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This article discusses the language as spoken by the Tryker.
Common Remarks
Tryker | Basic Meaning |
---|---|
lordoy | hello, good day |
seelagan | goodbye |
lorandoy | good night |
pacty | please |
grytt | thank you |
lorganeer | bienvenue |
senn | sorry, pardon me |
Affirmations
- oy : yes
- an : no
- an...an : neither...nor
Prefixes
Honorifics
- ny- : implies a close relationship
- na- : implies detachment
- nair- : implies respect
Negation
Note: amn = love
- an : negates a word so that it has the opposite meaning, eg. anamn = dislike
Suffixes
Verbs
Note: gan = to go
- 'elai : perfect and pluperfect past tense marker, eg. dey gan'elai = they had gone (for perfect past tense)
- 'ela : past tense marker, eg. dey gan'ela = they went, they were going
- 'eli : future tense marker, eg. dey gan'eli = they will go
Nouns
- i : , eg.
- 'al : , eg.
Articles
Singular | Plural | Meaning | |
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite article: | be | be | a, an |
Definite article: | ba | bai | the |
Partitive article: | be | bei | of |
Pronouns
Personal pronouns
Tryker | English |
---|---|
y | I, me |
sul | you (singular) |
det | he, she, it |
ys | us, we |
sey | you (plural) |
dey | they |
Possessive Adjectives
Tryker | English |
---|---|
yem | my |
sulem | your |
detem | his, her, its |
ysem | our |
suyem | your |
deyem | their |
Relative pronouns
- ken: what, that, which, whom
Interrogative pronouns
- ehm : where?
- elysem : how?
Demonstrative pronouns
- id : it, this, that, these, those, etc
Prepositions
- ad : to, at, by
- antor : against, anti
- eim : in, on, aboard
- elys : like, as
- ken : than
- tor : for, towards
- tey : by, via, per
- wil : with
Conjunctions
- al : and
- dat : because
- ehm : wherein
- elys : since
- eny : but
- ken : whether
- ol : or
Adverbs
???
- agan : still, again, yet
- annios : less, fewer
- fosti : also, too
- willa : together
Time
- niw : now, at present
- nela : earlier, before, previously
- neli : later, after, next
- doy-niw : today
- doy-nela : yesterday
- doy-neli : tomorrow
Unsorted
- o : des
- anceart : faux
Nouns
- annios : minus
- nios : plus
Adjectives
- nios : more