Sentence Structure
Sentences follow the "subject-verb-object" order. The subject performs the action of the verb, while the object recieves the action.
- Ðe boy kik ðe sfere "The boy kicks the ball"
- Me love you "I love you"
A verb can often be followed by a bare adjective.
- Ðe sfere is red "The ball is red"
- Me feel hapi "I feel happy"
- Ðis jem seem fake "This gem seems fake"
A verb can also be followed by another verb, equivalent to infinite verbs or auxilliary verbs in English. Unlike in English though, Koolaŋ has no distinction between infinitives and regular verbs, and the word "to" is not used in this situation.
- Me want danse "I want to dance"
- Me need rite dokument "I need to write a document"
- You šoud go "You should go"
Hypotheticals
The word woud can be placed before a verb to make it hypothetical or conditional, sort of like "would" in English.
- If me woud have enouf money, me woud purcase ðat "If I had enough money, I would buy that"
Recent Past
The word just can be placed before a verb to indicate that it recently happened, much like the English word "just".
- Ðem just eated sandwic "They just ate a sandwich"
- Me just waited two hours for none þiŋ! "I just waited two hours for nothing!"
Negation
Verbs can be negated by putting no before them.
- Me no know "I don't know"
- Ðey no need hear about ðat "They don't need to hear about that"
- Ðey need no hear about ðat "They need to not hear about that"
Subordinate Clauses
A subordinate clause is initiated with the word "ðet".
- Me know ðet you love me "I know that you love me"
- Ðe siŋer enjoy ðet še is popular "The singer enjoys that she is popular"
Relative Clauses
A relative clause can be placed after a noun, always initiated with the word "wic".
- Ðe person wic is holdeŋ ðe bal is runeŋ "The person who is holding the ball is running"
- Ðe bal wic ðe person is holdeŋ is red "The ball which the person is holding is red"
- Ðe home wic me live in is smal "The home which I live in is small"