Toaq, But Easy, at Least in the Beginning

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Hıo ka! Hello and welcome Toaq, But Easy, at Least in the Beginning. Mı Mıao jí. I am Mıao (Moon).

1 - Nıq paı! - A new friend!

Mıao: Jadı. Mı Mıao jí. Chua hí súq?

Nuaq: Jadı. Mı Nuaq jí. Foa súq hí?

Mıao: Foa gı jí. Ma foa gı súq?

Nuaq: Foa gı máo jí.

Mıao: Chuq súq hí?

Nuaq: Chuq jí shámu.

EnglishMoon: Hi. I’m Moon. What’s your name?

Night: Hi. I’m Night. What are you feeling? (i.e. “How are you?”)

Moon: I’m feeling good. Are you feeling good?

Night: I’m also feeling good.

Moon: What are you eating?

Night: I am eating an apple.

Vocabulary

chua ◌ is the name of ◌
foa ◌ feels ◌
which / what
jadı hi
I/me
máo also
X the one called X
shamu ◌ is an apple
súq you (singular)

1.1 - Tones

The falling tone, which isn’t marked by any diacritic, is generally used for verbs. However, as you can see, it is also used for some other things, for example jadı. The rising tone rising tone is used for nouns, pronouns, and determiners

1.2 - Word order

The most simplest word order in Toaq is VSO — verb - subject - object. Notice how “Chuq jí shámu” literally translates to “Eat I apple”.

1.3 -

is prefixed before the names of things and people (and others), i.e. proper nouns.

  • Foa* gı mí Mıao. = “Moon feels good.”

* We will talk about why it’s not foa mí Mıao gí later in Lesson [TODO].

1.4 - Ma

Ma is used to ask yes-or-no questions.

  • Ma mı Mıao súq? = “Are you Moon?”

2 - O jıbo! - Oh my!