Mardahag

Mardahag is an Altaic fictional language spoken in Central to East Asia. It uses the traditional Mongolian writing system. It is with mixed Turkish-Mongolian language. The grammar is a little bit hard for foreigners. The Mardahag alphabet is shown below the infobox. I do not own the picture. Copyright to the owner.

Phrases # 1
Hello! (formal) - Gaanzit! (gahn-zeet) Hello! (informal) - Halu! (hah-loo)

Goodbye! (formal) - Mabaa! (mah-bah)

Goodbye! (informal) - Baou! (bah-how) -

How are you? - Gvayartu? (guh-wah-shtuh)

Fine, thank you. - Gviti, hahar. (guh-wih-teh, hah-har)

What's your name? - Enadurhan? (ehn-ah-dehr-hen)

My name is ______. - Adurhan ___ irsap. (ah-dehr-hen ___ ihr-sehp)

I am ______. - ______ irsap. (_______ ihr-sehp)

How old are you? - Enaharga? (ehn-a-har-gah)

I am _____ years old. - Aharga _____ shasar. (a-har-gah ___ shah-sahr)

Thank you. (formal) - Hahar. (hah-har)

Thank you. (informal) - Sidsehar! (sihd-sah-har)

You're welcome. - Tsebihahar! (tay-sah-bee-hah-har)

Yes. - Gor. (gohr)

No. - Tse. (tay-sah)

Maybe. - Gortse. (gohr-tay-sah)

Nice to meet you. - Ulere urun aksi purun. (uh-luh-ruh eh-rehn ak-seh peh-ruhn)
 * gaanzit - hello
 * halu - hello
 * mabaa - goodbye
 * baou - bye
 * gvayartu - condition
 * gviti - fine
 * hahar - thanks
 * en - your
 * adurhan - name
 * irsap - (a connective that connects after a person's name)
 * aharga - age
 * shasar - (a connective that connects after a number)
 * sidsehar - thanks
 * tse - no
 * bi - need, require
 * gor - yes
 * gortse - maybe
 * ulere - good
 * urun - you
 * aksi - know
 * purun - meet

Phrase # 2
Do you understand? - Enhahal? (ehn-hah-hal)

I understand. - Gorhahal. (gohr-hah-hal)

I don't understand. - Tsehahal. (tay-sah-hah-hal)

Clearly, please. - Anvt, seseka. (ahn-wiht, seh-seh-kah)

What languages do you speak? - Enhargis sonor? (ehn-hahr-geehs soh-ner)

I speak ____________. - Hargis ________. (hahr-gees ______)
 * hahal - understand
 * anvt - clear, clearly
 * seseka - please
 * hargis - language
 * sonor - speak

Phrase # 3
Happy New Year! - Sensi Ahere! (sayn-sey ah-huh-ru)

Merry Christmas! - Kahaji Ahere! (kahk-jih ah-huh-ru)

Happy Easter! - Hargata Ahere! (hahr-gah-tah ah-huh-ru)

Happy Halloween! - Zanvm Ahere! (zahn-nem ah-huh-ru)

Happy Birthday! - Isiri Ahere! (ee-see-ree ah-huh-ru)

Happy Chinese New Year! - Gong Ha Bat Cho! (Kung Hei Fat Choi!)
 * sen - new
 * si - year
 * ahere - happy
 * kahaji - christmas
 * hargata - easter
 * zanvm - halloween
 * isiri - birthday

Phrase # 4
Good morning! - Naam ulere! (nahm uh-luh-ruh)

Good afternoon! - Saim ulere! - (seym uh-luh-ruh)

Good evening! - Nidi ulere! (nee-dih uh-luh-ruh)

Good night! - Purugu ulere! (fuhr-gayn uh-luh-ruh) NOTE: Only the pronoun I is hidden. It is shown when I is direct or indirect object and in that state, I is added to the front of the sentence when used as a direct, and placed on the last part when indirect.
 * naam - morning
 * saim - afternoon
 * nidi - evening
 * purugu - night

Numbers (Makanteg)
NOTE: Ordinal Numbers : inig + (number)

Questions
whom - bangahaa (bang-hey)

what - nahaan (nahn)

who - horv (hoh-row)

why - dene (duh-nuh)

whose - horvna (hoh-row-nah)

where - serang (soo-rong)

how - horo (how-row)

when - danal (dney)

how much - dorhugu (druh-guh)

which - alazaangi (ah-lah-znahng-geeh)

how ___ - naa _____

Pronouns
* =Only the pronoun I is hidden. It is shown when I is direct or indirect object and in that state, I is added to the front of the sentence when used as a direct, and placed on the last part when indirect.

