Teruene

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Classification
Teruene is an IAL (International Auxiliary Language) based in part on Esperanto grammar (with Chinese influence), but with words which originate mainly from the world's five most spoken languages (by number of native speakers: Chinese (Mandarin), English, Spanish, Hindi and Arabic.

Spanish, English and Hindi represent the three most spoken branches of the Indo-European language family, which itself is spoken natively by about 45% of people worldwide. Chinese is by far the most spoken language in the Sino-Tibetan language family, which is spoken by about 22% of people. Finally, Arabic is the most spoken of the Afroasiatic languages, which in turn are spoken by 6% of the population. Arabic has also had a great influence over other languages, including Swahili and other Bantu languages.

It is an a posteriori agglutinative SVO language, although much more inclined to isolating languages than most agglutinative languages, including Esperanto.

Phonology and orthography
Teruene uses letters of the basic Latin alphabet.

Writing System
The names of the vowels are themselves (a, e, i, o, u), while the names of consonant are formed adding an -e (be, ce, se, te, xe, etc.)

The ideal pronunciation for r is the trilled r or the tap, but any similar sound that's distinguishable from the rest of the alphabet is ok.

Phonotactics
Words can end in vowels or the following consonants: l, m, n, r, s. Words must not contain consonant clusters of more than two consonants.

If for some speakers it's difficult to pronounce consonants at the end of words, or consonant clusters, they may add a rather neutral u/shwa sound, but it should not change the stress of the word.

Allowed consonant clusters: Other consonant clusters are not allowed when creating a new root, though some of them may appear in word combinations when it's not possible to add an ending in between them.

Diphthongs
Diphthongs are not phonemic in Teruene (that means that pronouncing them as diphthongs or as separate vowels does not change the meaning). The letters i and u might be pronounced as the nucleus of their own syllables, palatalizing/labializing the previous consonant, or forming a diphthong with another vowel.

For instance something like "ilie" might be pronounced in several ways: /'i.li.e/, /'il.je/, /'i.lʲe/ (all vowels on their own, i as a consonant to e, or i palatalizing l). Similarly, "akue" would be pronounced /'a.ku.e/ or /'a.kʷe/.

Stress
Stress falls on the second to last syllable. Well.. it's a bit more complicated than that. Because u and i can be pronounced on their separate syllable or forming a diphthong with another vowel, there are sometimes two ways to select the syllable that takes the stress. In order to make stress regular among speakers regardless of how they pronounce u and i, stress falls on the second to last syllable when accounting for possible diphthongs. Let's see some examples: Still, while not respecting stress rules might be confusing, it's not phonemic in Teruene, so mispronouncing stress sometimes should not be a problem.
 * uanio: because io can be interpreted as a diphthong (or i palatalizing n), stress falls on the a and one can pronounce in several ways: /'wan.jo/, /u'an.jo/, /'wa.ni.o/, etc.
 * akue: /'a.ku.e/, /'a.kʷe/
 * kauai: /'ka.u.a.i/, /'kaw.aj/, etc.
 * kiue: in cases such as this, where one could stress either an i or a u because they can make a diphthong together but one of them could also make a diphthong with another one, interpreting that other diphthon with an a, e or o takes precedence, thus /'ki.we/, not */'kiw.e/ or */'kju.e/.

Pronouns
In the third person there is no distinction of gender, but there is distinction of animate and inanimate things. For thinking beings (animals, including us, imaginary characters, etc) one would use "ta", for plants and other unthinking living things one might use either "ta" or "so", depending on style; for all other things one would use "so".

Plural pronouns are created adding -su, (I decided not to use the plural marker -s because a pronoun ending in -s creates conflict with verbs starting with s-, making for example *"mis sua" (we are) sound like "mi sua" (I am)). "Mi" comes from all the European languages where it appears, such as Spanish, English, Italian, etc.

"Tu" comes from Spanish, and it also appears in other European languages such as "du" in german.

"Ta" comes from Chinese "tā".

"So" comes from Spanish "eso".

Nouns
Normal nouns end in -e in the general form, but unlike many languages, Teruene's general form for nouns is not the singular, instead, it is the "number neutral" form, which can be interpreted as either plural or singular. The plural can be specified adding -s, and the singular can be specified adding -n.

What does that mean? Let's look at some examples: Especially when a noun is used with words that clarify an amount, it is not necessary to use the -s ending: Apart from that, nouns don't change, but they can be combined to form new words.
 * bisile = (the) eye/eyes
 * bisilen = (the) eye
 * bisiles = (the) eyes
 * aute = (the) car/cars
 * auten = (the) car
 * autes = (the) cars
 * One apple: uan mafe = uan mafen
 * Many people: bahi uome = bahi uomes

Proper names
Proper names of people, places, and other things are nouns too, but because they don't usually have adjectival or verbal counterparts, it's possible to adapt names into Teruene without having them end in -e, but important proper names should follow Teruene's phonotactics and orthography as much as possible. For instance, "Argentina, Benesia, Franse, Brasil". Many names might be shortened in order to facilitate certain combinations, "Doice" (Germany) -> "doicuene" (german language).

Verbs
Verbs end in -a in infinitive, which is replaced by other endings according to tense or mood. However, similar to how nouns in basic form can be used, infinitive verbs can be used everywhere, representing any tense or mood, while other endings can be used to be more specific about time or mood if context is not clear. Verbs have five suffixes which are used to create a lot of different verbs from just a few original verbs
 * -ad- gives the verb more duration, if the verb means an instant action, then adding this suffix usually makes it mean the result of that action. Examples:
 * pua = to say ➜ puada = to talk/speak
 * ha = to have ➜ hada = to own
 * bisa = to see ➜ bisada = to watch/look at


 * -ek- gives the verb a more instantaneous meaning or the beginning of the action
 * rana = to run ➜ raneka = to start running
 * sia = to know ➜ sieka = to learn (to start to know)
 * fa = to do ➜ feka = to do suddenly
 * ha = to have ➜ heka = to get/obtain
 * dorma = to sleep ➜ dormeka = to fall asleep/to start sleeping


 * -end- gives it the meaning of the culmination of the action
 * la = to go ➜ lenda = to arrive
 * dorma = to sleep ➜ dormenda = to wake up


 * -if- makes the verb transitive if it wasn't, else it makes it "to cause someone do X-action"
 * dormeka = to fall sleep ➜ dormekifa = to make someone sleep
 * dormenda = to wake up ➜ dormendifa = to wake someone up
 * eka = to begin ➜ ekifa = to (make something) start
 * fola = to fall ➜ folifa = to drop


 * -os- is only used on transitive verbs to make them intransitive or reflexive.
 * graba = to hold ➜ grabosa = to hold on to something
 * grabeka = to grab ➜ grabekosa = to grab on to something (to start to be holding on to something)

Verbs and context
It's important to clarify that verbs can have several meanings according to context, and the previously shown suffixes simply pin down the intended meaning.

Instant vs continuous
Most verbs fall into one of these categories, instant verbs being those that represent a change, and continuous those that represent a state (even if an active one like running).

