Beginners' lesson - Finding linguistic similarities

The English and Jesenic languages have far more in common than one may initially think. From similar words to grammar structure to similar suffixes and prefixes, we will now go over many of these. (this page is currently under construction, excuse the work!)

Similar words
There are many Jesenic words that range from being at least slightly similar to being exactly the same as English words.

Slightly similar

 * ós (prep.) - of
 * trós (prep.) - to
 * ost (prep.) - out
 * pas (prep.) - at, on, upon
 * yóne (adj.) - a/an

Moderately similar

 * rásch (v.) - reach (also the word [n.] for a dominion or empire)
 * kóning (n.) - king
 * ir (v.) - equivalent to are
 * Ánglisch (n. or adj.) - English
 * fra (prep.) - from

Extremely similar

 * húnd (n.) - hound, dog
 * dig (adj.) - the
 * an (prep.) - on

Exact

 * in (prep.) - in
 * up (prep.) - up

Comparisons between word endings and beginnings
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Comparisons between prefixes

 * 1) Un- is the same in both languages. For instance, the word unready is unræd in Jesenic.
 * 2) The prefix fore- in English is typically equivalent to the Jesenic prefix for-. However, for- can also be equivalent to the English prefix for-.
 * 3) The prefix be- in English (think believe, beside, before, bereave) is equivalent to the Jesenic prefix bi-. This is a good example of the fact that the letter e on its own is rarely found in Jesenic words (unless at the end of a word or in an ending plural) due to the ligature system.

Major differences between certain prefixes

 * 1) While we might phrases such as ever-ready in English, Jesenic uses the prefix an- to describe this. The Jesenic equivalent to that phrase is anrádig, and the phrase ever-faithful would be antrúfast. This is an example of the fact that Jesenic rarely uses dashes/hyphens to attach these sort of meanings to words, although there are some instances where it is necessary to do so.
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