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| − | |mane || zero | + | | 0 || mane || zero |
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| − | |mine || one | + | | 1 || mine || one |
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| − | |ate || two | + | | 2 || ate || two |
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| − | |nele || three | + | | 3 || nele || three |
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| − | |came || four | + | | 4 || came || four |
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| − | |leme || five | + | | 5 || leme || five |
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| − | |ene || six | + | | 6 || ene || six |
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| − | |ote || seven | + | | 7 || ote || seven |
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| − | |tole || eight | + | | 8 || tole || eight |
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| − | |nere || nine | + | | 9 ||nere || nine |
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| − | |caine || ten | + | | 10 || caine || ten |
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Revision as of 16:13, 28 October 2009
Contents
History
Common Phrases
| Phrase | English |
|---|---|
| aiya(e) | Hey (lit. "blessed"), used to address a person |
| davae naia | Good evening (lit. "sweet night") |
| deles aiye | Greetings! (this is less formal than "Deles silam" but stronger than "Aiya") |
| deles silam | Good day, (lit. "good time", this phrase contains no notion of time) |
| deles necat | Goodbye (lit. "ending time") |
| meria naia | Goodnight |
| deles cherae | Good luck! (lit. "Chance time") |
| erates file | Congratulations! (lit. "Be proud!") |
| naete | Please |
| fila(e) | Thank you |
| neis | You're welcome |
| Jena aiye | Blessed be Jena! |
| ser(ae) | Mr/Ms |
| nec | used for negation, eg. nec mindaleis = I dislike |
| nec | No |
| sil | Yes |
Note: letters in brackets indicate the letter to be added for the word's feminine form.
Suffixes
For individuals:
- -wivan : underling, honorific used for someone beneath your standing
- -modin : equal, honorific used for someone equal to your standing
- -kin : lord, honorific used for someone of higher standing i.e a superior or noble
- -karan : king, reserved honorific for the Matis king
For adjectives and passive forms
- -a : masculine singular
- -ae : feminine singular
- -ai : plural (masculine or feminine)
For nouns
Note: matal = to fight
- -e : singular
- -ei : plural
- -ena : a contraction of "-e nar". Marker indicating a person performing an action, eg. matalena = the (male) warrior, one who fights
- -enae : feminine form of -ena, the person performing the action is a female, eg. matalenae = the (female) warrior
- -enai : plural of -ena, eg. matalenai : the warriors
- -a/ae/ai : marker, used in the passive voice, to indicate the person or object undergoing an action, eg. matala = the battle, the fighting
For verbs
Note: mindal = to love
- -eis : present tense and infinitive marker (does not conjugate), eg. mindaleis = I love
- -eiti : past tense marker, eg. mindaleiti = I loved
- -ias : future tense marker, eg. mindalias = I shall love
- -ates : imperative marker, eg. mindalates = love!
Articles
| Article | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Definite article: | i | the |
| Partitive article: | di | of |
Notes on articles:
- There is no indefinite article, eg. "i ende" means "the heart" while "ende" can means either just "heart" or "a heart"
- The partitive article can also be used meaning "from" or "by", eg. "tuleiti di Zora" means "I came from Zora"
Pronouns
Personal pronouns
| Word | English |
|---|---|
| ne | I, me |
| le | you (singular) |
| se | he, she, it |
| nye | us |
| lye | you (plural) |
| sye | they |
Possessive Adjectives
| Masculine Singular |
Feminine Singular |
Plural | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| na | nae | nai | my |
| la | lae | lai | your |
| sa | sae | sai | his, her, its |
| nya | nya | nyai | our |
| lya | lya | lyai | your |
| sya | sya | syai | their |
Note: Possessive adjectives agree with the number and case of the noun they modify, eg. na mane e nai sanei = my food and my thoughts
Examples:
- sa nar : his homin
- sae narae : her homin
- la mindalena : your lover
- lae mindalenae : your lover
- na mindala : my darling
- nae mindalae : my darling
- na mate : my labour
- nai matei : my labours
Interrogative pronouns
- ma : which/what?
- il : when?
- lar : where?
- manya : how?
- ye : who?
Derivatives:
| Word | English |
|---|---|
| mailya | everything |
| mamine | something |
| mane* | anything |
| ililya | all the time |
| ilmine | perhaps |
| ilne* | ever |
| larilya | everywhere |
| larmine | somewhere/anywhere |
| larne | nowhere |
| manyailya | by all means |
| manyamine | somehow |
| manyane | by any means |
| yeilya | everyone |
| yemine | someone |
| yene* | anyone |
* By adding "nec" in front of these words the word is negated, eg. nec mane = nothing; nec ilne = never; nec yene = no-one
Demonstrative pronouns
- tana : this, that, these, those, etc
Note:
Other pronouns
- ena : there
- hya : here
Prepositions
- a : to, at, by
- an : towards, upwards (motion)
- apa : against, on
- ento : after
- epe : before
- ilya : with
- imi : in, on, aboard
- ten : for, towards
Conjuncations
- cil : or
- e : and
- nan : but
- nasie : because
Adverbs
- anda(e) : far, long
- ata : still, again, yet
- ata- : prefix which gets the meaning of English "re-"
- hara(e) : near, short
- Ilya : together
- uvea : many, much
- yale : finally, at last
- laye : very
- sin : as well
Numerals
| Matis | English | Number |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | mane | zero |
| 1 | mine | one |
| 2 | ate | two |
| 3 | nele | three |
| 4 | came | four |
| 5 | leme | five |
| 6 | ene | six |
| 7 | ote | seven |
| 8 | tole | eight |
| 9 | nere | nine |
| 10 | caine | ten |