En is used also in questions asking do you?...

NOTE: Urun is placed beside a first word in a sentence that ends with a consonant. If not, it's placed at the end.

For some people that do not know direct or indirect,

A direct object is by question "what? or whom?"

Example: I bought a book. (what did I buy? - a book)

An indirect object is by question "to whom? to what? for what? for whom? .... etc."

Example: He gave it to his friend. (to whom did he give it? - to his friend)

Possessives stick to the word they possess:

Example: enubilik (en) + (ubilik)

Nationality, Place
Where do you live? / Where is your house? - Serang enhala?

I live in _______. - Hala _______.

From what country are you from? - Nahaan enubilik?

I am from ____. - Ubilik _______.
 * hala - house
 * ubilik - country
 * bayanhan - country

Countries (Bayanhan)
Nationality (male) = dugu + (country)

Nationality (female) = durhut + (country)

Time
What time is it? - Nahaan nar?

It's ____________. - Nar __________ shasar.

Morning
What time do you get up? - Nahaan urun nar gahan?

I wake up at _______. - Gahan _______ shasar.

What time do you have classes in the morning? - Nahaan urun nar harga'an ze naam?

Class begins at _______. - Siti harga'an _______ shasar.
 * nar - time
 * gahan - get up
 * harga'an - class
 * ze - (place-directioner, similar to zai in Chinese)
 * siti - start, begin

The Place-Directioner
ze - in, on

nu'uli - above, top

de'uli - below, bottom

Break
What time do you have a break? - Nahaan urun nar adai?

We have a break at ______. - Vnha adai __________ shasar.

What do you do during the break? - Adai nahaan urun nehe?

I take coffee. - Kapi ade.
 * adai - break
 * nehe - do
 * kapi - coffee
 * ade - take

Going Back
At what time do you have lunch? - Nahaan urun nar hibi?

I take lunch at _______. - Hibi ________ shasar.

After lunch, I go back home. - Neka hibi, urgut hala.
 * hibi - lunch
 * neka - after
 * ur - back
 * gut - go

Meals
breakfast - adal

lunch - hibi

afternoon snacks - mehek

dinner - harda

Irsap and Shasar
irsap - after a person's name.

shasar - after a number.

Hour and Minute
Hour: nurdaa + (number)

Minute: samsal + (number)

AM (morning) - naam

PM (afternoon) - saim

PM (night) - nidu

AM (midnight) - manhab

Go, Places
Where do you want to go? - Serang urun sib tsu?

I want to go to ______. - Sib tsu ______.
 * sib - want
 * tsu - go

Optative Verbs (sib), (nokor), (niima), and (qalagan)
Sib and Nokor are meaning want, desire.

Niima and Galagan means to like.

This and That
this - gurtu

that - shyar

Date
What day is today? - Nahaan baytai ngorgvn?

It's ___________. - Baytai ________ shasar.

What day of the week is tomorrow? - Nahaan baytai ze uruyartai ngorduk?
 * baytai - day
 * ngorgvn - today
 * uruyartai - week
 * ngorduk - tomorrow
 * ala'apai - month
 * surgud - year
 * arga - every

Frequency
always - asasan

sometimes - judu

rarely - simin

never - ajjakai

Birthdays
In which year are you born? - Alazaangi surgud enisiri?

I was born in ________. - Isiri surgud _______ shasar.

When is your birthday? - Danal enisiri?

My birthday is the __________. - Isiri ______ shasar.

When will you go?
When will you go to your country? - Danal jitere ubilik?

I will go in ____________. - Jitere ze _______________.
 * jitere - will depart (future tense)

Past Tense
Add dikut + (verb)

Present Tense
Add jamib + (verb)

Future Tense
When the verb starts with a vowel, add ji + (verb).

When the verb starts with a consonant add naram + (verb)