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The Krolgeh Language
Krolgeh Grammar
Grammar •
Common to Krolgeh •
Krolgeh to Common •
Phrases and Sayings
The language of the krolvin, both spoken
and written, is referred to as krolgeh.
 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!”
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