Common Phrases

Note: letters in brackets indicate the letter to be added for the word's feminine form.

• 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, ex. nec mindaleis = I dislike
• Nec  : No
• Sil  : Yes

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 names

Note: matal = to fight

• -e  : singular
• -ei  : plural
• -ena  : a contraction of "-e nar". Marker indicating a person performing an action, ex. matalena = the (male) warrior, one who fights
• -enae  : feminine form of -ena, the person performing the action is a female, ex. matalenae = the (female) warrior
• -enai  : plural of -ena ex : matalenai : the warriors
• -a/ae/ai : marker, used in the passive voice, to indicate the person or object undergoing an action, ex. matala = the battle, the fighting

For verbs

Note: mindal = to love

• -eis  : present tense marker, ex. mindaleis = I love
• -eiti : past tense marker, ex. mindaleiti = I loved
• -ias  : future tense marker, ex. mindalias = I shall love
• -ates : imperative marker, ex. mindalates = love!

References

Matis Language