The grammar here is very simple. There are two types of words: verbs and non-verbs. Verbs always start with a K, and non-verbs never start with a K. Verbs in general describe a relationship between the last non-verb said before the verb and the rest of the non-verbs. Verbs are of the form:
Argument count prefix | ka | ku | ko | ki | ke | ||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||
root (ends with a vowel) | |||||||||||
suffix (optional) |
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Non-verbs include some pronouns:
- i - it or itself
- me - I/me/myself
- vi - he/she/herself/himself
Some basic verb roots:
- a - belongs to the set [last arg]
- la - has attribute [last arg]
- lo - group args together (in case something needs more than five args)
- di - constitutes meaning of [last arg] (for defining)
- sa - goes to [last arg]
- so - comes from [last arg] or is caused by [last arg]
- si - sees [last arg]
- se - says [last arg]
- du - makes [last arg]
Pronunciation guide:
a | o in sOck |
i | ee in sEE |
o | ow in lOW |
u | ew in dEW |
e | ay in sAY |
l | l in Lamb |
d | d in Dog |
s | s in Saw |
m | m in Man |
k | k in Kick |
v | v in Voice |
Note: doubled vowels and doubled consonants should be separated by a glottal stop, designated by a period.
Example sentences:
- me i kusin - I saw it
- vi i kuduk - s/he will make it
- me vi i kudun kusis - I see that s/he made it
- vi me vi i kudun kusis vi i kudun kudis kuses - s/he says that the fact that I saw that s/he made it means that s/he made it
- me vi i.i.kuse kolos kases kalas koas - s/he and I belong to the set of i.i.kuse speakers.
- me vi i.i.kuse kolos kasen kalas koas - s/he and I belong to the set of former i.i.kuse speakers.
- me vi i.i.kuse kolos kases kalas koan - s/he and I used to belong to the set of i.i.kuse speakers.
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