Teruene/es

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Clasificación
Teruene es una LAI (Lengua Internacional Auxiliar) basada en parte en la gramática del esperanto, con influencias del chino, pero como palabras originadas principalmente en los cinco idiomas más hablados del mundo (por número de hablantes nativos): chino (mandarín), inglés, español, hindi y árabe.

El español, el inglés y el hindi representan las tres ramas más habladas de la familia indo-europea de idiomas, la cual a su vez es hablada nativamente por alrededor de 45% de la gente en el mundo. El chino es por mucho la lengua más hablada de la familia sino-tibetana, la cual es nativa de un 22% de la gente. Finalmente, el árabe es el idioma afroasiático más hablado, la familia afroasiática es hablada por un 6% de la población. El árabe también ha tenido una gran influencia en otros idiomas, incluyendo idiomas de la familia niger-congo tales como el swahili.

Teruene es un idioma SVO, a posteriori, y aglutinante, aunque más inclinado a idiomas aislantes comparado a otros idiomas aglutinante, incluyendo el esperanto mismo.

Fonología y ortografía
El teruene usa letras del alfabeto latino básico.

Sistema de escritura
Los nombres de las vocales son ellas mismas (a, e, i, o, u), mientras que los nombres de las consonantes se forman añadiendo -e (be, ce, se, te, xe, etc.).

La pronunciación ideal para 'r' es como la 'rr' en español, pero cualquier sonido rótico distinguible del resto del alfabeto está bien.

Fonotáctica
Las palabras pueden terminar en vocales o en las siguientes consonantes: l, m, n, r, s. Las palabras no pueden contener bloques de consonantes de más de dos consonantes.

Si para algunes hablantes es difícil pronunciar consonantes al final de palabras, o bloques de consonantes, pueden agregar un sonido u/schwa neutral, pero este no debe cambiar la acentuación de la palabra.

Bloques de consonantes permitidos: Otros bloques de consonantes no están permitidos al crear raíces, pero algunos pueden aparecer en combinaciones de palabras, aunque es preferible añadir alguna terminación gramatical entre las raíces para evitar estos bloques.

Diptongos
Los diptongos no son fonémicos en teruene (eso significa que pronunciarlos como diptongos o como vocales separadas no cambia el significado). Las letras i y u se pueden pronunciar como el núcleo de su propia sílaba, palatalizando/labializando la consonante previa, o formando un diptongo con otra vocal.

Por ejemplo, algo como "ilie" se puede pronunciar de varas formas: /'i.li.e/, /'il.je/, /'i.lʲe/ (todas las vocales por separado, i como consonante de e, o i palatalizando a la l). De forma similar, "akue" se puede pronunciar /'a.ku.e/ or /'a.kʷe/.

Acentuación
El acento tónico recae sobre la anteúltima sílaba. Bueno.. es un poco más complejo que eso. Como u e i se pueden pronunciar por se parado o formando un diptongo con otra vocal, a veces hay dos o más maneras de elegir la penúltima sílaba que llevaría el acento. Para hacer que el acento sea regular entre hablantes sin importar cómo pronuncian u e i, el acento cae en la segunda sílaba teniendo en cuenta los posibles diptongos. Veamos algunos ejemplos: Aún así, aunque no respetar las reglas de acentuación puede ser confuso, el acento no es fonémico en teruene, así que no debería generar mayores problemas.
 * uanio: como io se puede interpretar como diptongo (o i palatalizando a n), el acento recae sobre la a y se puede pronunciar de varias maneras: /'wan.jo/, /u'an.jo/, /'wa.ni.o/, etc.
 * akue: /'a.ku.e/, /'a.kʷe/
 * kaua: /'ka.u.a/, /'kaw.a/
 * kiue: en casos como este, donde se puede acentuar tanto una i o una u porque forman diptongo juntas pero una de ellas también podría formar diptongo con otra vocal, interpretar el diptongo con una a, e, o toma precedencia, entonces /'ki.we/, no */'kiw.e/ o */'kju.e/.

Pronombres
En la tercera persona no hay distinción por género, pero sí hay distinción entre objetos animados e inanimados. Para seres pensantes (animales, personas) se usa ta, para otros seres vivos se puede usar ta o so, según estilo; para todo lo demás se usa so.

Los pronombres plurales se forman añadiendo -su (decidí que no sea solamente el marcador plural -s porque un pronombre terminado en -s crea conflicto con verbos que empiezan con s, haciendo que, por ejemplo, *"mis suo" (somos) suene como "mi suo" (soy)).

Sustantivos
Los sustantivos normales terminan en -e en singular y se añade -s para indicar el plural. Aparte de eso los sustantivos no cambian.

Nombres propios
Los nombres propios de personas, lugares, y otras cosas son sustantivos también, pero como generalmente no tienen forma adjetiva o verbal, es posible adaptar nombres al teruene sin que terminen en -e, pero los nombres propios importantes deben seguir las reglas ortográficas y fonotácticas de teruene tanto como sea posible. Por ejemplo, "Argentina, Benesia, Franse, Brasil". Muchos nombres puede que estén acortados para facilitar las palabras derivadas de estos: "Doice" (Alemania, Deutschland) -> "doicuene" (idima alemán).

