where zhere
why zhy
how zhow

Creating a Language: Affixes

DERIVATION
Verbs into nouns
VERBS NOUNS
fight skirv fighter skirvja
worship zelik worshiper zelikja
believe dovimar believer dovimarja
adore rhikna adoration rhiknathar
invoke zarkon invocation zarkonthar
celebrate grazmaro celebration grazmarothar
meditate sikarvon meditation sikarvonthar
offer luofar offering luofanar
bless eklijari blessing eklijarinar
light lumiras lighting lumiranar

Rules:
 English noun ending –er , suffix added to Gajmak noun is –ja
  English noun ending –ion , suffix added to Gajmak noun is –thar
 English noun ending –ing , suffix added to Gajmak noun is –nar
If the last letter of the Gajmak noun is a vowel, automatically add –nar
If the last letter of the Gajmak noun is consonant, remove the last letter
before adding –nar

Adjective into verb

ADJECTIVE VERB
Light lumidra lighten lumidradyn
Dark kashim darken kashimyn
Short glibbix shorten glibbixyn
Long zirvokk lengthen zirvokkyn
Pure fori purify foriya
glorious kailar glorify kailariya
beautiful lysara beautify lysariya
feminine astrin feminize astrinek
tranquil vesro tranquilize vesrovek
melodic hyrith melodize hyrithek

Rules:
 English verb ending [-en ]
 [ - dyn ] for gajmak verb ending with vowel
 [ - yn ] for gajmak verb ending with consonant
 English verb ending [-ify ]
 [ - iya ]
Note: For words ending with vowel, eliminate/remove the last letter then add –iya
 English verb ending [-ize ]
 [ - vek ] for gajmak verb ending with vowel
 [ - ek ] for gajmak verb ending with consonant

INFLECTION
Tenses
present base only
past mi-
progressive Os-
future Ni-

Degrees of comparisons
 POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
FAST
brav braveir bratiezt
STRONG
zakti zakteir zaktiezt
TALL
prit priteir pritiezt
SMART
mlat mlateir mlatiezt
SMALL
qit qiteir qitiezt
BRIGHT
trazt trazteir traztiezt
BRAVE
vrut vruteir vrutiezt
HAPPY
pliz plizeir pliziezt
LOUD
ud udeir udiezt
COLD
pluz pluzeir pluziezt

Rules:
 For positive degree, retain the base form.
 For comparative degree, add –eir.
 For superlative degree, add –iezt.

Persons
I worship. She worships.
Zelik ak. Zelikex kaji.

Noun forms (numbers)

singular base only
plural vowel: -x
consonant: -ex

Gender
female yva
male ryn
both yvar
Shapes
round irci
diamond viege
heart jegu
rectangle tajir
square tair
triangle nitri
star satar
oval yuubo
crescent crio
semi-circle omcee

Time
morning zorli
noon solzim
afternoon dusle
night nykthor
midnight mijnokto
dawn zurise

Creating a Language: Syntax

Word order
verb + object/other elements + subject

Declarative Sentences

Negative Declarative Sentences

Interrogative Sentence

Tree Diagram