Examples of Prussian
| Translation | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Prussian | Prūsiskan |
| Prussia | Prūsa and (historic state) Prūsija |
| Hello | Kaīls |
| Good morning | Kaīls Anksteīnai |
| Good-bye | Sandēi |
| Thank you | Dīnkun |
| How much? | Kelli? |
| Yes | Jā |
| No | Ni |
| Where is the bathroom? | Kwēi ast spaktāstuba? |
| (Generic toast) | Kaīls pas kaīls aīns per āntran |
| Do you speak English? | Bilāi tū Ēngliskai? |
Prussian was a highly inflected language, as can be seen from the declension of the demonstrative pronoun stas, "that". (Note that translators of the Teutonic Order frequently misused stas as an article, i.e. for the word "the"; Old Prussian, like the other Baltic languages, but unlike German, had no real articles.)
| Case | m.sg. | f.sg. | n.sg. | m.pl. | f.pl. | n.pl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stas | stāi | stan | stāi | stās | stai |
| Genitive | stesse | stesses | stesse | stēisan | stēisan | stēisan |
| Dative | stesmu | stessei | stesmu or stesmā | stēimans | stēimans | stēimans |
| Accusative | stan | stan | stan or sta | stans | stans | stans or stas |
Prussian also possessed a vocative case.
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