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Revision as of 18:33, 18 October 2022 by Mỉ Mỉao ga Nhäqpy (talk | contribs) (I think **muıbo** / **semıo** might make more sense in the heads of some people (including me). So I think it should be written.)

Vocab

Pronouns

  • = me
  • súq = you
  • nháo = him/her/them
  • múy = me+you
  • míy = me+them
  • máy = me+you+them
  • = one (impersonal)

These pronouns refer back to words of a certain animacy class:

  • = him/her/them (animate)
  • máq = it (inanimate)
  • hóq = it (abstract)
  • = it (adjective)

Attach -bo to pronouns to make genitive words:

  • jıbo = ___ is mine
  • suqbo = ___ is yours
  • maqbo = ___ is its (inanimate)

Everyday vocab

  • poq = ___ is a person
  • ocha = ___ is a human
  • nıaı = ___ is an animal
  • deo = ___ is a child
  • kato = ___ is a cat
  • kune = ___ is a dog
  • cıe = ___ is a fish
  • hoe = ___ is a sun
  • mıao = ___ is a moon
  • nao = ___ is water
  • haq = ___ is food
  • rua = ___ is a flower


  • maı = ___ loves ___
  • paı = ___ is a friend of ___
  • cho = ___ likes ___
  • hıo = ___ greets ___
  • chuq = ___ eats ___
  • pıe = ___ drinks ___
  • kuq = ___ says ___ to ___
  • koy = ___ talks to ___
  • = ___ is good
  • huı = ___ is bad
  • de = ___ is beautiful
  • kıa = ___ is red
  • mıo = ___ is blue
  • bao = ___ is white
  • kuo = ___ is black
  • = ___ is at ___
  • nıe = ___ is inside ___
  • neo = ___ is on top of ___


  • toa = ___ is a word
  • muı = ___ is a meaning of ___
    • muıbo / semıo = ___ means ___
  • toaq = ___ is Toaqic


  • dua = ___ knows ___
  • chı = ___ believes ___
  • mıu = ___ opines ___
  • gaı = ___ senses ___
  • kuaı = ___ longs to do ___
  • leo = ___ tries to do ___
  • tua = ___ makes ___ happen
  • shao = ___ wants ___ to happen
  • choq = ___ uses ___ to do ___


  • ca = ___ causes ___
  • kuı = ___ is because ___
  • bu = ___ is false
  • le = ___ is likely
  • daı = ___ is possible
  • raı = ___ is something
  • = ___ is this/that

Tenses and aspects

  • pu = ___ happened
  • naı = ___ happens now
  • jıa = ___ will happen
  • ceo = ___ starts to happen
  • chufaq = ___ is happening
  • shaı = ___ stops happening
  • shıu = ___ happens before ___
  • rao = ___ happens during ___
  • bıe = ___ happens after ___
  • nıqguo = ___ happens again
  • he = ___ is gnomically true

Sentence structure

(Connector) (Topic) Body (Illocution)
Je, (Well,) háq bı, gỉ máq jìe nháo da. (statement)
Keo, (However,) moq? (question)
Tıu, (So,) ba. (wish)
Nhu, (Anyway,) nha. (promise)

Tones

Rising tone  

Makes a noun phrase out of a verb: póq "the person(s)", "the cause(s)"

Rising-creaky tone  

Attaches a relative clause to a preceding noun.

Inside the phrase, hóa refers to the noun attached to. cy ends the clause.

  • póq düa hóa cy = "the people who know"
  • níaı mäı hóa jí cy = "the animal who loves me"
  • níaı mäı jí hóa cy = "the animal who I love (it)"

Falling tone  

Main verb.

  • Mảı jí súq da. = "I love you."

Peaking tone  

Starts a content clause, terminated by cy.

  • ôcha jí cy = "that I am human"
  • Dủa jí ôcha jí cy da. = "I know that I am human."
  • Keo shảo jí nîaı jí cy da. = "But I want to be an animal."

Mid-falling tone  

A preposition, which makes an adverbial with the following noun phrase.

It can go before or after the arguments to the main verb.

  • nèo míao = "on the moon"
  • Kỏy jí súq nèo míao. = "I talk to you on the moon."
  • Mảı jí súq kùı pâı súq jí. = "I love you because you are my friend."

Falling creaky tone  

An adverb. It can go before or after the arguments to the main verb.

  • dãı = "possibly"
  • Chỉ hó hóq dãı da. = "They possibly believe it."

Neutral tone  

Used for function words like illocutions. Pronounced as any tonal "break" with the contour of the last word.

Determiners

Combine with a verb to make a "determiner phrase".

sa cỉe a/some fish
tu cỉe every fish
sıa cỉe no fish
ke cỉe the fish
baq cỉe fish (in general)
hı cỉe which fish?

Or you can omit the verb: sa = "something", sıa = "nothing"…

Conjunctions

Logical conjunctions connect any parts of speech, with a "logic and/or/xor" meaning:

  • Gỉ ra dẻ baq kảto da. = "Cats are good and/or beautiful."
  • Gỉ ro hủı baq hảq da. = "Food is either good or bad."
  • Rẻı súq ru jí múao. = "You and I surround the tree." (Both I do, and you do.)

roı is special, and combines nouns it connects:

  • Rẻı súq roı jí múao. = "You and I (together) surround the tree."

Quotations and names

Quotations start with mo and end with teo.

is placed before a name. If you are addressing someone, hu should be added before the name. (Hu mí Hỏemaı, lả hỉo ka = "Hello, Hoemaı". Remember to add some separation between the name and the following sentence with lả or something similar.)

Asking questions

moq is the illocution for asking questions.

mả can be used to ask a yes/no question. (Mả mỉ Hỏemaı súq moq? = "Are you Hoemaı?")

'what, which', co 'how many' may be used to ask non-yes/no questions. For example:

Tỉ súq rảı moq ?
at you which thing INT ?
"Where are you?"
Tỉsha súq rào moq ?
arrive you when which INT ?
"When did you arrive?"
Pủ chủq rảı moq ?
PST eat which thing this/that INT ?
"Who ate this?"
Tảo súq kùı moq ?
do you this/that because which INT ?
"Why did you do that?"

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Properties

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