Parts of speech:

• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Articles
• Pronouns
• Conjunctions

Nouns

All nouns in Aurogaelb end in consonants. That is, their final syllables have codas.

Number

The nouns of Aurogaelb take up to three numbers: singular, substantive, and plural; which are expressed by umlaut in the final vowel in the noun, with the exception of nouns with suffixes, in which case the umlaut occurs in the final vowel of the stem morpheme. The Substantive number is used to express substances, groups, or any kind of ambiguity in plurality.

Singular	Substantive	Plural
e	ae	é
a	au	á
i	oe	í
o	or	ó
e		ae
a		au
i		oe
o		or
ae		é
au		á
oe		í
or		ó

Examples:

• los glod "a stone"
• los glord "(some) stone"
• los glód "(many) stones"
• sos gegh "the person"
• sos gaegh "the people"
• sos gégh "the peoples"/"the groups of people"
• hos oendheg "your son"
• hos índheg "your sons"
• los ris "a water" (not common usage)
• los roes "(some) water"
• los rís "(many) waters"
• hos baghed "his name"
• hos baughid "their names"

Person

Nouns in Aurogaelb can also be inflected to agree with person and number. This is primarily used in conjunction with posessive case, or also to express location.

Person	Suffix
	Singular	Exclusive	Inclusive
First	-es	-is	-as
Second	-eg	-ig	-ag
Third	-ed	-id	-ad

Examples:

• hos dhigraunes "my friend"
• hos selghisthig "your fate (plural, but specific group)"
• hos dlandhad "their building (belonging to all of them)"
• sos gheloeded "that forest (over there)"
• sos brodeg "this/that seat (near you)"
• sos graedhas "this road (near us)"
• sos osornis "this river (near us but not you)"
• sos glodes "this stone (near me)"

Compounds

Compound nouns in Aurogaelb are formed by adding an adjective-based prefix to a noun stem. The general rule is that the final diphthong that terminates most adjectives is shortened to the relative lax vowel in this process.
Examples:

• los sthoel iboe "a black bird"
• los ibisthoel "a blackbird"

Suffixes

Nouns in Aurogaelb can take a number of suffixes to alter their meaning slightly.

-oegh

augmentative, that is, larger or grander than the stem, Examples:

• lorghach "shelter"
• lorghachoegh "inn"
• aength "ability"
• aengthoegh "power"
• brod "chair"
• brodoegh "throne"

-ith

diminuitive, that is, smaller or lesser than the stem, Examples:

• esoech "wind"
• esoechith "breath"

-aegh

group, or race.

Nouns can also take a number of suffixes to become adjectives.

-oe

having become assimilated to the noun, analogous to english "-ised"

-or

having the attribute of the noun, analogous to english "-ful"

-ae

belonging to that group or category, analogous to english "-ian" or "-ish"

-au

being similar to the noun, analagous to english "-like" or "-ly"

Nouns also often take the suffix "-ich" to become verbs.

Adjectives

Adjectives in Aurogaelb end in diphthongs.

Verbs

Verbs in Aurogaelb end in the suffix "-ich". In the past tense, this is changed to "-oech", and in the future tense, it is "-is". Both the present and future form participals with the addition of "-ae", but the past participle is formed by removing "-ch". Examples:

"to eat"

	Past	Present	Future
	oegroech	oegrich	oegris
Participle	oegroe	oegrichae	oegrisae

Articles

Articles play an important role in Aurogaelb grammar. Not only do they mark noun phrases as definitive or indefinitive, but they also mark all the cases in Aurogaelb. Articles in Aurogaelb do not agree with number.
First of all, there are four root articles in Aurogaelb: Definite "sos", Indefinite "los", Possessive "hos", and Personal "bos". The definite article translates directly to english "the", and the indefinite article translates to "a"/"an" or "some". The posessive article is used to indicate that the noun phrase it determines is posessed, and the personal article is used to mark a personal name or a place. Each of these articles can be inflected for each of the cases in Aurogaelb, as listed in the table below.

	Nominative	Accusative	Perlative	Ablative	Allative	Adessive
Definitive	sos	sós	sors	soes	saes	saus
Indefinitive	los	lós	lors	loes	laes	laus
Possessive	hos	hós	hors	hoes	haes	haus
Personal	bos	bós	bors	boes	baes	baus

Pronouns

Pronouns in Aurogaelb are inflected extensively.

		Nominative					Accusative	Dative				Reflective
Number	Person											Accusative	Dative
		Simple	Past	Present	Future	Conditional		Perlative	Ablative	Allative	Adessive		Perlative	Ablative	Allative	Adessive
Singular	First	sau	sadhau	sanau	sochau	sodau	esa	esor	esoe	esae	esau	hesa	hesor	hesoe	hesae	hesau
	Second	grau	gradhau	granau	grochau	grodau	egra	egror	egroe	egrae	egrau	hegra	hegror	hegroe	hegrae	hegrau
	Third	dau	dadhau	danau	dochau	dodau	eda	edor	edoe	edae	edau	heda	hedor	hedoe	hedae	hedau
	Interrogative	gnoe	gnidhoe	gninoe	gnechoe	gnedoe	egni	egnor	egnoe	egnae	egnau	hegna	hegnor	hegnoe	hegnae	hegnau
Plural Inclusive	First	asoe	asidhoe	asinoe	asechoe	asedoe	ausi	ausor	ausoe	ausae	ausau	hausa	hausor	hausoe	hausae	hausau
	Second	agroe	agridhoe	agrinoe	agrechoe	agredoe	augri	augror	augroe	augrae	augrau	haugra	haugror	haugroe	haugrae	haugrau
	Third	adoe	adidhoe	adinoe	adechoe	adedoe	audi	audor	audoe	audae	audau	hauda	haudor	haudoe	haudae	haudau
Plural Exclusive	First	isoe	isidhoe	isinoe	isechoe	isedoe	oesi	oesor	oesoe	oesae	oesau	hoesa	hoesor	hoesoe	hoesae	hoesau
	Second	igroe	igridhoe	igrinoe	igrechoe	igredoe	oegri	oegror	oegroe	oegrae	oegrau	hoegra	hoegror	hoegroe	hoegrae	hoegrau
	Third	idoe	ididhoe	idinoe	idechoe	idedoe	oedi	oedor	oedoe	oedae	oedau	hoeda	hoedor	hoedoe	hoedae	hoedau

Conjunctions

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