As shown before, -ek- can be used to express change, while -ad- can be used to express a continuous state. However, when a verb is used without either of these suffixes, it can mean any of the two, allowing context to clarify which one is intended. Example:
 * doma = to sleep / to fall asleep
 * dormeka = to fall asleep
 * dormada = to sleep

Transitive vs intransitive
Similarly, verbs can be used as transitive, intransitive and reflexive, and context will usually clarify. When context isn't enough, it's possible to use -os-, -if- or the pronoun "os" to specify. This also happens in English with some verbs such as "finish" or "start".
 * enda = to end (something ends or someone ends something)
 * endifa = to end (something)
 * endosa = to end (something ends)
 * fola = to fall / to drop
 * folifa = to drop
 * folosa = to fall

The conditional mood
This mood has two endings: -em for the past and -ol for the rest (usually present). In English the conditional mood is expressed with "would" and with the past tense, while the "past" of the conditional mood is expressed with "would + present perfect" and with past perfect.

Present/Neutral: Past: However, most of the time this "past conditional mood" in other languages is used to express something that could or should have been done, bat wasn't. In this cases, Teruene can use indicative past tense instead.
 * Se mi siol xeno, mi laborol = If I knew how, I would work
 * Se mi siem xeno, mi laborem = If I had known how, I would have worked
 * Mi duel no manca so, tan mi fel = I shouldn't have eaten it, but I did
 * Mi cel rana, tan mi no fel = I could have run, but I didn't

Participles
The active participle is the verb root plus the -ant- suffix and an ending according to its function, and the passive participle is created adding -ed- instead: All examples: Note: to show the agent in a passive voice phrase use "per"
 * -ant-:
 * -an: Mi suan mancanti mafes = I am eating apples
 * -el: Mi suel mancanti mafes = I was eating apples
 * -on: Mi suon mancanti mafes = I will be eating apples
 * -ol: Mi suol mancanti mafes = I would be eating apples
 * -em: Mi suem mancanti mafes = I would have been eating apples
 * -am usually makes no sense with -ant-
 * -ed-: this one is used to create the passive voice, the meaning can vary between present and past depending on the verb and context, for example someone "known" is someone known today, not in the past, on the other hand something "eaten" can be something already eaten (past) or something that is commonly eaten in a place (present). In order to differentiate, one can use words like "hoim" (now).
 * -a: Mafes suan mancedi = Apples are eaten (or were)
 * -el: Mafes suel mancedi = Apples were eaten (or had been)
 * -on: Mafes suon mancedi = Apples will be eaten (or will have been)
 * -ol: Mafes suol mancedi = Apples would be eaten
 * -em: Mafes suem mancedi = Apples would have been eaten
 * -am: Mafes suam mancedi = (Let) apples be eaten!
 * pane sua mancedi per uofe = the bread was eaten by the dog

Adjectives and adverbs
Adjectives end in -i or -al. Yes, there are two endings. They don't agree in number with nouns.

There are two endings because -i is a more appropriate ending for most cases, but some roots end in -i and would have been uncomfortable with another -i on top of it, so I decided that the -al ending will be used in those cases.
 * boni = good
 * naial = young
 * nial = in need
 * niedi = necessary
 * forti = strong
 * beli = beautiful
 * kauai = cute

Adverbs end in -o and also don't agree in number. Adverbs are optional though, if context is clear and one is not sure whether something should be an adverb or an adjective, they may use an adjective.

'''Note: remember that even though basically all nouns end in -e, that doesn't mean that all words that end in -e are nouns (for instance "pre" means "before" and is a preposition, not a noun), or that "anti" is an adjective (it's a preposition too, the ajdective "antial" means "opposed"). The same goes for all grammatical endings: -a, -e, -an, -o, -i, -am, etc.'''

Possession
Possession is shown using the te particle, which comes from the Chinese particle "de" and works pretty much like it works for possession ("de" has other uses in Chinese that Teruene's "te" doesn't, though), it's similar to 's in the English language, but also used with pronouns. For example: As with many things in Teruene, te is optional but only when it's preceded by a personal pronoun and context is clear, so one may say "mi penge" (my friend) but not "Lukas penge"*.
 * Mi te aute = My car
 * Ta sua Lukas te penge = She/He is Lucas' friend
 * Dome sua tusu te = The house is yours
 * (Dati) uomire, xenule te dome sua egi, sua mi te penge = The man, whose house is big, is my friend.

Questions
Yes/No questions (or questions that give you a definite amount of answers) are created adding the particle ma at the end of the sentence.
 * Tu sua boni = You are good

Ma can also be used in negative sentences. Questions that give you the possible answer usually use the "xor" connector which is basically an "exclusive or" from binary logic (one can use regular "or" instead if one wants to). Examples: In that sentence it is explicitly stated that you can choose either coffee or tea, but not both. Possible answers: Instead, if the speaker wants to give the option of choosing more than one thing, the speaker shall use "or" which is an "inclusive or". For instance: Other questions are made with xen- correlatives, unlike many languages but like Chinese, the order of the sentence does not change (although it is allowed) when asking questions, the xen- word​ is in the place where the answer will be. For example:
 * Tu sua boni ma? = Are you good?
 * Tu no sua aitire ma? = You're not a father, are you?
 * Tu ka kafe xor cate ma? = Do you want coffee, or tea?
 * (Ia,) kafe. = (Yes,) coffee.
 * (Ia,) cate. = (Yes,) tea.
 * Nuli, xiexe. = None, thanks.
 * Tu ka late, sukre or otre en tu te kafe ma? = Do you want milk, sugar or something else in your coffee?
 * Ia, late. = Yes. milk.
 * No, nule. = No, nothing.
 * Ia, ambi = Yes, both.
 * Tu manca xene? = What are you eating? (You eat what?)
 * Tu sua xenule te aitise? = Whose mother are you? (You are whose mother?)

Basic word order
Teruene follows the order SVO, but it is also allowed to use OSV (Yoda's order) and VSO. These three orders are allowed because out of the six possible orders one can only choose three and still be able to differentiate subject from object. The one-phrase rule is "the nearer to the left of the verb, is the subject", in SVO and OSV the subject is already to the left of the verb, and in VSO the subject is closer to the left of the verb than the object.

SVO was chosen because it's the most widespread order in the world, which includes English, Spanish and Chinese, the three most spoken languages. It's also useful to have the verb separating subject from object, that allows free order for adjectives.

Apart from order, there is nothing differentiating subject from object, so even pronouns stay the same when they are the object of the sentence:
 * Mi aia tu = I love you
 * Ta aia ta = She/He loves him/her
 * Misu bisel tasu = We saw them

Adjectives and other modifiers
Adjectives are usually placed before the noun they modify, but if it doesn't create misunderstanding, it is allowed to put them after the noun. When there are two adjectives for one noun, they can be placed together before or after the noun, they can be separated by the noun, by the word for and: "he" or by nothing at all.
 * Beli fasti womise / Womise beli fasti / Beli womise fasti / Beli he fasti womise / Womise beli he fasti = The/a beautiful, fast woman

In general modifiers are written before what they modify.

