Krolgeh Language

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The language of the krolvin, both spoken and written, is referred to as krolgeh.

Grammar

Tense

To make a krolvin term past tense, add ‘kt’ at the end. For example, ungbok means “fight” and ungbokt means “fought.” Junda means “to spit” (or, more correctly, to expel a bodily fluid) and jundakt means “spat.”

Future tense is denoted by ‘tik’ preceding the term. Therefore tik’ungbok means “will fight” and tik’junda means “will spit.”

Negatives

The addition of ‘te’ to the end of a krolvin term may indicate the negative of that term. In effect, ‘te’ can be interpreted as “not.” For example, tuz means “can” and tuzte means “cannot.” Similarly, gno means “belongs to” or “is of” and gno’te means “does not belong to” or “is not of.” When the term ends in a vowel (as in the previous example) an apostrophe is used to denote the separate sound of ‘te.’

Opposites

An opposite (as opposed to a negative) condition is commonly indicated by the addition of the suffix ‘kra’ at the end of a term. For example, kref means “before” and krefkra means “after” or “behind.” Similarly, vosk means “up” and voskra means “down.”

Opposition terms tend to be relational or comparative (this is related or can be compared against that). Negative terms tend to be conditional (not this is the negative condition of this). Front is the opposite of back, not the negative of it.

As in Common, there are separate Krolgeh terms for many opposing concepts, such as night and day, long and short. However, the implications of the Krolgeh use of grammatical opposites offers some insight into Krolvin psychology. Opposites suggest a there is a default view. In Common there is a word for “up” and a word for “down.” In Krolgeh the word for “up” (vosk) has an expression that means “the opposite of up” (voskra) which can be interpreted as “down.” Therefore the default view of the Krolvin world is “up.” “Down” is only relevant in terms of its relationship to “up.”

Interrogatory

A question is often identified by the expression k’pla at the end of a sentence. For example, the phrase Jod tikte tschok means “We will not stop” whereas Jod tikte tschok k’pla? means “Will we not stop?”

Possessive

For the most part Krolgeh doesn’t recognize possessive terms. There is, for example, no distinction between “you” and “your,” both are q’ap. Nor is there any distinction between ‘he,’ ‘him’ and ‘his’ or ‘she,’ ‘her’ and ‘hers.’ The only clear exception is the personal possessive gno’ap (mine).

Attribution

To indicate one who engages in an action, the prefix cz is added. For example, zag means “bring” (or to bring) and czag means “one who brings” or bringer. Similarly, falz means “lose” (or to lose) and cz’falz means “one who loses” or loser.

Gender

Gender is applied to a krolvin term through the addition of ‘do’ to refer to male and ‘so’ to refer to female. For example, apdo means ‘he’ and apso means ‘she.’ Similarly clezag means “parent” but clezagdo refers to a male parent whereas clezagso refers to a female parent. Dush refers to a sibling; dushdo refers to a male sibling and dushso to a female sibling.

Emphatic

The expression to (pronounced toe) at the end of a sentence is a verbal indication of emphasis. Since krolgeh is often spoken in barking tones, it’s sometimes necessary to include an aural indicator of exclamation. For example, Q’ap tikte means “You will not” whereas Q’ap tikte to would be interpreted as “You most definitely will not!” Similarly, Sto kak tuug goort means “That’s a good ship” but Sto kak tuug goort to would indicate “That’s a damned fine ship!” And Sto kak gno'ap simply means “That’s mine” whereas Sto kak gno'ap to would be translated as “That’s mine and you’d best keep your knobby hands off it!”

