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Phonology
| | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Nasal | m | | n | | | | |
| | m | | n | | | | |
| Plosive | p b | p̪ b̪ | t d | | | k g | ʔ |
| | p b | p b | t d | | | k g | ' |
| Affricate | | | ts dz | tʃ dʒ | | | |
| | | | c j | c j | | | |
| Fricative | ɸ β | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | | | h |
| | f v | f v | s z | s z | | | h |
| Approximant | w | | | ɹ | j | | |
| | w | | | r | y | | |
| Trill | ʙ | | r | | | | |
| | bb | | rr | | | | |
| Lateral Fricative | | | ɬ ɮ | | | | |
| | | | x q | | | | |
| Lateral Approximant | | | l | | | | |
| | | | l | | | | |
Pronunciation guide for people that speak English and not IPA: m, n, p, b, t, d, k, g, f, v, s, z, h, w, r, y, and l are all pronounced as in English. C and j are pronounced like the first sounds of "chip" and "job" respectively. P and b can be pronounced with your mouth in the position you normally use for f and v, and vice versa. S and z can also be pronounced like the first sound of "ship" and the middle sound of "treasure" respectively. ' (an apostrophe) is like k, but farther back where you normally pronounce h. Rr is a trilled r like in Spanish, and bb is a trill with your lips. X and q are pronounced with your mouth in the position you use for l, but making more noise with the air coming over the sides of your tongue; with x you don't use your voice (like s) and with q you do use your voice (like z.)
Note: In order to create a distinctive character for the language, k and g should be treated in a similar manner to the letter x in English. ie: Rarely and primarily for loan words from other languages or for making things sound alien/foreign/weird etc.
Vowels:
| | Front | Back |
| Close | i | ɯ u |
| | i | u u |
| Mid | e | o |
| | e | o |
| Open | a | ɒ |
| | a | o |
Diphthongs: ai, ei, au
Phonotactics
Basic syllable structure: (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)
—What can be where—
- Words may begin with a consonant, a consonant plus an approximant, or a vowel.
- Words may end with any single consonant other than an affricate or trill, or in a nasal plus a same-POA stop.
- Any pairs of consonants are allowed in the middle of words, and may be followed by an approximant. The following exceptions apply:
- Any nasal followed by a stop must share its POA.
- Two adjoining consonants must have different MOAs.
—Vowels—
- Any sequences of three or fewer vowels are allowed. They are pronounced separately except for the diphthongs and long vowels.
- There are two degrees of vowel length - the longer one indicated by doubling the written vowel.
- If two instances of the same vowel adjoin but are pronounced separately, they are separated by a glottal stop, written with an apostrophe.
—Stress—
- Words are stressed on the second-to-last syllable, and nonstandard stress is indicated by an acute accent over the stressed vowel.
- When a doubled vowel is accented thus, the accent comes on the first written vowel.
Example single-syllable word: Kwaunt
Word order
The basic sentence structure is subject-object-verb. Adjectives and adverbs follow what they modify, as do adjectival and adverbial phrases.
Nouns
Noun classes
Nouns belong to one of five classes, indicated by adding a suffix to the root. The suffixes are:
- deity -ya
- sentient -a
- animal -e
- object -o
- abstract and verbal nouns -u
Thus for example, the root distaf _female_ forms:
- dístafya _goddess_
- dístafa _woman_
- dístafe _female animal_
- dístafo _female statue_
- dístafu _femininity / to be female_
Pronouns
Personal
- first : i(n)
- second : pu(n)
- third : ta(n)/fa(n)/va(n)
- 'troper/non-troper/non-human'
personal pronouns can be mixed to create plurals
- in 'me' + pun 'you' = ipun 'me and you, we'
- pun + fan 'him/her/them' = pufan 'you and them/you lot/y'all'
- etc.
-n is added to the end of a pronoun if followed by another pronoun or a vowel, so as to stop plural confusion.
Correlatives
| | definite | | | | indefinite | | | |
| | distal that (near you) | proximal this (near me/near both of us) | impersonal that (away from both of us) | interrogative/reflexive what | universal all/every | negative none | alterntive/reciprocal another/eachother | existantial-elective some/any |
| thing/determiner | ze (that/those) | je (this/these) | (that over there) | (what/which/who/whom) | dev (all, every, everything, everyone, both) | hero (none/no/no one/nobody/nothing/neither)) | dif (another/one another/each other) | ol(some/any/something/anything/someone/anyone) |
| time | zewe/zeri (then) | jemu (now) | | (when) | dev-* (always) | hero-*(never) | dif-* | ol-* |
| place | zeset (there) | jeset (here) | | (where) | devset (everywhere) | heroset (nowhere) | difset (somewhere else/each place) | olset(somewhere/anywhere) |
| reason | (therefore) | (thus) | | (why) | | (no reason) | (another reason/each reason) | (for some reason/any reason) |
| manner | (thereby) | (this way) | | (how) | | (no way) | (another way/each way) | (somehow/any way) |
| amount | (that much) | (this much) | | (how much) | | (no amount) | (another amount/each amount) | (some/any amount) |
time correlatives can be suffixed with -mu, -ri, -we, as well as the time-travel tenses, however they are still considered adverbs. The only exceptions to this are the distal/proximal/impersonal, where distal is either we/ri, proximal is always mu, and impersonal is always time-travel.
