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*tana : this, that, these, those, etc | *tana : this, that, these, those, etc | ||
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− | ''' | + | *tana ma : "what's that?" or "what are those?" or "what are these?" |
+ | *tana ye : "who's that?" or "who's this?" | ||
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+ | ==Adjectives== | ||
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+ | ==Verbs== | ||
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Phrase | English |
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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.
Note: matal = to fight
Note: mindal = to love;
Article | Meaning | |
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Definite article: | i | the |
Partitive article: | di | of |
Notes on articles:
Word | English |
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ne | I, me |
le | you (singular) |
se | he, she, it |
nye | us |
lye | you (plural) |
sye | they |
Masculine Singular |
Feminine Singular |
Plural | English |
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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:
Derivatives:
Word | English |
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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
Examples:
Matis | English | Number |
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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 |