Articles
There is no specific definite (the) or indefinite article (a, an) but the number "uan" (one) can be used if necessary as singular indefinite article, for example there are words which can be either countable or uncountable, adding "uan" states that it is being used as countable: Instead there are words that can't be either countable or uncountable, in those cases "uan" should be avoided: The definite article does not exist because its usage would vary depending on the speaker's mother tongue, it doesn't exist in very important languages such as Chinese and Russian, so for the sake of simplicity Teruene doesn't have it either.
 * Mi manca mafe = I eat (the) apple (maybe one, maybe a slices, maybe mashed, maybe many)
 * Mi manca uan mafe = I eat an apple
 * Mi manca mafes = I eat (the) apples
 * Mi sua uome = I am a/the person

Numbers
Numbers are combined just like in Chinese: After 999 999 there are words created in a similar way to "million", "billion", "trillion" but more regularly: number + ilie. Teruene follows the same scale English does, each new word adds 3 zeros. Unlike English, the word "uan" can be omitted just like it is done for "ten", "pai" and "mil". It's also allowed to simply read the numbers, like Chinese speakers do for years and phone numbers. This is only when context allows it. For instance: Ordinal numbers are created adding -i or -al like adjectives. Other endings give other useful meanings:
 * 10: ten
 * 20: dosten
 * 30: santen
 * 400: ionpai
 * 800: copai
 * 9 000: nau mil
 * 323 456: sanpai dosten san mil ionpai kuinten lou
 * pai = one hundred
 * mil = one thousand
 * (uan) wanilie = one million
 * dos wanilie(s) = two million
 * ci dosilie(s) = seven billion
 * 1998 = uan nau nau co
 * 2000 = dos nul nul nul
 * 233445 = dos san san ion ion kuin
 * uani = first
 * pai dosten coi = one hundred twenty eighth
 * uanio = firstly / in the first place
 * doso = in pair/s
 * teno = in groups of ten
 * uanilial = one millionth

The reflexive pronoun
Teruene has the reflexive pronoun "os" which is used as such for all other grammatical persons. These are its uses:
 * To make the sentence reflexive for any subject (although it's also possible to use the corresponding pronoun to make it reflexive, for example "mi limpan mi" or "uome mancifan ta"):
 * Mi limpa os = I wash/bath myself
 * Tu mancifa os = You feed yourself
 * Miaue limpan os = The cat cleans itself
 * To specify or emphasize who is the owner of something:
 * Ta bisel (ta te) os te dome = He saw his own house
 * Mi aia (mi te) os te ermise = I love my own sister
 * As the suffix -os- that makes verbs intransitive/reflexive (which is presented above).
 * As a root for word building:
 * osaxe = property
 * morta = to die; morti = dead; morte = death; mortifa = to kill; mortife = an assassination; ➜ osmortifa = to suicide; osmortife = a suicide

Comparison

 * Comparative: 
 * Ta sua mas boni ke tu = He is better than you
 * Ta sua kimas tali ke tu = He is less tall than you
 * Tu sua mas teligi ke mi sua kiteligi = You are more intelligent than I am dumb
 * Superlative:
 * Ta sua mos boni inter tutules/fro Argentine/de data oge = She is the best one among everyone/from Argentina/of that group
 * Ta sua kimos tali = She is the least tall
 * Equals: Ta sua (dato) beli xeno tu = She is beautiful like you

Subordinate sentences
Subordinate sentences use either xen- correlatvies, or if no xen- correlative works, they use the particle ke:
 * The xen- correlative has to respect word order. When possible, it's usually at the beginning, but when it's the object of the word, one has to be careful.
 * Mi no sia xener ta sua = I don't know where he is
 * Mi tafahan kos xene ta fel date = I understand why he did that
 * Ta sua uome xenule te dome sua kunari = She is the person whose house is red
 * Mi bisel aute xene tu maiel = I saw the car you bought
 * Also: Mi bisel aute, tu maiel xene
 * To connect sentences that can't be connected by a xen- word, the particle "ke" is used
 * Mi sia ke ta sua en os te dome = I know he's in his own house
 * Mi tafaha ke date no sua ipli = I understand that's not possible
 * To connect sentences when the subordinate sentence represents a "ma" question (in English one would use "if" or "whether"), the particle "ma" is used
 * Mi no siel ma ta suel en os te dome = I didn't know whether she was in her house
 * Mi kuesta ma ta puada Teruene = I ask whether she speaks Teruene

Passing from one word type to another
Changing the ending of a word can change its meaning from verb to noun, noun to adjective/adverb, and so on. Let's look what usually happens to the meaning:
 * Adj to verb: the verb usually becomes the transitive verb "to make something Xadj"
 * gari = warm ➜ gara = to heat
 * Verb to adj: adjective for things that are used or necessary to do or related to the action of the verb
 * manca = to eat ➜ manci = for eating/related to eating
 * Verb to noun: this noun usually is the name of the action of the verb, but can also be the process of the verb:
 * manca = to eat ➜ mance = a meal
 * dorma = to sleep ➜ dorme = sleep (noun)
 * Noun to verb: this verb is usually the action that is done with the noun:
 * martile = hammer ➜ martila = to (use a) hammer
 * Adj to noun: the name of the quality of the adjective most probably
 * beli = beautiful ➜ bele = beauty
 * kibeli = ugly ➜ kibele = ugliness
 * fasti = fast ➜ faste = velocity
 * egi = big ➜ ege = size
 * tali = tall ➜ tale = height
 * Noun to adj: usually "related to noun" or "for noun"
 * cate = tea ➜ cati = for tea
 * cati peie = a cup for tea
 * miaue = cat ➜ miaui = for cats

One syllable verbs
All verbs are regular in Teruene, just like in Esperanto. What that means for Esperanto is that every conjugated verb contains at least two syllables, such as "esti, pensas, diris, venu", etc. because every root contains at least one vowel, and every verb ending contains another one, so no one syllable verbs exist. In Teruene, I decided to have a limited amount of one syllable verbs (12 more or less), which are the most commonly used, their roots contain either no vowel, u, or i (ex. su-, h-, si-, etc.). This way speech can be a bit faster.

The verbs are: When using these verbs for word combination, it will usually be better to use the full infinitive (-a) or the noun (-e) rather than the bare root: nie + rume (need + room) = nierume (room for needs / bathroom).
 * sua = to be
 * ha = to have
 * pua = to say
 * da = to give
 * sia = to know
 * fa = to do/make
 * ka = to want
 * la = to go
 * xa = to like
 * nia = to need
 * ca = can / be able to
 * dua = must / should / to have to

Also when using the root in other ways, such as using the noun derived from the verb, it's technically possible to just add the -e ending to the root (nia -> nie = to need -> a need), but sometimes it might be necessary to leave the -a ending and add -e after it (da -> dae).