place correlatives can be combined with any preposition.
pronouns can also be suffixed with the laudative '-sande' to indicate shown their work, or the pejorative '-dindo' for did not do the research
- ta-sande (he who did his reasearch)
- pu-dindo (you, who have not shown your work)
- distaf-sande (good girl)
- sepir-dindo (silly boy)
Verbs
Tenses
There are three basic tenses, indicated by the following suffixes:
- past -ri
- present -mu
- future -we
time-travel tenses
- future changed -yowe (eg.I ate tommorrow)
- past changed -yori (eg.i didn't eat yesterday (but i did in an alternate timeline))
- future-past changed -yomu (eg. I shall eat yesterday)
The suffix -yo is used to indicate that the tense suffix which follows is correct from the timeline of the speaker's experience. If a person does something, then travels to a time before that action, the person should say "I do-yo-ri it."
Imperative
The suffix -mio is used to form the imperative, in all grammatical persons - i.e. "let's go" and "may he go" as well as "go!"
Copula ("to be")
There is no copula - the state of being something is expressed by attaching the proper tense suffix(es) to the root. Thus distaf, the female root, forms:
- distaf-ri _was a woman_
- distaf-mu _is a woman_
- distaf-we _will be a woman_
- as well as the time travel tenses
Existance
to denote existance (ie. 'There is/are/was/were etc.') the sentence starts with the particles 'Ri', 'Mu', 'We' as well as the time-travel tenses.
can also be used for place/time
- Mu va jeset! 'Here it is!'
Adjectives and adverbs
These words are created from a root with the suffix -i. Thus distaf, the female root, forms distafi, meaning "feminine" or "femininely."
Numbers
The numberal system is base-twelve, so 24 would be duxo' or two-twelve, and 26 would be duxo'-duo, or two-twelve and two.
Suggested Stuff
Suggested Morphology: Agglutinative; Agglutinative/Isolating split
Lexicon
Any root can be formed into any type of word, though not all derivations will be meaningful.
| Roots |
| Type | Tropese | English | Origin |
| root | distaf | female | distaff counterpart |
| root | fil | mean, petty "bad" |
| root | imbe | conquer |
| root | je | sight |
| root | kit | cute, kitten-ness |
| root | nebu | motion |
| root | sepir | male |
| root | skol | learn |
| root | gali | music, sing | glee |
| root | vil | evil | villain |
| root | zan | plan | xanatos gambit |
| root | audif | unique, different | our tropes are different |
| root | mocxim | fate, doom | and I must scream |
| root | merris | ideal, simple | Mary Sue |
| root | fleb/flebb | magic | phlebotinum |
| root | maqof | important | macguffin |
| root | jumsar/jumsarr | die, death | jump the shark |
| root | rulohul | interesting, popular, beautiful | rule of cool |
| root | sipin | attraction, crush | shipping |
| root | mamband | group | five man band |
| root | bi'ai/bi'ay | strength | the big guy |
| root | ci' | care, look after | the chick |
| root | ber/berr | mother | mama bear |
| root | wof | father | papa wolf |
| root | smotai/smotay | intelligence | the smart guy |
| root | mentor/mentorr | wisdom | mentor |
| root | sicrei/sicrey | extra, another | sixth ranger |
| root | taqon | youth | tagalong kid |
| root | tohen | race, origin | token minority |
| root | plot | story, history | plot |
| root | daun | sadness, woe | downer ending |
| root | harrat | person | characters |
| root | frij | discover, realise | fridge logic |
| root | naimaful | fear, disgust | nightmare fuel |
| root | duxodot | sex, porn, kink | rule 34 (duxo'-dotor (see Numbers)) |
| root | unob/unobb | rare | unobtanium |
| root | nintend | difficult, hard | nintendo hard |
| root | ofmod | mistake, wrong, broken | off model |
| root | fansov | tease | fanservice |
| root | smofet | except, discriminate | smurfette principle |
| root | worf | defeat, win | worf effect |
| borrowing | dakka | violence/ammo/fire | more dakka |
| root | hifa | turn, rotate | Heel Face Turn |
| root | hidardo' | cruelty, selfishness | kick the dog |
| root | larjham | act, pretend | large ham |
| root | eldric | beast, monster | eldritch abomination |
| root | möe | adorable, beautiful, handsome | moe |
| root | botol | cheap | bottle episode |
| root | mamarri | chest | non mammalian mammaries |
| root | sirrïus | unimportant, intersting | serious business |
| root | foswol | awake, alert, self aware | fourth wall |
| root | gift | rude, shameless, troll | GIFT |
| borrowing | chekhov | intersting | chekhovs gun, borrowing |
| root | katan | important, intersting | katanas are just better |
| root | srowitin | mistake, a good mistake | throw it in |
| root | ninjuc | easy | conservation of ninjutsu |
| root | smirp | small mammal, rodentoid | call a rabbit a smeerp |
