Ganoom

Nouns
Common	Gnome
ability	urkn
abomination	schnauzendoofausotik (lit. "nose-hater")
acid	zaupritz
acolyte	fogllotik
adamantium	aschasple
adult	jolwa
advisor	rhathi
air	knaala
ale	aale
alloy	meira
ally	jerba
altar	chaaga
anger, wrath	woowa
anvil	asple
archpriest	bischosti
armor	paanchi
arrow	ple
avalanche	schnowzenpieldreiver (also: Ice Storm)
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
brain	smein
cascade	splutechm
castle	spla
child	splindi
city	staustzuzom
coal	guli
copper	chupsple
council	raadi
dame	hochschnauzialtilaas
death	tirda
desire, want	wofe
dew	dage
drum	troola
dust	weotzischkotz (soft earth)
dwarf, dwarven	deirge
earth	schkotz
elf (sing.), elven	fi
elven (language)	fingle
end	zul
evening	ablichzt
everything	echtz
experience	irfa
eye	fasse
fall, autumn	sche
fame	ruumi
father	jada
field	je
fighter	stikkotik
finger	foscher
fire	jusple
fish	jishi
flame	zoo
forest	splosfi
forge	meidla
friend	jurude
friendly	furudenfi
fruit	frukn
game	speildji
gate	gaznauzom
girl	laasi
gnome	ganoom
god, deity	digom
gold	ga
goodbye	jorscht
gratitude, thanks	aalta
greetings	haafche
grove	ha
guard	grimni
guild, clan	traukn
hair	haala
half	lekn
half-elf	leknfi
halfling	beirynki
hall	fuuli
hammer	faachze
hand	makn (from makkoch, to make)
haven, safe place	zehesple
heart	herzode
here	hi
high	atspla
high council	atspla raadi
high priest	atspla digosti
hole	looli
house	hauli
human	mune
janitor	hauliweilganoom
ice	ji
image	bielt
ingot	caage
inn	gesta
intruder	haulijure
iron	irse
journey	reise
keep (small castle)	reiki
klutz	splrekeschimakkotik (lit. "one who crafts with pick-axe")
lame	nelegenkrafti (not moveable)
leaf	splauli
leather	leda
light	lizchei
lightning	zappitz
life	schaakn
knowledge	kaatna
machine	kraft
magic	zata
magician	zatotik
matriarch	grosmade
metal	meige
mine	gruni
mithril	mitsche
moon	monani
mother	made
name	nauspl
night	nagi
no	ne
now	jenu
nose	schnauze
nothing	nechtz
number (amount)	notter
obligation	jerpi
orc	mukn
ore	merkn
passage	dura
patriarch	grosjada
pickaxe	splreke
platinum	plasple
potion	traankpla
pound	pfe
priest/cleric	hochmakkotik (lit: high craft-er)
purpose	schwo
raven	rasplaaga
recommendation	moyekn
road	straagena
rock, stone	gesra
Sea	aasple
season	jaaroze
shadow	schadu
shield	waschle
silver	aarsple
something	ietwa
soul	saani
spice	spleschu
spring	lentkn
steam	knaaliweizple (hot air)
steel	staadi
store, merchant	tiegma
story	wang
stranger	jure
stronghold	hoschspla
summer	zoome
sun	soone
tavern	achanke
temple/church	digohauli
thank you	aalta
there	doore
thing	dini
time	zi
tomb	jersahauli
tourist	toore
trade (noun)	haande
traveler	reisgande
tree	bemi
tunnel	garne
undead	jersaana
way	wegi
water	wiwaut
weapon	waffekn
welcome	jelka
winter	jinte
wood	fila
word	woorspl
writer	woorsplotik
yes	jaa
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

Introduction

Ganoom 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 ganoom should be aware of its status as an unofficial language.

Currently, Gurky is the one to talk to if you want to suggest a word or grammar rule.

The Basics of the Ganoom Language

Ganoom Style

Ganoom is derived from dwergan, 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.

Grammar

Most of these are rules of thumb; grammar is a complex thing to invent, but can serve as an effective way for learners and creators of a language to deduce new vocabulary from existing vocabulary.

Definite and indefinite articles

Gnomish does not have definite or indefinite articles*. How we inflect the noun indicates references. The only manner in which you indicate the, this, or that, is by declining the noun as follows:

The : -ost

This : -esh

That - aukn

When a word to be declined ends with a vowel, drop the vowel (including the diphtongs such as "au" and "oo") of the word to be declined. Then, add the declension.

• the, a / an

Examples:

Orc - Mukn

The orc : muknost

This orc : muknesh

That orc : muknaukn

Night - Nagi

The night - nagost (-i dropped since it ends with a vowel)

This night - nagesh (-i dropped since it ends with a vowel)

That night - nagaukn (-i dropped since it ends with a vowel)

Hole - Looli

The hole - loolost (-i dropped since it ends with a vowel)

This hole - loolesh (-i dropped since it ends with a vowel)

That hole - loolaukn (-i dropped since it ends with a vowel)

Negation

Firstly, "no" in ganoom is simply "ne".