Having these short verbs will surely create some ambiguities, "hola" means "to come", formed with ho- + l-, but maybe at some point there will be an independent word "hola" whose root is hol-, and has a different meaning, that's ok, and though it should be avoided, it usually makes for good jokes.

Correlatives
Correlatives are special words which consist of certain beginnings and endings and are ordered in a table.

"kos -e" and "-i leie" are in the table to explain how they are formed and used because they are common correlatives, but they are not technically their own correlatives, but derived from other correlatives. This system can be used to create new ones too.

The specific words for some of the horizontal meanings are:
 * ime = moment (this is also a suffix)
 * ere = place (this is also a suffix)
 * kose = reason
 * oe = way
 * une = quantity/amount
 * ule = individual (used like "person", "dude" or "guy")
 * leie = type/kind/class

Examples of correlatives in use

 * -i
 * Tu lega xeni kitabe? = Which book are you reading?
 * Dati dome suan mi te = That house is mine
 * Tu legel hoi kitabe ma? = Have you read this book?
 * Tu legon somi kitabe ma? = Will you read some book?
 * Nuli diere fol date = No animal would do that
 * Mi legol tuti kitabe = I would read every book
 * Baha dieres manca roue = Many animals eat meat
 * Kibahi kitabes sua boni = Few books are good
 * Mi ka otri kitabe = I want another book
 * Mi ka lega renhi kitabe = I want to read any book
 * -e
 * Date sua xene? = What is that?
 * Hoe sua aute = This is a car
 * Sua some sor tauile ma? = Is there something on the table?
 * Mi fel nule! = I did nothing!
 * Tute sua kibona hoer = Everything is bad here
 * Mi ka bahe = I want many things
 * Mi ka kibahe = I want few things
 * Tu ka otre ma? = Do you want another thing?
 * Renhe suol boni hoim = Anything would be good now
 * -er
 * Mi te aute suan xener? = Where is my car?
 * Mi bitekel dater = I was born there
 * Sua pane hoer = There is bread here
 * Mi sercendam mi te kitabe somer = I'll find my book somewhere
 * Mi te kitabe sua nuler = My book is nowhere
 * Mi dormel tuter = I've slept everywhere
 * Mi lel baher = I've gone to many places
 * Mi col la (to) kibaher = I could go to few places
 * Mi ka la otrer = I want to go to other place
 * Dormam renher = Sleep anywhere
 * -im
 * Misu mancon xenim? = When will we eat?
 * Mi datim siel = Then I knew
 * Holam hoim! = Come now!
 * Tu somim holel to Argentina ma? = Have you ever come to Argentina?
 * Mi nulim dorma = I never sleep
 * Mi tutim aion tu = I'll always love you
 * Mi bahim lel (to) dater = I've gone there many times
 * Mi kibahim lel (to) dater = I've gone there few times
 * Ta lon otrim = She will go in other moment
 * Holam renhim = Come here at any time
 * kos -e
 * Kos xene tusu mel date? = Why did you do that?
 * Kos date mi lol to Mexiko = Because of that I would go to Mexico
 * Mi no dormel bono kos hoe = I didn't sleep well because of this
 * Mi kos some no sercendel mi te aute = For some reason I haven't found my car
 * Kos nule mi fol date = For no reason I'd do that
 * Mi aia ta kos tute = I love her for every reason
 * Mi aia ta kos bahe = I love him for many reasons
 * Mi lol kos kibahe = I'd go for few reasons
 * Mi mol date kos otre, no kos date = I'd do that for another reason, but not because of that
 * Ta manca kos renhe = He eats for any reason
 * -o
 * Tusu xeno fel date? = How did you do that?
 * Ta sua dato tali xeno os aitire = He is as tall as his father
 * Hoo somule fa keikes = This is how one makes cakes
 * Somo ta no tafahel = Somehow he didn't understand
 * Nulo mi fol date = No way I would do that
 * Mi dormel tuto = I've slept in every way
 * Mi ca la baho = I can go in many ways
 * Mi col la kibaho = I could go in few ways
 * Misu can la otro ma? = Can we go in another way?
 * Tu ca hola renho, tan holam = You can come in any way, but come
 * -un
 * Tu maiel xenun pane? = How much bread did you buy?
 * Mi nia datun = I need that amount
 * Houn kafe no sua sufican = This amount of coffee is not enough
 * Mi nia somun kafe = I need some coffee
 * Mi ha nulun kafe = I have no coffee
 * Mi ha tutun kafe = I have all the coffee
 * Mi ha bahun kafe = I have a great amount of coffee
 * Mi ha kibahun kafe = I have a small amount of coffee
 * Mi ha otrun kafe, no datun = I have another amount of coffee, not that amount
 * Mi xol renhun date = I'd like any amount of that
 * -ule(s)
 * Xenules sua datules? = Who are those?
 * Datule sua mi te erme = That one is my brother
 * Houles sua mi te penges = These ones are my friends
 * Somule mel date = Someone did that
 * Nulule mol date = Nobody would do that
 * Mi aia tutule(s) = I love everyone
 * Bahule(s) manca pane = Many people eat bread
 * Kibahule(s) kona mi = Few people know me
 * Otrule holendel, no ta = Someone else arrived (here), not her
 * Renhule ca fa date = Anyone can do that
 * -a leye (de)
 * Tu ha xeni leie de aute? = What type of car do you have?
 * Tu ha dati leie de aute ma? = Do you have that type of car?
 * Tu kona tuti hoi leies de pane ma? = Do you know every one of these types of bread?
 * Somi leies de dieres manca roue = Some types of animals eat meat
 * Mi ha nuli leie de pane = I have no type of bread
 * Mi ha tuti leie de pane = I have every kind of bread
 * Mi ha bahi leies de cate = I have many types of tea
 * Mi ha kibahi leies de kafe = I have few types of coffee
 * Mi no ha dati leie, tan mi ha otri leye = I don't have that type, but I have another type
 * Renhi leie suon sufici = Any type will be enough

The useful word "ke"
"Ke" has many uses, most of them are designed to make our lives easier, sometimes by replacing longer or more specific words when they are not really necessary.

"Ke" for comparisons
First, "ke" is used as the word "than" for comparisons:
 * Ta sua mas boni ke tu = He is better than you
 * Ta sua kimas tali ke tu = He is less tall than you

"Ke" in subordinate sentences
As seen previously, "ke" can be used to connect sentences when they can't be connected with xen- correlatives:
 * Mi sia ke ta sua en os te dome = I know he's in his own house
 * Mi tafaha ke date no sua ipli = I understand that's not possible
 * Mi no sia ke ta suel en os te dome = I didn't know that she was in her house

"Ke" replacing xen- words
When context allows and xen- words are either long, obvious, or simply make a sentence ugly, they can be replaced with "ke":
 * Ta sua uome ke dorma hoer (instead of "xenule") = He is the person who sleeps here
 * Data uomire, ke te dome sua egi, sua mi te penge (instead of "xenule") = That man, whose house is big, is my friend
 * Tu sua ke te aitise? (instead of "xenule") = Whose mother are you?
 * Tu lega ke kitabe? (instead of "xeni") = What book are you reading?
 * Date sua ke? (instead of "xene") = What is that?
 * Mi te aute sua ke? (instead of "xener") = Where is my car?
 * Kos ke tusu fa date? (instead of "xene") = Why did you do that?

