Concise outlines of Middelsprake.pdf - Folkspraak

Ingmar’s Linguarium > Middelsprake © Ingmar Roerdinkholder 2004
In international loan-words from Latin etc. the final consonant
is not geminated and consequently the vowel becomes long:
unik > uniker, unikest [u:′nik] [u:′ni:k∂r] [u:′ni:k∂st]
naiv > naiver, naivest [na′iv] [na′i:v∂r] [na′i:v∂st]
neutral> neutraler,neutralest[nœy′tral][nœy′tra:l∂r][~′tra:l∂st]
aktuel > aktueler, aktuelest [aktu:′εl][aktu:′e:l∂r][~tu:′e:l∂st]
In this case the construction with meer, meest is also possible,
as with all multisyllabic loans:
en humaner/meer human land [hu:′ma:n∂r ~ me:r hu:′man land]
de aktuelest/meest aktuel nüüs [aktu:′e:l∂st~me:st aktu:′εl ny:s]
In native Germanic words with certain suffixes both constructions
can be used too:
werdful > werdfuller/werdfullest or meer werdful/meest werdful
werdlös > werdlösser/werdlössest or meer werdlös/meest werdlös
lövewerd> lövewerder/lövewerdest or meer/meest lövewerd(credible)
naturlig> naturligger/naturliggest or meer/meest naturlig
Adjectives become nouns by attaching an –e:
en blind man > en blinde a blind man
two blind manne > two blindes two blind (men)
de övel tinge > de övele the evil things>Evil
dis Engelisch man > dis Engelische this English man
dis Engelisch manne > dis Engelisches these English
There are no seperate suffixes for adverbs, the have the same
form as adjectives or prepositions
A few adverbs: nik (not), ofte (often), altiid (always), heem
(home), gerne (gladly), in (inside), up/over (upstairs), uut
(outside), neder (downstairs)
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