• "Schnauzenweil?" (Is your nose clean?)
• "Ne." (No.)

When "no" is exclaimed, as in a shout or any strong expression, it is "neen!".

• "Schnauzenweil?" (Is your nose clean?)
• "Neen!" (No!)

Plurals

All plurals in gnomish end with -s, except when the word end with a consonant, in which case add -es.

Verbs

All ganoom verbs end with the suffix -och. The infinitive form of a verb can be used as a noun : to die, or jersaak, could also mean the action of dying, or death. To use a verb only the primitive part of the verb should be inflected, the infinitive complement (-och) should be removed, or it will be the noun and not the verb.

Inflecting Verbs

Inflecting a ganoom verb means adding the complement pronouns of the verb to the primitive part of the verb. Additional suffixes modify the tense of the verb.

Simple Present
to sing	chonnoch
I sing	chonnisch
you (1) sing	chonnen
he sings	chonnum
she sings	chonnaam
it sings	chonnhe
we sing	chonneimer
you (> 1) sing	chonnotter
they sing	chonnat

Vocations

Doer of a noun or a verb

When someone becomes a doer of noun or a verb, such as a "warrior" or a "wizard", usually the suffix -otik is added to the base verb or noun If the base verb or noun ends with a vowel, that vowel is removed.

Examples:

• To fight: stikkoch
  • Warrior: stikkotik.

• Magic: zata
  • Magician: zatotik.

Since -och is the ending for all ganoom verbs and zata ends with a vowel.

More on negation later.

Common Phrases

Ganoom Phrase	Informal Translation	Literal Translation
Fegallishaaven	Hello	May Fegall be with you!
Jorscht	Goodbye
Schnauzenweil?	How are you?	Is your nose clean?
Weilichzt	I am well	Clean as a whistle!
Daavensplatz	Thank you
Dootishev	You're welcome
Makishein	Excuse me
Werknspltz!	Indeed!
Liebnitz	Holy smokes
Faknsplchznt	Damn
Enkraftunsplunk	Bless us all	We are all working to build the great machine.
Ganoom	Gnome
Tinischnauzen	Non-gnome	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?

Ganoom Vocabulary Creation Guidelines

Remember that ganoom is germanesque in sound and based on dwergen. Do the following when making ganoom vocabulary:

• Look for an existing dwergen term.
• If a term exists, use the rules Deider and company specified to convert it to ganoom.
• If such word exists, use German, Dutch, a Scandanavian language or Afrikaans and make something up, still keeping to the language conversion guidelines.

Ganoom Alphabet and Phonetics

Vowels

Ganoom has ten vowels, five short and five long, as written below:

Short vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Long vowels: aa, au, ei, ie, oo

Consonants

A few ganoom consonants can are expressed in Common as letter combinations.

They are: sch, spl, chz, kn, tz, znt

Miscellaneous Rules

There are no ‘th’ sounds in ganoom.

See Also

• Ganoom Vocabulary
• Gnomes
• Deglos
• Galdos

Ganoom Vocabulary

Verbs to attack anspoch to arrive anchommoch to be auch to bless splehnoch to buy chaufoch to come dlommoch to choose khieloch to craft makkoch to decide khuisoch to die jersaach to dig, mine rumhoch to do neitoch to drink desufoch to eat esitoch to feel foschloch to fight stikkoch to fly ieloch to follow foglloch to give gebboch to go, to walk famoch to hate fausoch to have tuwoch to hear aukauroch 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 meet schmekoch to open fosoffoch to pick your nose schnauzerumhoch (lit. nosedigging) to recommend moyempoch to return   to run raafoch to save rasplhoch to say saaroch to see faskoch to sell jerifoch to sing chonnoch to smell rakkoch to smelt leigoch to speak sprukoch to stand stehoch to stink stankoch to taste prochoch to tap teikloch to tap one's nose schnauzetikloch 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 vausple cool veizple deep toto dull flatz empty nechtzau enduring karau fast lunie few splepau forsaken jerlo full jollie good gudie green grutz great greeb hard chatz hot weizple little (not much) waunau long splau many vielau most vielaustek near naurch 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 wausple white welie yellow gebau young jutz
Adverbs also auschnzt always oznt maybe foddeznt most   never noznt often triznt only unziznt same suldau seldom senaznt sometimes aurmaznt then manznt		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/my m(isch) we/us/our z(eimer) he/him/his t(un/um) she/her t(aam) it/its edh(he) you / your (singular) d(en) you / your (plural) y(otter) they/them sed(at) this sesch that aukn		Prepositions above chieb after naar against papsch 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 together schnauzeschmeke with meit through durre