Days, months and years
The names of the days is created in a similar way to Chinese and Portuguese, with numbers. Months too. Monday is considered the first day of the week. The system is really simple: number + ote. There are two words for "day" in Teruene, one with the meaning of "rotation" for the 24 h day (ote), and one which represents the hours of light of one day (solime), which means "sun time". Months are created the same way but with the word "lune" which means both "moon" and "month". And weeks are lun+ab+e, meaning "a fraction of moon". The word for year is "iare". The order of dates is dd/mm/yyyy, let's see some examples:
 * Mi biteka ces sani hore he dosabe dosarote tenuani (rote) de ionlune uan nau nau co
 * I was born at 3:30 Tuesday the 20th of April 1998
 * Mi dormel dur lunabe = I slept during one week

Common phrases

 * Haie = Hi/Hello
 * Boni rote = Good day (at any time)
 * Boni solime = Good day (during daitime)
 * Boni kisolime = Good night
 * Boni morne = Good morning
 * Boni kimorne = Good afternoon
 * Til sun = See you soon
 * Til posote = See you tomorrow
 * Kihaie = Bye
 * Xiexe = Thank you
 * Kixiexe = You're welcome
 * Preie = Please
 * Ihane = Sorry
 * Bonholende = Welcome
 * (Tu sua) xeno? = How are you? (sing.)
 * (Tusu sua) xeno? = How are you? (pl.)
 * Bono, he tu(su)? = Good, and you?
 * Boni mancae! = Bon appetit!
 * Boni boie! = Bon voyage! (Good trip!)
 * Helse! = Health!

Prepositions
Important note: when prepositions are used alone (they are not working as prepositions but rather as adverbs), it is recommended to place them at the end of the sentence or in the place where they create the least misunderstandings, or a comma is placed after them to represent a silence.

To “to” direction I is a preposition that marks the complement of certain verb that already have an object. Consequently, it's also used when making those phrases into passive voice Ces “at” relatively in the same position or time but not exactly Fro “from/since”, origin in time, place, group, material, or otherwise Te “ 's ” possession De “of” shows some relation or expresses quantity Dur “during/while” En “in” necessarily inside, can be metaphorical or figurative Kien "outside" Til "until” both for time and place Ko “with” Kiko “without” Par “for” Kos “because (of)” Xia “under” Sor “on” Super "over" over something but not touching it Taiti “instead” Amam "in front of" place Kiaman "behind" Pre "before" only for time Pos "after" only for time Pas "next to" Far "far from/far/away" Kifar "near/nearby" Baw "about, regarding" introduces a topic Tra "through" Cirki "around" Inter "between/among" Anti "against" Per "by/using" Kiper "without" without an instrument Tran "crossing/at the other side of" Bey "beyond" Exeti "except, appart from, other than"
 * Ta holon to urbe = she will come to the city
 * Ta puada to tasu = he speakes to them
 * Mi likaia dome i kilimpa = I leave the house dirty (I made it dirty and left)
 * Compare to: Mi likaia dome kilimpa = I leave the dirty house (I left a house that was dirty)
 * Ta fel me i os penge = She made me her friend
 * Tu sua kaoledi i mos forti = You are considered the strongest
 * In active voice: Tutule kaola tu i mos forti = Everyone consideres you the strongest
 * Mi te penge sua ces porde = my friend is at the door
 * Mi te erme sua ces tauile = mi brother is at the table
 * Ta sua ces angle = she is at the corner
 * Misu manca ces cial = we eat at 7
 * Mi lel fro ange to mi te dome = I went from the corner to my house
 * Tasu sua kronules fro uan nau nau co = They are kings since 1998
 * Ta sua fro Argentina = She is from Argentina
 * So sua fro arbaxe = It is made of wood
 * Tu sua mos beli fro misu = You are the most beautiful among/from us
 * Lukas te kitabe = Luke's book
 * Hoi aute sua egikere te = This is the university's car
 * Kitaboteke de urbe (Urbe te kitaboteke) = the city's library (not necessarily owned by the city)
 * Peie de kafe = a cup of coffee (a cup full of coffee)
 * Dur mi mancel, ta trinkel = While I was eating, he was drinking
 * Mi no futa dur mornes = I don't walk in the morning
 * Mi resida en dati dome = I live in that house
 * Mi ika en egikere = I study in a university
 * Tu sua en xor kien ma? = Are you inside or outside?
 * Tu sua kien dome ma? = Are you out of the house?
 * Misu lam (to) kien = Let's go outside
 * Mi mancel til naui hore = I ate until 9:00
 * Misu ranam til dome! = Let's run up to the house!
 * Mi manca mafes ko frutakue = I eat apples with juice
 * Ko tu mi sua mas bono = With you I feel better
 * Ta resida ko ta te ermes = He lives with his siblings
 * Mi trinkan kafe kiko late = I drink coffee without milk
 * Mi fel hoe par tu = I did this for you
 * Ta fa keikes par kimaia = I make cakes for selling
 * Peie par ubalkole = a cup/glass for wine
 * Kos date mi no maia mafes = Because of that I don't buy apples
 * Ta no holon kos os te kihelse = She won't come because of her illnes
 * Mi no manca kos mi no xa date = I'm not eating because I don't like that
 * Uomihe sua xia tauile = A child is under the table
 * Mi lel (to) xia aute = I went under the car
 * Ta sua xia = He is below
 * Sua mafes sor tauile = There are apples on the table
 * Taires udana super misu te aute = Birds fly over our car
 * Mi trinka taiti tu = I drink instead of you
 * Mi trinka taiti manca = I drink instead of eating
 * Taiti, tu manca = Instead, you eat
 * Mi sua amam tu te dome = I am in front of your house
 * Mi sua kiamam tu = I'm behind you
 * Premorne = early morning
 * Mi biteka pre bahi tempe = I was born a long time ago
 * Pre mi dormeka mi manca = Before I fell asleep, I ate
 * Pre dorme mi manca = Before falling asleep, I ate
 * Mi nulim senta date pre = I'd never felt that before
 * Pos dormenda mi mancel = After waking up, I ate
 * Pos mi dormendel mi mancel = After I woke up, I ate
 * Mi fa date pos = I'll do that after/later
 * Mi sua pas aute = I am next to a car
 * Xene sua pas tu? = What is next to you?
 * Mi sua far = I am far
 * Date sua far misu = That is far from us
 * Lam far! = Go away!
 * Mi sua kifar tu = I'm near you
 * Misu la somer kifar = Let's go somwhere nearby
 * Data kifara kafere sua boni = That nearby cafe is good
 * Tu sia bau xene? = What do you know about?
 * Kitabe sua bau uofes = The book is about dogs
 * Tra uinteporde enla uinte = Through the window enters wind
 * Cirki santen = around thirty
 * Cirkila = to go around
 * Cirki dome sua autes = Around the house there are cars
 * International = international
 * Mi sua inter arbes = I'm between the trees
 * Anti kihelse = against (for) an illnes
 * Anti mure = against the wall
 * Mi sua anti tu = I'm against you
 * Ta hola per aute = He'll come by car
 * Mi martila per martile = I hit with a hammer
 * Posoto sua acete per urbidre = Tomorrow will be the acceptance by the mayor
 * Bitende de miaue per uofe = The death of a cat by a dog
 * Mi martila kiper martile = I hit without hammer
 * Mi te dome sua tran sadake = My house is at the other side of the street
 * Tran dati nade sua otri lande = Crossing that river it's another country
 * Misu la (to) bei urbe = Let's go beyond the city
 * Uomoge nulim lel bei Lune = Humankind has never gone beyond the moon
 * Mi manca tute exeti mafes = I eat everything except apples
 * Tutules hola exeti tu = Everyone came except you

