Tsz Kong French

**Tsz Kong French** is a dialect of French spoken in Tsz Kong. It was developed by flutters.

## Grammar

Tsz Kong French is largely based on traditional French, along with the introduction of a number of novel terms used by speakers of this dialect.

### Gender Classes

#### Pronouns

All objects use *Iel* (a portmanteau neopronoun of Il and Elle) as their pronouns.

*Nous* and *Vous* are eliminated.

#### "Gendered" words

Words such as *content/contente* utilize its feminine form.

##### Roles

*Personne:* Replacement for *homme and femme*

*L'petite amie:* Significant others

*L'grande amie:* Spouses

L'enfants d'm'parent - Siblings (Children of my parent)

Parent - Parent/Mom/Dad

### Le/La/Les & De/De la/Aux

Contracted to *L'* and *D'* :

 L’
 d’

Plural word forms include the enunciation of the -letter added. For example, *croissant**s*** and *jou**x**.*The only exceptions are roads and names made before Tsz Kong French. For example: *La Rue de la Melodie.*

### Conjugation

All conjugation use the conjugation for *Je* outside of the infinitive.

For example Aller.

Aller Conjugation
 Tu
 Il/Elle/Iel/On
 Nous
 Vous
 Ils/Elles/Iels

### Tenses

*J’ai/T’ai/Iel ai/Iels ai/On ai mangé:* (Past tense: X have eaten)

…… Mange (Present tense: Eating, optional: add suis (Je suis manger/ Je mange)

*Je/Tu/Iel/Iels/On vais manger* (Future tense: We will to eat)

## Counting

10-16 are replaced by *dix-X* in consecutive order.

Numbers with "1" in the digit place have *et* abolished. For example, *vingt-et-une* becomes vingt-une.

Numbers above 60 will utilize the Swiss numerical system and abolish the use of other numbers to make up another number.

Numbers in the 10ths place from 60
 70
 80
 90

## Prepositions

*At* is replaced by *in* with correspondence to English.

For example: *Je suis à Paris **(I am at Paris)*** becomes *Je suis dans Paris **(I am in Paris)***.

## Questions

*Quel:* Replaces q*uelle.*

Tsz Kong French abbreviates question-type statements by adding *oui?* at the end of the question subject, while excluding prepositions in front of the subject.

Example: *Tu m’aime, oui?*

### Question Words

*Qui*: Who (Qui suis toi? Who are you)

*Quelle*: What (Quelle âge suis-tu?)

*À quelle/Quand moment?*: When (At what moment?) - (À quelle moment t’aime m’art? When do you like my art?)

*Où*: Where (Où suis m’chapeau? Where is my hat?)

*Pourquoi*: Why (For what?) - (Pourquoi l’océan suis bleu? Why is the ocean blue?)

*Comment*: How (Comment parler Tsz Kong Français? How to speak Tsz Kong French?)

*Ilya*: Is there? (Like pourquoi, conjoined) - (Ilya l’music ici? Is there music here?)

### Notes:

*Qu’est-ce que c’est que cette chose-là* is replace by *Quelle suis cette chose.*

## Culture

### Weather

Iel est froid/chaud etc. (It's cold/hot) instead of il fait froid/chaud etc. (He does cold/hot)

### Comment ça vais? Ça vais.

*Je vais bien/Ça vais bien:* Answer to *comment ça vais*

### Naming

Children will not have more than one middle name. For example, you cannot name your child *Melody Charlotte Carole Adntoinette Céline Valérie De la Vieuville-De la Rue*. For example: *Melody Charlotte De la Rue*.

### Birthdays

Users of the dialect will only sing "Joyeux Anniversaire" as their birthday songs. This is due to the effectiveness of creating a festive atmosphere unlike other variations like *Bonne fête à toi* which "Happy party to you"

#### Lyrics:

*Joyeux Anniversaire, Joyeux Anniversaire*

*Joyeux Anniversaire (prenòm), Joyeux Anniversaire*

### Roads

*L'/d'l':* Road *(L'Rue d'l'Carole)*

Roads named before the existence of the dialect retain their original names *(La Rue de la Melodie),*

### Je t'aime ou Je t'adore?

*Aimer:* to like

*Adorer:* to love

*So je t'aime:* I like you. Note: Like and love are not synonymous.

### Food

The famous *Pain au Choclat* will be renamed to *L'pain d'Chocolat* in the dialect.