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This article discusses the language as spoken by the Tryker.
Common Remarks
| Tryker | Basic Meaning |
|---|---|
| lorganeer | welcome |
| lordoy | hello, good day |
| seelagan | goodbye |
| lorandoy | good night |
| pacty | please |
| grytt | thank you |
| senn | sorry, pardon me |
Affirmations
- oy : yes
- an : no
Prefixes
Honorifics
- ny- : implies a close relationship
- na- : implies detachment
- nair- : implies respect
Negation
Note: amn = love; ameen = to love
- an : negates a word so that it has the opposite meaning, eg. anamn = dislike; anameen = to hate
Suffixes
Verbs
Note: gan = to go
- 'elai : 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
- 'lir : Future
- 'lar : Close past
- 'lair : Distant past
- 'vir : Imperative
- 'var : Interdictional
- 'mur : Conditional
- 'mir : Uncertaintal
- 'tir : Passive
Nouns
Note: dreen = drink
- i : plural marker, eg. dreeni = drinks
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 : that, who, whom, whose
- nett : what, which
Interrogative pronouns
- ehm : where?
- elysem : how?
Indefinite pronouns
- tan : anything
- toll : everything
Demonstrative pronouns
- id : 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
- an...an : neither...nor
- dat : because
- ehm : wherein
- elys : since
- eny : but
- let : if, whether
- ol : or
- ol...ol : either...or
Adverbs
Time
- niw : now, at present
- nela : earlier, before, previously
- neli : later, after, next
- doy-niw : today
- doy-nela : yesterday
- doy-neli : tomorrow
Other
- agan : still, again, yet
- annios : less, fewer
- fosti : as well, also, too
- o : as soon as
- tolldoy : always, forever
- ver : very, much, highly
- willa : together
Adjectives
| Tryker | Basic meaning |
|---|---|
| anceart | false, forged, wrong |
| anlor | bad, wicked, evil, ill-favoured, ugly |
| annaw | old, ancient, outdated |
| anry | trite, trivial |
| anrya | weak, soft, poor |
| anryal | sad, unhappy |
| antaal | small, short, little |
| beka | foolish |
| ceart | true |
| lim | distant, far |
| lor | favourable, beautiful, nice |
| naw | new, young |
| nios | more |
| py | numerous, many, large |
| ry | magnificent, splendid |
| rya | strong, brave |
| ryal | happy, joyful |
| taal | tall, grand, big |
Nouns
| Tryker | Basic meaning |
|---|---|
| amn | love |
| andoy | night, darkness |
| anmaka | prey, decoy |
| annaw | elder, old man |
| annios | minus |
| anrya | failure, weakling |
| bayl | home, house, shelter |
| beka | idiot, imbecile, fool |
| daen | enemy |
| dek | weapon |
| doy | day |
| dreen | drink |
| dyn | help |
| gaalh | blood, sap |
| kamei | magic |
| kardmel | armour |
| lean | child, infant |
| loch | lake |
| maka | predator |
| mat | asset |
| may | raw material |
| meen | duty, task |
| meer | equality, parity, par |
| mel | garment, apparel, clothing |
| neel | requirement |
| nios | plus |
| pik | pick, pickaxe |
| sella | division, split, partition |
| skaya | star, blaze |
| tala | brother, mate, comrade, friend |
| tali | sister, comrade, friend |
| tryka | freedom, liberty |
| tyll | language, speech |
| winn | wind |
| wytt | water |
Verbs
| Present Tense | Basic meaning |
|---|---|
| ameen | to love |
| anameen | to hate |
| andolh | to break, to undo, to unravel |
| beken | to fight |
| cail | to fail, to miss |
| dhad | to die, to perish, to end |
| dolh | to do, to make |
| dolheer | to work |
| dreen | to drink, to bib |
| dyneer | to help, to support |
| eolas | savoir |
| gan | to go, to proceed, to travel |
| ganeer | to come, to arrive |
| kard | to protect, to guard, to preserve |
| kyl | to kill, to murder |
| lyf | to live, to exist |
| mat | to hold, to possess |
| meen | ought to, must |
| mekt | to eat, to feed |
| pact | can, to be able |
| pikeer | to drill, to sink |
| pos | to marry |
| reganeer | to return |
| seel | to see, to watch |
| selleen | to divide, to share |
| syln | to be |
| thik | to think, to conceptualize |
| trygan | to stroll, to walk, to promenade |
| tryk | to dance, to undulate, to wave, to flicker |
| tyller | to speak, to say, to talk |
| tylltryk | to sing, to chant |
| wynt | to want, to desire |