When prepositions are optional
When a verb takes no object but takes a complement with some preposition, it's possible to leave out that preposition, if it is clearly understood which preposition has been left out (thus, context is clear). Very usually, this preposition is "to", or some preposition to express place or time.
 * Mi la dome = Mi la to dome = I go home
 * Mi boion Mexiko = Mi boion to Mexiko = I'll travel to mexico
 * Mi enla porde = Mi enla tra porde = I entered through the door
 * Ta sia numike = Ta sia bau numike = She knows about math
 * Mi sua dome = Mi sua en dome = I am in the house
 * Taires udana misu te aute = Taires udana super misu te aute = Birds fly over my car
 * Misu manca cial = Misu manca ces cial = We eat at 7
 * Tu dormel ten hore = Tu dormel dum ten hore = You slept ten hours

Prefixes

 * Ho- from ho- correlatives, this particle can also be used to show proximity, usually meaning "here". All of its uses are optional, for example, one may use "la" as "to come" but to be more clear it's possible to use "hola"
 * la = to go ➜ hola = to come
 * lenda = to arrive ➜ holenda = to arrive here (usually the speaker's "here")
 * lena = to take (from one place to another) ➜ holena = to bring (from one place to here)
 * Lau- from laue = law shows relation by marriage or similar relationship
 * aitise = mother ➜ lauaitise = mother in law
 * Disi- disseminating, separately
 * da = to give ➜ disida = distribute
 * disio = disseminatingly
 * disia = disseminate
 * Exe- ex-, former
 * presidante = president ➜ exepresidante = expresident
 * exei = former
 * Ki- "un-" the opposite meaning or the closest approximation of it
 * maia = to buy ➜ kimaia = to sell
 * tonge = east ➜ kitonge = west
 * nore = north ➜ kinore = south
 * kial = opposite (adj)
 * kio = contrarily
 * senda = to send ➜ kisenda = to receive
 * Pre- before, pre-, long ago in time
 * histore = history ➜ prehistore = prehistory
 * bisa = to see ➜ prebisa = to anticipate (to have a vision)
 * morne = morning ➜ premorne = early morning
 * aite = parent ➜ preaite = ancestor
 * Re- to repeat, to do again
 * senda = to send ➜ resenda = to resend
 * pua = to say ➜ repua = to repeat
 * reo ➜ again
 * Mis- to do incorrectly
 * tafaha = to understand ➜ mistafaha = misunderstand
 * usa = tu use ➜ misusa ➜ to misuse
 * miso = mistakenly/wrongly
 * Far- from afar
 * bisa = to see ➜ farbisatore = television (the object)
 * farbise = television
 * Dosab(e)- half-, semi-
 * hore = hour ➜ dosabehore = half an hour
 * Kuasi- almost, quasi-, pseudo
 * nome = name ➜ kuasinome = pseudnim
 * diose = god ➜ kuasidiose = demigod
 * ihe = son/daughter ➜ kuasiihe = stepson/daughter

