Common Phrases

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

Matis	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, 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