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Romansh by Sascha Baer

Romansh

English

I'l continent Australian vivan blers buorsalins ed i dà bleras bes-chas chi existan be qua.

On the Australian continent there live many marsupials and there are many animals that only exist here.

I'l

continent

Australian

viv-an

bler-s

buorsalin-s

{i dà}

bler-a-s

bescha-s

chi

exist-an

qua.

in.the

continent

australian

live-3P

many-PL

marsupial-PL

and

{there are}

many-F-PL

animal-PL

REL

exist-3P

only

here

Australian(a)	adj.	australian
be	adv.	only
bes-cha	n. fem	animal
buorsalin	n. masc	marsupial
bler(a)	adj.	many
chi	pron.	non-human relative pronoun "that"
continent	n. masc continent
e(d)	conj.	and
exister	v.	to exist
i dà	set phrase	there are
il	det.	definite article (masculine)
i'l	contraction	in + il
in	prep.	in
qua	det.	here
viver	v.	to live

Unmarked word order is SVO
Nouns may be either masculine or feminine, as indicated. Adjectives modifying a feminine noun get an affix -a
Plural is marked regularly on both nouns and adjectives with -s
Verbs with infinitive in -er get the ending -an in the third person plural.