Suffixes
I won't repeat the five verb suffixes, they are explained in the Verbs section
 * -apl- capable
 * bisa = to see ➜ kibisapli = blind
 * suima = to swim ➜ suimapli = that can swim
 * apli = capable
 * -ipl- possible, the passive counterpart of -apl-
 * bisipli = visible
 * manca = to eat ➜ mancipli = edible
 * ipli = possible
 * iplo = maybe, possibly
 * -ul- individual characterized by the root, when adding this suffix to a proper name, such as the name of a country, it's possible to remove all the vowels that come at the end of the name
 * Argentina = Argentina ➜ Argentinule = an Argentine citizen or inhabitant
 * Conkuo = China ➜ Conkule = a Chinese citizen or inhabitant
 * anti = against ➜ antiule = an oppositor
 * fenfi = rich ➜ fenfule = a rich person
 * krone = crown ➜ kronule = king/queen
 * kimaia = sell ➜ kimaiule = sales person
 * -uen- language, when adding this suffix to a proper name, such as the name of a country, it's possible to remove all the vowels that come at the end of the name
 * Inglande = England ➜ Inglanduene = English (lang)
 * Franse = France ➜ Fransuene = French (lang)
 * Conkuo = China ➜ Conkuene = Chinese (lang)
 * Nihon = Japan ➜ Nihonuene = Japanese (lang)
 * Some languages that can not be derived from a place or people may not take -uen- and may not take the -e ending at all
 * Esperanto = Esperanto
 * Latin = Latin
 * Klingon = Klingon
 * -ax- concrete thing or material related to the root
 * manca = to eat; mance = meal ➜ mancaxe = food
 * dulci = sweet ➜ dulcaxe = a sweet/candy
 * arbe = tree ➜ arbaxe = wood
 * en = in ➜ enaxe = content
 * -es- state or abstract quality related to the root
 * beli = beautiful ➜ belese = beauty
 * gari = warm; gare = warmth ➜ garese = temperature
 * ekui = equal ➜ ekuese = equality
 * libri = free ➜ librese = freedom
 * ule = an individual; ulese = individuality
 * When you turn an adjective into noun and it already means the quality, -es- is not necessary:
 * fasti = fast ➜ faste = velocity (=fastese)
 * -il- tool to do the verb of the root or related to it
 * tingarte = music ➜ tingartile = a musical instrument
 * ile = tool
 * -og- group of the root
 * arbe = tree ➜ arboge = forest
 * bede = sheep ➜ bedoge = a flock of sheep
 * uome = human ➜ uomoge = humankind
 * -ib- tendency or inclination to do somthing (not all -ive English words end with this!)
 * krea = to create ➜ kreibi = creative
 * puada = to talk ➜ puadibi = talkative
 * repua = to repeat ➜ repuibi = repetitive
 * imagina = to imagine ➜ imaginibi = imaginative
 * -ind- worthy
 * lega = to read ➜ legindi = read-worthy
 * aceta = to accept ➜ acetindi = acceptable (worthy of acceptance)
 * xiexa = to thank ➜ xiexindi = worthy of being thanked
 * -ein- recipient or container of the thing or characterized by the root
 * male = money ➜ maleine = wallet
 * kigari = cool/cold ➜ kigareine = fridge
 * cefa = to cook ➜ cefeine = oven
 * eine = recipient
 * -ist- professional of follower of a doctrine (can be interchangeable with -ul- in some words)
 * dente = tooth ➜ dentiste = dentist
 * helsa = to treat/cure ➜ helsiste = physician/doctor
 * piane = piano ➜ pianiste = pianist
 * Buda = Buddha ➜ budiste = buddhist
 * -ism- doctrine, idea, religion
 * Kristo = Christ ➜ kristisme = christianity
 * Buda = Buddha ➜ budisme = buddhism
 * Marx(e) = Marx ➜ marxisme = marxism
 * socie = society ➜ socieisme = socialism
 * -ator- machine, part of machine, or system that does the verb of the root (it's NOT used for people who do a work, -ist- or -ul- are used instead, not even roots should end with -ator if it's for people, in the rare case there is a profession that needs its own root then it may end in -ador, but preferably some form with -ist-)
 * faste = velocity; baria = to change; fastebaria = to accelerate ➜ fastebariatore = accelerator
 * udana = to fly ➜ udanatore = flying machine, aircraft
 * uinge = wing ➜ uingudanatore = plane, aircraft with wings
 * aspe = blade ➜ aspudanatore = helicopter
 * cisua = to calculate ➜ cisuatore = calculator
 * -opl- multiplication
 * dosopli = double
 * sanopla = to triple
 * ionopli = quadruple
 * opli = to multiply
 * -ab- fraction
 * dosabe = a half
 * sanaba = to divide in three parts
 * ionabe = a quarter
 * lune = moon/month ➜ lunabe = week
 * aba = to divide
 * abe = fraction
 * -ar- color
 * kune = blood ➜ kunari = red
 * banane = banana ➜ bananari = yellow
 * akaxe = sky ➜ akaxari = blue
 * orange = orange ➜ orangari = orange
 * plante = plant ➜ plantari = green
 * ube = grape ➜ ubari = purple/violet
 * lume = light ➜ lumari = white
 * kilume = darkness ➜ kilumari = black
 * rake = ashes ➜ rakari = grey
 * kafe = coffee ➜ kafari = brown
 * bahi = many ➜ bahari = colorful
 * are = color
 * By the way, to say "light blue" or "dark blue" and similar combinations, the word (ki)lumi or the prefix (ki)lum(i)- are used:
 * lumakaxari = light blue
 * kilumakaxari = dark blue
 * lumirakari = light grey
 * lumikunari = pink
 * -eg- a bigger or stronger counterpart of the root
 * lafa = to laugh ➜ lafega = to laugh a lot or very hard
 * uinte = wind ➜ uintege = a very strong wind
 * gari = warm ➜ garegi = hot
 * kigari = cool ➜ kigaregi = cold
 * egi = big
 * -it- a smaller or softer counterpart of the root
 * lafa = to lough ➜ lafita = to smile
 * uinte = wind ➜ uintite = a breeze
 * lage = lake ➜ lagite = lagoon
 * nade = river ➜ nadite = stream/creek
 * gari = warm ➜ gariti = warm but more temperate
 * kigari = cool ➜ kigariti = cool but more temperate
 * safine = ship ➜ safinite = boat
 * iti = small
 * -er- place
 * maia = to buy ➜ maiere = store
 * manca = to eat ➜ mancere = restaurant
 * -otek- a place to save lots of the same thing
 * kitabe = book ➜ kitaboteke = library
 * male = money ➜ maloteke = bank
 * -im- time, moment, season
 * gari = warm ➜ garime = sommer
 * kigari = cool ➜ kigarime = winter
 * flore = flour ➜ florime = spring
 * foile = leaf ➜ foilime = autumn
 * sole = sun ➜ solime = day
 * -a- this infinitive ending can also be used with other endings representing the meaning of the verb if the root itself doesn't express it well (thus the root is rather a noun or adjective than a verb)
 * "krone" means "crown", and "krona" is "to crown", but to say the name of the action one can't go back to "krone" to mean coronation, so one leaves the infinitive ending, thus "kronae" is "coronation".
 * martile = hammer; martila = to hammer ➜ martilae = hammering (the name of the action)
 * -ic- a part or particle of the whole or of the material
 * sande = sand ➜ sandice = a grain of sand
 * sale = salt ➜ salice = a grain of salt
 * himpate = snow ➜ himpatice = a snowflake
 * toufe = hair (the whole) ➜ toufice = a single hair
 * -idr- leader, ruler, boss
 * urbe = city ➜ urbidre = mayor
 * probince = province/state ➜ probincidre = gobernor
 * lande = country ➜ landidre = president, king/queen, etc.
 * safine = ship ➜ safinidre = captain
 * -ih- offspring, son
 * wome = person/human ➜ womihe = child
 * miaue = cat ➜ miauihe ➜ kitten
 * faraxe = butterfly ➜ faraxihe = caterpillar
 * kronule = king/queen ➜ kronulihe = prince/princess
 * -is- -ir- -ip- the first one is for women the second one for men and the third one is for non-binary people
 * aite = parent ➜ aitise = mother; aitire = father; aitipe = non-binary parent
 * aipenge = boy/girlfriend ➜ aipengise = girlfriend; aipengire = boyfriend
 * ihe = son/daughter ➜ ihise = daughter; ihire = son
 * ise = a woman (for humans, female for other living beings)
 * ire = a man (for humans, male for other living beings)
 * ipe = non-binary person
 * These suffixes should not be used in excess, only when it's really necessary to mention gender/sex of the person/living being in question.
 * -ik- means science that studies X field (most words that in English end in -ics and -logy)
 * ike = science, study
 * nume = number ➜ numike = mathematics
 * uene = language ➜ uenike = linguistics
 * diose = god ➜ diosike = theology
 * helse = health ➜ helsike = medicine
 * bite = life ➜ bitike = biology

Ki- and no-
The word no can be used in a similar way to ki- but they are not the same, the first one is the negation of the meaning, while the second one is the opposite meaning. Sometimes both arrive at the same meaning, in those cases ki should be used, but no may be used when ki does not create the correct meaning or doesn't make sense at all.

There are words that could have been created through ki, but two separate roots have been chosen because either a shorter word was needed (such as for prepositions), a root that started in a vowel was needed (for suffixes such as eg and it), or the two words should be different for better understanding (such as pre and pos).

Family words
There are four main family words: With those, the -is-/-ir-/-ip- suffixes for gender, and the -it-/-eg- suffixes for age, we can create most of the family words that a culture may need. For example:
 * aote = parent
 * ihe = offspring (son/daughter)
 * erme = sibling
 * espe = spouse
 * aitaite = grandparent
 * aitiraitise = the mother of my father
 * ermihe = nephew/niece
 * aiterme = uncle/aunt
 * aitermespe = uncle's/aunt's spouse
 * aitermihe = cousin
 * ihihe = grandson/granddaughter
 * ermisite = younger sister
 * ermirege = older brother
 * ermespire = a sibling's husband
 * and many many more...

