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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Toaq, But Easy, at Least in the Beginning''}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Toaq, But Easy, at Least in the Beginning''}}
{{T|Hıo ka!}} Hello and welcome ''Toaq, But Easy, at Least in the Beginning''. {{T|Mı Mıao jí.}} I am Mıao (Moon).
{{T|Hıo ka!}} Hello and welcome to ''Toaq, But Easy, at Least in the Beginning''. {{T|Mı Mıao jí.}} I am Mıao (Moon).


==1 - Nıq paı! - A new friend!==
==1 - Nıq paı! - A new friend!==
Mıao: {{T|Jadı. Mı Mıao jí. Chua hí súq?}}
Mıao: {{T|Jadı. Mı Mıao jí. Chua hí súq}}*{{T|?}}


Nuaq: {{T|Jadı. Mı Nuaq jí. Foa súq hí?}}
Nuaq: {{T|Jadı. Mı Nuaq jí. Foa súq hí?}}
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Nuaq: {{T|Chuq jí shámu.}}
Nuaq: {{T|Chuq jí shámu.}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Note that {{T|q}} is pronounced as the “ng” /ŋ/ sound in “sing” /sɪŋ/.


{{Details|English|Moon: Hi. I’m Moon. What’s your name?
{{Details|English|Moon: Hi. I’m Moon. What’s your name?
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Night: I am eating an apple.}}
Night: I am eating an apple.}}
===Vocabulary===
===Vocabulary===
{|
{|
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Moon: Huh? Oh. That’s embarrassing…}}
Moon: Huh? Oh. That’s embarrassing…}}
===Vocabulary===
{|
|-
|{{t|buaı}}
|◌ is long
|-
|{{t|buq-}}
|prefix: very
|-
|{{t|hóa}}
|
|-
|{{t|hói}}
|vocative
|-
|{{T|jıa}}
|◌ happens in the future
|-
|{{t|jıbo}}
|◌ is mine
|-
|{{t|kıaq}}
|◌ is hair/fur
|-
|{{t|kıaqtoe}}
|◌ cuts the hair/fur of ◌
|-
|{{t|kue}}
|◌ is a book
|-
|{{t|naı}}
|◌ happens now
|-
|{{t|neaochıaqca}}
|◌ is embarrassing to ◌
|-
|{{t|noaq}}
|◌ reads ◌
|-
|{{t|po}}
|of
|-
|{{t|pu}}
|◌ happened in the past
|-
|{{t|tao}}
|◌ does ◌
|-
|{{t|tı}}
|◌ is at ◌
|-
|{{t|ꝡa}}
|
|-
|{{t|ꝡë}}
|
|}
===2.1 - Prepositions===
Oh hey! New tone! The rising falling tone {{Done|4}} is used for prepositions and adverbs. Prepositions in Toaq use the second slot of a verb.
* {{T|tı}} = ◌ is at ◌
* {{T|Tı jí búajıo.}} = “I’m at the house.”
* {{T|Kuq jí tî búajıo.}} = “I talk at the house”
=== 2.2 - Tense ===
Toaq has words for tense, but unlike in English, they’re not mandatory.
{|
|{{T|pu}}
|past
|-
|{{T|naı}}
|now
|-
|{{T|jıa}}
|future
|}
=== 2.3 - Adjectives ===
Adjectives come after the nouns they modify, similar to Spanish. Only the first word of a noun phrase gets the {{Done|2}} tone though, so adjectives get a {{Done|1}} tone like verbs.
=== 2.4 - Possession ===
Possessive words come after the nouns they modify. Compare “X of Y” (rather than “Y’s X”) for English.
To make possessive forms of pronouns, add the suffix {{T|-bo}}.
* {{T|kúne jıbo}} = “my dog” (“the dog of me”)
* {{T|kúne suqbo}} = “your dog” (“the dog of you”)
To make other things possessive, use {{T|po}}.
* {{T|kúne po mı Nuaq}} = “Night’s dog” (“the dog of Night”)
=== 2.5 - {{T|Hói}} over there! ===
The word {{T|hói}} is used for getting someone’s attention when saying their name.
* {{T|Jadı mı Mıao}} ❌
* {{T|Jadı hói mı Mıao}} ✅
=== 2.6 - Ꝡha? ===
{{VY}}hat’s this funny letter? The letter {{T|Ꝡ ꝡ}} can be pronounced as “w” /w/ or “y” /j/.
=== 2.7 - Ꝡa? ===
{{T|Ꝡa}} is a (usually) optional word for marking the start of a new sentence. The reason it is used in {{T|Hóı mí Mıao ꝡa naı noaq jí kúe ꝡë súq hóa}} is to keep things from being confused.
=== 2.8 - Relative clauses ===
If you don’t know what a relative clause is, an example from the dialogue is “the book <u>which you wrote</u>”. The “which you wrote” part is the relative clause.
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