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Below will be a general overview of Dalkaisk guidelines for syntax, grammar rules, verb conjugation, prepositions/postpositions, common prefixes/suffixes, and other related grammar rules to form complex sentences in Dalkaisk.
Overview
- Dalkaisk uses Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) sentence structure like English. This means that a basic sentence would be structured like "He sees her."
- Alternatively, Object-Subject-Verb (OSV) can also be used for stylistic or emphatic purposes, such as "Land, he saw."
- There are no definite or indefinite articles in Dalkaisk (i.e. the/a/an). If specificity or generality is needed in a sentence (AKA if 'the' or 'a' is needed,), the Dalkaisk words for 'that' (kjem) and 'one' (an) are used.
Pronouns
Personal (I, he, they)
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Person | vaj | vanaj/vajsk* |
| 2nd Person | tej | tajsk |
| 3rd Person | ren | renaj |
*Vanaj includes the speaker and the listener (inclusive we), while Vajsk only includes the speaker (exclusive we).
Possessive (My, his, their)
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Person | vjin | vanaje/vasin* |
| 2nd Person | tujen | tasejn |
| 3rd Person | ranen | renaje |
*Vanaje includes the speaker and the listener (inclusive our), while Vasin only includes the speaker (exclusive our).
Demonstrative (this, that)
| Singular | Plural | Singular (EN) | Plural (EN) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximal | kev | kevan | this | these |
| Medial* | kjemtaj** | kjantaj** | that by you | those by you |
| Distal | kjem | kjeman | that | those |
*Medial describes objects near the second person, in contrast to the dual nature of English's 'this' and 'that.'
**Originally dialectal, but increasingly growing in usage.