Short words not worthy of being classified
Some words and phrases in many languages like "very", "too", "and", "but", "at least", "still" and so on, are difficult to classify and usually don't follow the same rules. Here is a list:
 * He and
 * Mi manca pane he trinka cate = I eat bread and drink tea
 * Or inclusive or
 * Xor exclusive or
 * Tan but
 * Hen very
 * Tu sua hen beli = You are very beautiful
 * Tai too (in the sense of too much)
 * Dati sua tai egi = That one is too big
 * Amba both
 * Ye also, too
 * Mi aia uofes, mi aia ie miaues = I love dogs, I love cats too
 * Tu manca pane, ie mi manca pane = You eat bread, I also eat bread
 * Mas plus, more, anymore
 * Plus in maths: Uan mas dos sua san =One plus two is three
 * More: Mi ka mas pane = I want more bread
 * More and -er in comparisons: Tu sua mas tali ke mi = You are taller than me
 * Anymore when with no: Mi no mas dorma bono = I don't sleep well anymore
 * Mos
 * Most and -est in comparison
 * Mose maximum (noun): Xenun sua mose? = How much is the maximum?
 * Mosi maximum (adj): Mosi ose sua ten = The maximum amount is ten
 * Moso at most: Mi ka moso ten = I want at most ten
 * Kimas
 * Minus in math: san kimas dos sua uan = three minus two is one
 * Less: mi xa so ko kimas sukare = I like it with less sugar
 * Less in comparison: ta sua kimas tali ke tu = she is less tall than you
 * Kimos
 * Least in comparison: Tu sua kimos teligi = You are the least intelligent
 * Kimose Minimum (noun): Xenun sua kimose? = How much is the minimum?
 * Kimosi minimum (adj): Kimosa une sua ten = The minimum amount is ten
 * Kimoso at least: Kimoso ten uome holel = At least ten people came
 * Kuasi
 * Almost: Mi kuasi lenda = I'm almost arriving
 * + no barely: Mi kuasi no dorma = I barely sleep
 * Ankor
 * Still: Ta ankor manca = He's still eating
 * + no yet: Tu ankor no manca = You haven't eaten yet
 * Iam
 * Already: Mi iam tafaha = I already understand
 * Yet: Tu iam manca hoer ma? = Have you eaten here yet?
 * + no no longer: Mi iam no manca roue = I no longer eat meat
 * Sun soon
 * Preoto yesterday
 * Hooto today
 * Posoto tomorrow
 * Oto daily
 * Lunabo weekly
 * Luno monthly
 * Yaro annually
 * Iben even
 * Iben tu tafaha date = Even you understand that
 * Hus just (recently)
 * Mi hus fa so = I just made it
 * Tui immediately
 * Holam tui! = Come immediately

Animal and human parts

 * Kepe = extremity, limb (arms, legs, tails, trunks)
 * Sorkepe = arm
 * Xiakepe = leg
 * Kiamamkepe = tail
 * Ganda = to smell ➜ gandile = nose ➜ gandilkepe = trunk
 * Bisa = to see ➜ bisile = eye
 * Ganda = to smell ➜ gandile = nose
 * Tinga = to hear ➜ tingile = ear
 * Onte = lip
 * Ontoge = mouth
 * Oste = bone
 * Toufe = hair
 * Bisiltoufe = eyelash
 * Frente = forehead
 * Bisilfrente = eyebrow
 * Piele = skin
 * Xente = body
 * Mane = hand
 * Kepite = finger, toe
 * Fute = foot
 * Kepitedire = nail (dire = shield)
 * Neke = neck
 * Maneneke = wrist
 * Pensa = to think ➜ pensile = brain
 * Toue = head
 * Toumiene = face
 * Dile = heart
 * Dente = tooth

Rooms

 * Rume = room
 * Cefa = to cook ➜ cefrume = kitchen
 * Dorma = to sleep ➜ dormerume = bedroom
 * Manca = to eat ➜ mancerume = dining room
 * Limpa = to wash ➜ limperume = washing room
 * Bana = to take a bath ➜ banerume = bathroom (with shower)
 * Nia = to need ➜ nierume = bathroom (with or without a shower)
 * Bite = life ➜ bitrume = living room

Person, human, man and woman
The word for human, man and woman is "uome" which may take a suffix to specify gender. However, even though some languages, like Chinese, have only one word for person/human, I decided to have a separate word for person, since humans are a species, while person is more like an intelligent being. Think about it, would you rather call an Artificial Intelligence which is as smart and concious as us a human or a person? Would you rather call an intelligent alien a human or a person? Also the word "person" is used for other meanings, such as "juridical person". So, the word for person is "persone".

IUPAC nomenclature
Alkanes (alkanes), alkenes (alkenes) and alcynes (alkines) use Teruene numbers as prefixes. Ex.: This is just an example. Similar prefixes and suffixes can be created from Teruene's own words to create a scientific vocabulary much more comprehensible to common people, not just scientists who studied for years.
 * Uanalkane = methane
 * Dosalkene = ethene
 * Tenuanalkine = undecyne

The North Wind and the Sun
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.

Nora Uinte he Sole

Nora Uinte he Sole kiakordel bau xenule sua mas forti, datim boiule holel bolbedi en gari koute. Tasu akordel ke ule uanio pahunca ifa boiule i saka os koute, datule dua sua kaoledi i mas forti inter ambe. Datim Nora Uinte soplel forto xeno ta cel, tan mas ta soplel, mas tango boiule bolbosel en koute; he endo Nora Uinte likaiel tenta. Datim Sole xainekel garito, he boiule tui saka os koute. He kos date Nora Uinte duel amita ke Sole sua mas forti inter ambe.

Mars (planet) Wikipedia article
Marse (planete).

Marse sua ioni planete fro Sole he dosi mos iti planete en Soli Sisteme pos Merkure. So ha nome de romi diose de harbe, he so plurimo sua nomedi "Kunari Planete" kos kunaroidi feri oxigaxe sor os te miene dan to so kunaroidi oide ke sua kibehifi inter astes bisipli to akeli bisile. Marse sua petri planete ko kidensi aireparate, so ha mieni miases oidi to Lune te krateres he to Tere te bales, sahares, he poli barfi parates.

Marse te oti imege he gari cikle ie sua oidi to Tere te, kos tasu te anges, xeni kosa gari cikle. Sor Marse sua Olimpus Monte, mos egi huomonte he dosi mos tali konedi monte en Soli Sisteme, he ie sua Bale Marineris xeni sua uan de mos egi bales en Soli Sisteme. Kirofi Norpoli Diprese en nori dosabesfire okupa ionten interpaie de planete he iplo sua egegi kratere. Marse ha dos lune: Fobos he Deimos, ambe sua iti he ko kireguli morfe. Sosu iplo sua trapedi astites, xeno 5261 Eureka, Marsi troiane.

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