Gatrubbian Language

The Gatrubbians are a humanoid race who originally resided in the Gatrubbe system. Their culture is probably best known for their devotion to their gods, the Writers, which they claim continually write the universe into existence.

Phonemes

Aa	/a/ as in away
Ee	/e/ as in met
Ii	/i:/ as in see
Üü	/u:/ as in blue
Uu	/^/ as in cup
Oo	/ou/ as in go
Šš	/sh/ as in she
Ss	/s/ as in sun
Kk	/k/ as in cat
Mm	/m/ as in man
Nn	/n/ as in no
Ll	/l/ as in leg
Gg	/g/ as in give
Tt	/t/ as in tea
Bb	/b/ as in bad
Rr	/r/ as in red
Vv	/v/ as in voice

Personal Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
First–Person Singular	ša	šam	šag	šat
First–Person Plural	šak	šakam	šakag	šakat
Second–Person Singular	ra	ram	rag	rat
Second–Person Plural	rak	rakam	rakag	rakat
Third–Person Masculine	ma	mam	mag	mat
Third–Person Feminine	la	lam	lag	lat
Third–Person Plural	mak	makam	makag	makat

Nouns

All nouns in the Gatrubbian language decline based on their gender. Masculine nouns in the nominative case end in –a or –e. Feminine nouns in the nominative case end in a consonant. Plural nouns in the nominative end in –k if the singular noun is masculine and –ik if the singular nouns is feminine. In the accusative case masculine nouns drop their final vowel and append –em. Feminine and plural nouns append –i. In the dative case, masculine nouns drop their final vowel and append –en. Feminine and plural nouns append –u. In the genitive case masculine nouns drop the final vowel and append –er. Feminine and plural nouns append –o. The table below gives an example of noun declension using the word rima meaning ship and the word kurn meaning plant.

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genitive
ship	rima	rimem	rimen	rimer
ships	rimak	rimaki	rimaku	rimako
plant	kurn	kurni	kurnu	kurno
plants	kurnik	kurniki	kuniku	kurniko

Verbs

Verbs within the Gatrubbian language end in –at in the infinitive. The table below gives an example of verb conjugation using the word mukrat meaning to run.

Infinitive	–at	mukrat
First–Person Singular	–aš	mukraš
First–Person Plural	–ašik	mukrašik
Second–Person Singular	–ar	mukrar
Second–Person Plural	–arik	mukrarik
Third–Person Masculine	–am	mukram
Third–Person Feminine	–al	mukral
Third–Person Plural	–amik	mukramik

Past Tense

The Gatrubbian language contains both a perfective past tense and an imperfective past tense. The perfective tense is used to describe an action that has been completed whereas the imperfective indicates an ongoing activity. The perfective case is indicated by the ending –ag on the verb in question and the imperfective case is indicated by the ending –ak on the verb.

Infinitive	–at	mukrat
Perfective Past Tense	–ag	mukrag
Imperfective Past Tense	–ag	mukrak

Future Tense

The ending –av on a verb indicates an action that will be complete or started in the future.

Infinitive	–at	mukrat
Future Tense	–ag	mukrav

Dictionary

The linked document gives examples of the language with translation.

Gatrubbian Vocabulary

Example Text

Šam imaramik Bresa Vosi. Ot šar gata. Ma brunam na Gatrobi. ša tregag na Rimem. ša tralag šamigat. Rimem imarag Mutra. Kru mak glabak karaki, gaba atnibag makag. Kru mak atnibag rimen gaber rima orikrag šakam. Mutra tüskag na übem. Ša ormag. Asil rima. Lar šaran grutag šam. Ša mi tiraš kras ša garag.

My name is Bresa Voci. This is my story. It begins on Gatrubbe. I worked on a ship. I worked as an engineer. The ship was called the Journey. When we were travelling the stars, we received a message. When we arrived at the ship who had sent the message, the ship attacked us. Journey crashed on a planet. I slept. The Axel is a ship. Her captain found me. I don’t know how I lived.