megn & hobm
Now we have learned two new aspects: To want something, and to have something.
If you want something you can simply say: I mog ....
If you have something you say: I hob ...
I mog a Bier. Du mogst aa a Bier. Und mia megma a Brezn. Du mogst ned a Brezn.
I hob a Raumschiff. Aber i hob ned an Baam. Du host an Disch und mia hobma a Fenster.
You can see here, that "mia" (3.plural) changes part of the word:
I mog, du mogst, mia megma | Infinitive: megn |
I hob, du host, mia hobma (/ ho'ma / homma) | Infinitive: hobm
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The pronounciation of the "o" in "du mogst" and "du host" is close to an a. Sometimes you will also hear people say "a" or write it this way: du magst, du hast.
Accusative
In this example we also meet a new case, the accusative. If you want sth. or have sth. then the object is in the so called accusative. In the cases we have used so far, the nounds don't change. But the indefinite article does with masculine nouns:
da Disch: Des is a Disch. I hob an Disch. I mog an Disch.
Da Computer: Des is a Computer. I hob an Computer. I mog an Computer.
Guat: Some words change their stam when bowing. Guat only changes the last consonant to a soft consonant when adding a vowel: t → d: guat → guade