Mócheno
Facts
- Language: Mócheno
- Alternate names:
- Language code: mhn
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Upper German, Middle-Modern High German, Modern High German, Bairisch, Global South Bavarian
- Number of speakers: 1900
- Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
- Script:
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Introduction
Mócheno is spoken in three towns of the Mocheni Valley, in Trentino, northeastern Italy.
The speakers of Mócheno can partially understand Bavarian, Cimbrian, or Standard German.
The verb
The Mócheno verb is conjugated in:
- 3 moods: Indicative, Imperative, and Conjunctive
- 2 tenses: Present and Perfect.
- 2 numbers: singular and plural
- 3 persons
Sample verb: bòrtn
| Indicative | Imperative | ||
| Sg.1 | i | bòrt | - |
| Sg.2 | du | bòrts(t) | bòrt! |
| Sg.3 | er | bòrtet | - |
| Pl.1 | biar | bòrtn / bòrtber / bòrper | - |
| Pl.2 | ir | bòrtet | bòrtet! |
| Pl.3 | sei | bòrtn | - |
Conjunctive Mood
The conjunctive mood is formed perifrastically except with a few verbs that have a synthetic (conjugated) form:
| Infinitive | Translation | Conjunctive |
|---|---|---|
| bissn | to know | i bissat |
| gea’ | to go | i gang, gangat, gant |
| hom | to have | i hatt |
| khemmen | to come | i khamm, khammat |
| nemmen | to take | i nammat |
| sai’ | to be | i bar, bart, barat |
| stea’ | to stand | stant |
| tea’ | to do | RF i tant, P i tanat |
| belln | will | i bellt, bellat |
| derven | can | i dervat |
| khennen | can | i khannt, khennat |
| meing | may | i mecht, megat, mechat |
| miasn | must | i miat, miasat |
Verblist
- denken
- èssn
- hoasn
- hom
- kemmen
- kennen
- kostn
- learnen
- lem
- mòchen
- moln
- parkiarn
- pitten
- prauchen
- sai'
- schloven
- sechen
- spiln
- trinken
- vinnen
- volng
- zoln