Jameld Grammar

The Jameld Grammar is available here (in PDF format) in sections. The files are formatted as A5 pages; a printed version is planned.

• 1. Nouns - dated 2nd May 2017
  1.1 Types of nouns / 1.2 Gender / 1.3 Plurals / 1.4 Diminutives / 1.5 Cases / 1.6 Possession
• 2. Articles - dated 2nd April 2015
  2.1 Definite article / 2.2 Indefinite article / 2.3 Inclusion of the definite article / 2.4 Omission of the definite article / 2.5 Omission of the indefinite article
• 3. Adjectives - dated 2nd May 2017
  3.1 Inflections / 3.2 Comparatives and superlatives / 3.3 Irregular adjectives / 3.4 Adjectives used as nouns / 3.5 Quantifiers
• 4. Pronouns - dated 2nd May 2017
  4.1 Personal pronouns / 4.2 Possessives / 4.3 Reflexive pronouns / 4.4 Reciprocal constructions / 4.5 Demonstratives / 4.6 Relative pronouns / 4.7 Indefinite pronouns / 4.8 Interrogative pronouns / 4.9 Impersonal et and "it"
• 5. Verbs - dated 2nd May 2017
  5.1 Basic forms: infinitive and stem / 5.2 Present indicative / 5.3 Preterite (simple past) / 5.4 Perfect infinitive / 5.5 Perfect / 5.6 Pluperfect / 5.7 Future / 5.8 Future perfect / 5.9 Negation / 5.10 Conditional / 5.11 Conditional perfect / 5.12 Personal imperative / 5.13 Impersonal imperative / 5.14 Present subjunctive / 5.15 Imperative and subjunctive: invoking wishes / 5.16 Past subjunctive / 5.17 Other subjunctive forms / 5.18 Present participle / 5.19 Past participles / 5.20 Passive voice: formation / 5.21 Passive voice: resolving ambiguities / 5.22 Passive voice: avoidance / 5.23 Continuous or progressive forms / 5.24 Use of infinitive / 5.25 Reflexivity / 5.26 Habitual / 5.27 Modal auxiliary verbs / 5.28 Expressing intention, will or desire / 5.29 Expressing necessity, compulsion, concession and prohibition / 5.30 Expressing possibility, doubt, uncertainty / 5.31 Expressing ability and permission / 5.32 Expressing duty or regret / 5.33 Compound verbs / 5.34 Stimulus-subject verbs / 5.35 Majestitmerfald (Plural of majesty) / 5.36 Isten, sen, wésen and impersonal constructions
• 6. Adverbs - dated 17th July 2015
  6.1 Function / 6.2 Derivation from adjectives / 6.3 Comparatives and superlatives / 6.4 Both, as well as, all of / 6.5 Here, there and everywhere / 6.6 Adverbs of time and the -s suffix / 6.7 Emphatic adverbs
• 7. Prepositions - dated 20th April 2015
  7.1 List of prepositions / 7.2 Contractions / 7.3 The suffix -and / 7.4 "At" and "in": expressions of location / 7.5 "At", "in" and "on": expressions of time / 7.6 "By": causes and means / 7.7 Translating "of" / 7.8 "From" and "out of" -- Wrun and ot / 7.9 "For" meaning "during" -- wïl
• 8. Conjunctions - dated 6th June 2015
  8.1 Coordinating conjunctions / 8.2 Subordinating conjunctions
• 9. Sentences, clauses and word order - dated 21st May 2015
  9.1 Main clauses / 9.2 Relative clauses / 9.3 Questions / 9.4 Tag questions
• 10. Word stress - dated 21st May 2015
• 11. Numerals - dated 2nd May 2017
  11.1 Cardinal and ordinal numbers / 11.2 Writing numbers / 11.3 Fractions / 11.4 Decimals / 11.5 Zero, nought, nil, etc. / 11.6 Roman numerals / 11.7 Age / 11.8 Money / 11.9 Dates / 11.10 Times / 11.11 Temperatures / 11.12 Weights and measures / 11.13 Telephone numbers / 11.14 Repetition and multiplication
• 12. Orthography, spelling and punctuation - dated 2nd May 2017
  12.1 Alphabet / 12.2 Capitalisation / 12.3 Apostrophe / 12.4 Punctuation / 12.5 Compound words / 12.6 Foreign words
• 13. Spoken Jameld, informality and dialects - dated 2nd May 2017
  13.1 Contractions / 13.2 Discourse particles / 13.3 Dialects

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