Common to Krolgeh

A

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
above / below	lut / lutkra
after / before	krefkra / kref
alley	aun'terokt
am / are (am not / are not)	tezt (tezte)
and	t’
appreciate	onnag	Enjoy

B

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
bad	tuugkra	Statement of quality, not a moral stance.
before / after	kref / krefkra
belonging to	gno
below / after	lutkra / lut
big	enoork
blue	lalk
boot(s)	klot
brave	moradg
bright	pritz'to	Very light
bring	zag
bringer	czag
building	currarik

C

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
can / cannot	tuz / tuzte
care	hoont
cause	pluuk	to make happen
cemetary	moradg burzarik	Cemetary for those who died from battle.
cemetary	burzarik	Cemetary for those who died of natural causes.
central / middle	quozlav
change	f’ploak
come / go	karzkra / karz
corpse	burzka
coward / cowardly	arrorak
cower	rroak
cry / weep	brefta

D

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
dark	pritzkra	in terms of illumination
day	lup
die	burzmorad	to die while fighting
die	burzgafk	to die any other way.
dead	burzmokt	dead from fighting.
dead	burzgafkt	dead from other causes.
death	quoab prozd	"The Long Night"
dim	pritz'tokra	not bright (in regard to light)
do (does) / did / will do	dur / durkt / tik’dur
do not / did not / will not do	dur’te / durkte / tik’durte
does not	dur’te
down / up	voskkra / vosk

E

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
enjoy	onnag
everybody / nobody	tulg / tulgte

F

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
family	pla’dush
fear	mordg
fester	d’ton
Festival of the Dead	Burzkailt
fight	ungbok
flee	akril
food	pulta
foot (feet)	ispuk

G

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
get	tor
give	ep
go / come	karz / karzkra
good / well	tuug	statement of quality, not a moral stance.
goodbye	urgha	word of leaving

H

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
he / him	apdo
hello (word of greeting)	irkuk
how	leb

I

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
I / me	ap
in / out	av / avkra
intelligent / intelligence	awrda
internal organs	grawel
is-was / is not-was not	kak / kakte
it / that / this	sto

K

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
kill	ilburz
kill (in a blood feud)	mrodburz
kill (in a war)	d’braburz

L

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
large	enoork
laugh	b’rua
leave / stay	d’karzte / d’karz
light	pritz	in terms of illumination
little	enoorkra
long	quoab
lose	falz
loser	cz’falz

M

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
make happen	pluuk	Cause to happen.
market (place)	mizklog
me	ap
meal / food	pulta
and	t’
merchant (male)	mizklog'do
middle / central	quozlav
my / mine	gno'ap

N

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
night	prozd
no / yes	bilte / bil
nobody / everybody	tulgte / tulg
non-krolvin	grarrog

O

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
of (belonging to)	gno
on	ik
oppose	jirwawk
or / nor	pra
out / in	avkra / av
over / under	lut / lutkra

P

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
pain	gzadmor
parent (male / female)	clezag (clezagdo / clezagso)
pig	etka
put	melg
putrefy	d’ton

Q

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
quick (quickly)	fut

R

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
rot	d’ton

S

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
sea (ocean)	v’koort
see	koask
she / her	apso
ship	goort	(warship = goort dubra)
short	aun
sibling (male / female)	dush (dushdo / dushso)
skin	renqua
slave	p'tuu
sleep	burz'dalep
slow (slowly)	futkra
small	enoorkra
smell	hrusk
spit/urinate/expel bodily fluids	junda
square	cridluzk
star(s)	herndrok
stay / leave	d’karz / d’karzkra
stop (halt or cease)	tschok
stop (prevent)	pluukte
street	terokt
suffer	morgil

T

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
take	shkela
they / them	jodte
thorn	criga

U

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
understand / do not understand	plisk / pliskte
under / over	lutkra / lut
up / down	vosk / voskkra
us / we	jod

W

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
war	dubra
was-is / was-is not	kak / kakte
we / us	jod
what	olt
when	huup
where	sunt
who	q’ri
will / will not	tik / tikte
with	tra

Y

Common	Krolgeh	Notes
yes / no	bil / bilte
you /your	q’ap

Krolgeh to Common

A

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
akril	flee
ap	I / me
apdo	he
apso	she
arrorak	coward / cowardly
aun	short
aun'terokt	alley
av / avkra	in / out
awrda	intelligent / intelligence

B

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
bil / bilte	yes / no
brefta	weep
brakakt	insulting term	(literally: a slug that mates with itself)
b’rua	laugh
burz'dalep	sleep
burzarik	cemetary	For those who died of natural causes.
burzka	corpse
burzgafk	die	Ti die by anything else but fighting.
Burzkailt	Festival of the Dead
burzmorad	die	To die while fighting.

