Níwe Englisc:Þridde Héafodweard - Níwu word, stæfcræft, and behwyrfung
Hér sind sumu níwu word tó leornienne:
- bad [bæd] - yfel
- to be [tu| bí] - wesan, béon
- good [gud] - gód
- I (á is gewriten swá gréat stæf) [ai] - ic
- it [it] - hit
- he [hí] - hé
- she [scí] - héo
- you [g(i)u] - þú, þec, þé, gé, éowic, éow
- you guys [g(i)u gais], you people [g(i)u pípil], youse [g(i)us] (mann cann brúcan þás word tó éoienne þæt mann wille be manigfealdum ríme sprecan) - gé, éowic, éow
Understand þæt Níwe Englisc næfþ nán stæcræftig gecynd. "It" is gebrocen tó unlifigendum þingum; "she" tó menniscum and déorlicum wífum (hwílum tó landum and wegendum cræftum); and "he" tó menniscum and déorlicum werum. Þus, þéah on Englisce mann háteþ stán "hé", hé is "it" on Níwum Englisce geháten.
Níwenglisc weorcword sind swíðe ánfealdlicor þonne þás Englisces. Þæt word "be" is gebíged on Níwum Englisce þus:
| be [bí] - wesan | ||
|---|---|---|
| ánfeald | manigfeald | |
| I; we | am [æm] | are [á, ar] |
| you; you all | are [á, ar] | are |
| he, she, it; they | is [is] | are |
Hér is hú mann gebígeþ "I, we, you, he, she, it, they":
| hádlice binaman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cásus | forma hád | óðer hád | wíflic þridda hád | náhwæðer þridde hád | werlic þridde hád |
| ánfeald | |||||
| nemniendlic | I [ai] | you [g(i)u] | she [scí] | it [it] | he [hí] |
| missenlic | me [mí] | you [g(i)u] | her [h(er)] | it | him [him] |
| ágendlic (geíhtnessa) | my [mai] | your [g(i)(or)] | her [h(er)] | its [itss] | his [his] |
| ágendlic (binaman) | mine [main] | yours [g(i)(or)s] | hers [h(er)s] | its | his |
| manigfeald | |||||
| nemniendlic | we [wí] | you all [g(i)u ól] | they [ðæi] | ||
| missenlic | us [ass] | you all | them [ðem] | ||
| ágendlic (geíhtnessa) | our [aur/auw(er) | your [g(i)(or)] | their [ðe(er)] | ||
| ágendlic (binaman) | ours [aurs/auw(er)s] | yours [g(i)(or)s] | theirs [ðe(er)s] | ||
And nú cann mann secgan þing swá:
- I am good - ic eom gód
- I am bad - ic eom yfel
- He is good - hé is gód
- and þæt gebídeþ...
Dó swá for ælcum binaman þe þú hafast níwan leornod (ge "bad" ge "good").