Ganoom

Introduction

Gnomish as a language was developed by Deider (vocabulary) and Vergilius (grammar). Others have added their thoughts to the language, but the language itself has not yet been approved. Those who study and use gnomish should be aware of its status as an unofficial language.

The Basics of the Gnomish Language

Gnomish style

Gnomish is derived from dwarvish, and it should be sort of 'German-esque' in sound. The grammar is Indo-European in nature and verbs are fully inflected to represent changes in time, aspect, voice, mood, person and number.

Common Phrases

Fegallishaaven	Hello (literal translation: May Fegall be with you!)
Jorscht	Goodbye
Schnauzenweil?	How are you? (lit: Is your nose clean?)
Weilichzt	I am well (lit: Clean as a whistle!)
Daavensplatz	Thank you
Dootishev	You're welcome
Makishein	Excuse me
Liebnitz	Holy smokes
Faknsplchznt	Damn
Enkraftunsplunk	Bless us all (lit: We are all working to build the great machine.)
Ganoom	Gnome
Tinischnauzen	Non-gnome (lit: small nose)
Poopenschliemer	Rectum
Assentaapen	To be screwed over
Tiflaagenbauf	Generous person, nice guy, hero
Snachenbost	Beaver
M'Chektisnachenbost	M'Chekian beaver
HaadtifundM'Chektisnachenbost	The elusive M'Chekian beaver
Snachenbost te dosch?	Where's the beaver?
Antaschnauzen, ka bludinschekt o faashen che bittenhauzenmauf?	Is that your nose, or did a mosquito bite your face?

Gnomish Vocabulary

Nouns

ability	urkn
acolyte
adamantium	aschasple
adult	jolwa
advisor
ale	aale
alloy	meira
ally	jerba
altar	chaaga
anger, wrath	woowa
anvil	asple
archpriest
armor	paanchi
arrow	ple
axe	tukn
back (of torso)	hinti
balance	eve
bandit	raubi
bartender	spluftaande
battle	schle
beard	fauspla
beer	leikn
bellows	splaula
boulder	glosplige
bow	splevergukn
boy	laadi
castle	spla
child	splindi
city
coal	guli
copper	chupsple
Council	raadi
deacon
death
desire, want	wofe
dew	dage
drum	troola
dwarf, dwarven	deirge
Elf (sing.), Elven	fi
elven (language)	fingle
end
experience	irfa
Fall, autumn	sche
father	jada
field	je
fire	jusple
fish	jishi
forest	splosfi
forge	meidla
friend	jurude
friendly
fruit	frukn
gate
girl	laasi
gnome	ganoom
god, deity	digom
gold	ga
goodbye
gratitude, thanks	aalta
grove	ha
guard	grimni
guild, clan	traukn
hair	haala
half	lekn
half-elf	leknfi
halfling	beirynki
hall
hammer	faachze
haven, safe place	zehesple
heart	herzode
here	hi
high council
high priest
hole	looli
house	hauli
human	mune
ingot	caage
inn	gesta
intruder
iron	irse
journey	reise
keep (small castle)	reiki
leaf	splauli
leather	leda
life
magic	zata
matriarch
metal	meige
mine	gruni
mithril	mitsche
moon	monani
mother	made
night	nagi
No	ne
now	jenu
obligation	jerpi
orc	mukn
ore	merkn
passage	dura
patriarch
pickaxe	splreke
platinum	plasple
potion	traankpla
pound	pfe
priest/cleric
purpose	schwo
raven	rasplaaga
recommendation	moyekn
road	straagena
rock, stone	gesra
Sea	aasple
season	jaaroze
shadow	schadu
shield	waschle
silver	aarsple
something	ietwa
soul
spice	spleschu
Spring	lentkn
steel	staadi
store, merchant	tiegma
story
stranger	jure
stronghold	hoschspla
Summer	zoome
sun	soone
tavern	achanke
temple/church
thank you	aalta
there	doore
thing	dini
time	zi
tomb
tourist	toore
trade (noun)	haande
traveler	reisgande
tree	bemi
tunnel	garne
undead	jersaana
way	wegi
weapon	waffekn
Welcome	jelka
Winter	jinte
wood	fila
Yes	jaa

Verbs

to attack	anspoch
to be	auch
to bless	splehnoch
to buy	chaufoch
to come	dlommoch
to die	jersaach
to dig, mine	rumhoch
to do	neitoch
to drink	desufoch
to eat	esitoch
to feel	foschloch
to fly	ieloch
to go, to walk	famoch
to hate	fausoch
to have	tuwoch
to hope	horboch
to journey	roosoch
to kill	maspltoch
to know	kaatnoch
to learn	lernoch
to like, enjoy	mesikoch
to live
to lose	jercaloch
to love	grisploch
to make	ferdoch
to open	fosoffoch
to recommend	moyempoch
to return
to run	raafoch
to save	rasplhoch
to say	saaroch
to see	faskoch
to sell	jerifoch
to sing	chonnoch
to smelt	leigoch
to speak	sprukoch
to stand	stehoch
to think	smenoch
to tolerate
to want, to need	wofeloch
to watch, to guard	faachoch
to win	gebuhoch

Adjectives

acceptable	annedau
agile	aglie
all	allie
any	irgnie
armed	splewapnie
bad	schletz
big	grosplie
black	watz
blue	blotz
brown	dhau
cold
cool
deep	toto
dull	flatz
Enduring	karau
fast	lunie
few	splepau
forsaken	jerlo
full	jollie
good	gudie
green	grutz
hard	chatz
hot
long	splau
many	vielau
near
new	nutz
old	spleddie
pleasant, nice	gehau
purple	purkau
red	rodo
shallow	seilau
sharp	sploratz
short	gorutz
similar to	chalie
slow	songsatz
small	cheitz
soft	weotz
warm
white	welie
yellow	gebau
young	jutz

Adverbs

also	auschnzt
Always	oznt
maybe	foddeznt
most
never	noznt
often	triznt
only	unziznt
seldom	senaznt
sometimes	aurmaznt
then	manznt

Miscellaneous

Numbers
one	aun
two	djei
three	dri
four	jeith
five	chonf
six	se
seven	siecht
eight	oht
nine	naun
ten	deihn
hundred	chudert
thousand	taumil
Conjunctions
although	ospled
and	ind
because	wegor
but, yet	bach
if	wem
or	nad
Time Indicators
second	dakun
minute	paagen
hour	staur
day	laag
week	wooch
month	moonat
year	jaadna
today	seslag
yesterday	joromlag
tomorrow	naarlag
Question Words
who	chor
what	chasch
when	chaun
where	cho
why	chashaspl
how	chie
how much, how many	chielil
which	chesch
Pronouns
I/me	misch
we/us	waar
he/him	ei
she/her	ie
it	edh
you	daasplih
they/them	sied
this	sesch
that	din
Prepositions
above	chieb
after	naar
before	jorom
behind	hintaach
below	fon
by	de
despite	tratz
during	worood
for	chal
from	splon
in front of	chojern
in, inside	aun
of	oj
on	oon
to	chau
with	meit

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