| root | nudol | unknown, mystery | noodle incident noodle implements |
| root | hir | lawful good, heroic | hero |
| root | lol | fun, funny, exciting, silly | if you don't know, get out. |
| root | mul | killing, murder | |
| root | pon | weight, gravity | |
| root | word | creation, art, write, deity | word of god |
| borrowing | snusnu | sex, porn, kink | |
| root | set | place, time, area, era, land, year | settings, set |
| root | id | chaotic good, freedom | |
| root | drahon | lizard, reptile | our dragons are different |
| root | it | neutral good, freedom | |
| root | adbot | commerce, business | The Advertisement Server |
| root | devhel, devel | torture, punishment, hell | Development hell, play on 'Devil' |
| root | blesid | loud, crazy | BRIAN BLESSED |
| root | romans/romanc | love, romance | romance |
| root | cihin | food, eat, culinary | tastes like chicken |
| root | sodan | light, day | showdown at high noon |
| root | tsak | disappear | ChuckCunninghamSyndrome |
| root | pun | mount | MyLittlePony |
| root | twelv | dark, night | when the clock strikes twelve |
| root | trope | playing, experimenting | playing with tropes / trope |
| Derivation |
| affix | from | to | meaning | example tropese | example english | Origin |
| -(h)isto | root/any | noun object class | time | twelv > twelvisto | dark > night (ie.'dark-time') | history |
| -(h)istu | root/any | noun abstract class | time | twelv > twelvistu | dark > night time (ie.'dark-time') | history |
| -(l)ando | root/any | noun | place | cihin > cihinando | cook > kitchin | land |
| -sande | noun | noun | laudative (someone/thing that has proven their work, intelligent or creative person) | | | shown their work |
| -dindo | noun | noun | pejorative (lazy, unintelligent or uncreative person/useless thing) | | | did not do the research |
| Words |
| Type | Tropese | English | Origin |
| noun | distafya | goddess, creator | |
| noun | distafa | woman, female | |
| noun | distafe | female animal, bitch, cow | |
| noun | distafo | female statue | |
| noun | distafu | femininity | |
| verb | distafmu | to be a woman, to be female | |
| noun | wordya | god, creator | |
| noun | tsakya | deus absconditus, absent deity, There Is No God | Chuck Cunningham Syndrome |
| noun | punya | horse-lord, horse-god, Hengist, Horsa | My Little Pony |
| noun | puna | intelligent horse, unicorn, pegasus | My Little Pony |
| noun | drahone | dragon, lizard | |
| noun | pune | horse, camel, donkey | My Little Pony |
| noun | distafi | feminine | |
| noun | galiya | singing god, god of music, Apollo | glee |
| noun | galio | musical instrument | glee |
| noun | hifao | turning device, lathe, potter's wheel | Heel Face Turn |
| verb | romansmu/romancmu | to love | |
| verb | galimu | to sing, to make music | glee |
| noun | galiu | musician, singer | glee |
| noun | hifau | craftsperson, potter, turner | Heel Face Turn |
| noun | galie | songbird, canary | glee |
| noun | galisande | beautiful music, excellent music | glee |
| noun | galisto | music | glee |
| noun | galidindo | bad music | glee |
| noun | twelvisto | night | |
| adverb | je twelvisto | tonight, this evening | |
| noun | devhelando/develando | Hell, Hades, a torture chamber | |
| verb | cihinmu | to eat, to dine | |
| verb | punmu | to ride, to mount | My Little Pony |
| verb | tsakmu | to disappear, to vanish | Chuck Cunningham Syndrome |
| verb | srowitinmu | to be a (good) mistake, to be untrue, to lie in a way that helps people | |
| verb | itmu | to be allowed, allowing an end regardless of means | |
| noun | romansa/romanca | boyfriend/girlfriend, lover | |
Phrases/Poetry
| Tropese | English | Origin | Notes |
| In pu romansmu / Im pu romancmu | I love you | Common phrase | I just felt that 'Im pu' flows better, it isn't a definite rule. |
| Je twelvisto ipu cihinwe devhelando! | Tonight we dine in Hell! | 300 | Also pronounced 'develando'. The ancient greeks only had an 'Underword' - No hell. Take from that what you wish. |
| Devu srowitinmu, Devu itmu | Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted | Assassin's Creed | Whether you take this to be a good translation or not, it literally means: Everything is a Mistake, Everything is Permitted ...There's a limited vocab and It's hard coming up with trope-related words! |
| Mu drahone jeset | here there be dragons | TV Tropes | literally: "There are dragons here" |
| Pu Febmu, Harry/ Pu Flembu, Harry | You're a Wizard, Harry | Harry Potter | Only realised i'd written 'Flembu' instead of 'Flebmu' after I wrote it, felt is sounded nicer though, so left it in |
Things Still Needed
Research on TV Tropes culture in preparation for grammar is needed.
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