C

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
criga	thorn
currarik	building/structure
clezagdo / clezagso	parent (male / female)
cridluzk	square
czag	one who brings

D

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
d’braburz	kill	to kill in combat.
d’karzte / d’karz	leave / stay
doitro	plant used to cure worms	These being Sankir's mind control worms from War of Nations, specifically used by the Archipalego Half-Krolvins.
d’ton	fester / putrefy / corrupt / rot
dubra	war
dur / durkt / tik’dur	do / did / will do
dush	sibling
dushdo / dushso	sibling (male / female)

E

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
enoork / enoorkra	big / small
ep	give
etka	pig
etka grarrog	domesticated pig	As opposed to feral pigs – often a derogatory term.

F

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
falz	one who has been defeated	Often derogatory.
f’ploak	change
ut / futkra	quickly, speedily, with alacrity / slowly

G

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
gno'ap	my
gno	of/belonging to
goort	ship (warship = goort dubra)
grarrog	non-krolvin
grawel	guts/internal organs
gzadmor	pain

H

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
herndrok	star(s)
hoont	care
huup	when

I

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
ik	on
ilburz	kill	To kill in any way other than combat or blood feud.
irkuk	hello	A word of greeting.
ispuk	foot (feet)

J

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
jirwawk	oppose
jod	we / us
jodte	them / they
junda	spit/urinate/expel bodily fluids

K

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
kak / kakte	is-was / is-was not
karz	go
klot	boot(s)
koask	see/view
kref / krefkra	before / after
krol	generic term for all krolvin peoples
krolgeh	the krolvin language

L

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
lalk	blue
leb	how
lup	day
lut / lutkra	above (over) / below (under)

M

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
melg	put
mizklog	market (place)
mizklog'do	merchant (male)
mordg	fear
moradg	fearless/brave
moradg burzarik	cemetary	For those who died in battle.
morgil	suffer
mrodburz	kill	To kill in a blood feud)

O

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
olt	what
onnag	enjoy, appreciate

P

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
p'tuu	slave
pla’dush	family
plisk / pliskte	understand / do not understand
pluuk / pluukte	cause (make happen) / prevent
pra or / nor	pritz'to bright (very light)
pritz'tokra	dim (not bright)
pritz	light
pritzkra	dark
prozd	night
pulta	meal / food

Q

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
q’ap	you
q’ri	who
quoab	long
quoab prozd	death	"The Long Night."
quozlav	central / middle

R

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
renqua	skin
rroak	cower

S

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
shkela	take
sto	it / that / this
sunt	where

T

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
t’	and
tschok	halt (stop, cease)
terokt	street
tezt	am / are
tik / tikte	will / will not
tor	get
tra	with
tuug / tuugkra	good / bad	Statement of quality, not a moral stance.
tulg / tulgte	everybody / nobody
tuz / tuzte	can / cannot

U

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
ungbok	fight
urgha	goodbye	Word of leaving.

V

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
v’koort	ocean (sea)
vosk / voskkra	up / down

Common Krolgeh Phrases and Sayings

Common Krolgeh Phrases

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
Ap junda ik burzka!	I spit/piss on your corpse!
Morgil, brakakt!	Suffer, slug!
Q’ap tik burzmorad av gzadmor!	You will die in pain!
Q’ap tik burzmorad breftark!	You will die weeping!
Ap b’rua q’ap morgil!	I laugh at your suffering!
Q’ap ungbokt tuug.	You fought well.

Common Krolgeh Sayings

Krolgeh	Common	Notes
Herndrok brefta q’ap.	The stars weep for you.	A rare expression of sympathy.
Prozd gno tulgte	The night belongs to nobody.	You can’t have everything.
Krol tra klot hoonte sunt apdo melg apdo ispuk.	The krolvin with the boots doesn’t care where he puts his feet.
V’koort dur’te f’ploak.	The sea never changes.
Enoorkra criga tuz d’ton.	A small thorn can fester.
Moradg etka tor pulta.	It’s the bold pig that gets the meal.
Lalk gno’ap renqua to!	By the blue of my skin.	An oath of honesty.