Verbos
Los verbos terminan en -a en su forma infinitiva, la cual se reemplaza por otras terminaciones de acuerdo al tiempo y modo verbal. Sin embargo, de manera similar a los sustantivos en forma básica que no expresan número, los verbos en infinitivo se pueden usar en todas partes, representando cualquier tiempo o modo, mientras que las terminaciones específicas se pueden usar para aclarar el significado si el contexto no es claro. Los verbos también tienen cinco sufijos muy importantes que se usan para crear variados significados a partir de un verbo básico
 * -ad- da al verbo mayor duración, o si el verbo indica una acción instantánea, este sufijo indica el resultado de esa acción. Ejemplos:
 * puo = decir/hablar ➜ puado = hablar
 * ho = tener ➜ hado = poseer
 * biso = ver ➜ bisado = mirar, observar


 * -ek- da al verbo un significado instantáneo, o indica el comienzo de la acción.
 * rano = correr ➜ raneko = salir corriendo
 * sio = saber ➜ sieko = aprender (empezar a saber)
 * fo = hacer ➜ feko = hacer súbitamente
 * ho = tener ➜ heko = obtener, adquirir, conseguir
 * dormo = dormir ➜ dormeko = dormirse


 * -end- le da el significado de la culminación de la acción.
 * rano = correr ➜ ranendo = dejar de correr
 * lo = ir ➜ lendo = llegar
 * dormo = dormir ➜ dormendo = despertar


 * -if-  hace transitivo al verbo si no lo era, si no hace que signifique "causar que alguien haga X".
 * dormeko = dormirse ➜ dormekifo = dormir a alguien
 * dormendo = despertar ➜ dormendifo = despertar a alguien
 * eko = empezar ➜ ekifo = hacer empezar
 * folo = caer ➜ folifo = hacer caer


 * -os- se usa para indicar que el verbo se usa de forma intransitiva o reflexiva.
 * grabo = agarrar(se) ➜ graboso = agarrarse
 * limpo = limpiar(se) ➜ limposo = limpiarse

Verbos y contexto
Es importante aclarar que los verbos pueden tener varios significados de acuerdo al contexto, y que los sufijos mostrados previamente simplemente especifican el significado querido, aunque -end- generalmente sí da un significado demasiado distinto como para no usarlo.

Instantáneo vs continuo
La mayoría de verbos cae en una de estas categorías, los verbos instantáneos representan un cambio, y los continuos representan un estado o acción continua (incluso si ese estado es activo como "correr").

Como se vio previamente, -ek- se puede usar para expresar cambio, mientras que -ad- se usa para expresar continuidad. Sin embargo, cuando un verbo se usa sin uno de estos sufijos, el significado puede ser cualquiera de los dos, dejando que el contexto clarifique cuál es el querido. Ejemplos:
 * dormo = dormir(se)
 * dormeko = dormirse (cambio instantáneo)
 * dormado = dormir (estado continuo)

Transitivo vs intransitivo
De forma similar los verbos se pueden usar como transitivos, intransitivos o reflexivos, y el contexto generalmente aclarará. Cuando el contexto no es suficiente, es posible usar -if-, -os- o el pronombre os por separado para especificar respectivamente cada significado. Esto ocurre con algunos en español, por ejemplo "terminar" y "empezar".
 * endo = terminar (algo termina o alguien termina algo)
 * endifo = terminar (algo)
 * endoso = terminar (algo termina)
 * folo = caer, dejar caer
 * folifo = dejar caer
 * foloso = caer

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 xenal, mi laborol = If I knew how, I would work
 * Se mi siem xenal, mi laborem = If I had known how, I would have worked
 * Mi duel no manco so, tan mi fel = I shouldn't have eaten it, but I did
 * Mi pel 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 mancantan mafes = I am eating apples
 * -el: Mi manantel mafes = I was eating apples
 * -on: Mi mancanton mafes = I will be eating apples
 * -ol: Mi mancantol mafes = I would be eating apples
 * -em: Mi mancantem 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 mancedan = Apples are eaten (or were)
 * -el: Mafes mancedel = Apples were eaten (or had been)
 * -on: Mafes mancedon = Apples will be eaten (or will have been)
 * -ol: Mafes mancedol = Apples would be eaten
 * -em: Mafes mancedem = Apples would have been eaten
 * -am: Mafes mancedam = (Let) apples be eaten!
 * pane mancedo per uofe = the bread was eaten by the dog

Adjectives and adverbs
Adjectives end in -a. They don't agree in number with nouns (they don't add -s when plural).

Adverbs end in -al 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). The same goes for all grammatical endings: -a, -e, -an, -al, -el, -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 suo Lukas te penge = She/He is Lucas' friend
 * Dome suo tusu te = The house is yours
 * (Data) uomire, xenule te dome suo ega, suo 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 suo bona = 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 suo bona ma? = Are you good?
 * Tu no suo aitire ma? = You're not a father, are you?
 * Tu kuo kafe xor cate ma? = Do you want coffee, or tea?
 * (Ia,) kafe. = (Yes,) coffee.
 * (Ia,) cate. = (Yes,) tea.
 * Nula, xiexe. = None, thanks.
 * Tu kuo 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, (data) dos = Yes, both.
 * Tu manco xene? = What are you eating? (You eat what?)
 * Tu suo 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 aio tu = I love you
 * Ta aio 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.
 * Bela fasta womise / Womise bela fasta / Bela womise fasta / Bela he fasta womise / Womise bela he fasta = 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 manco mafe = I eat (the) apple (maybe one, maybe a slices, maybe mashed)
 * Mi manco uan mafe = I eat an apple
 * Mi manco mafes = I eat (the) apples
 * Mi suo 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 -a 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) uanilie = one million
 * dos uanilies = two million
 * ci dosilies = seven billion
 * 1998 = uan nau nau co
 * 2000 = dos nul nul nul
 * 233445 = dos san san ion ion kuin
 * uana = first
 * pai dosten coa = one hundred twenty eighth
 * uanal = firstly / in the first place
 * dosogal = in pair/s
 * tenogal = in groups of ten
 * uanilia = 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 limpian mi" or "uome mancifan ta"):
 * Mi limpio os = I wash/bath myself
 * Tu mancifo os = You feed yourself
 * Miaue limpian 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 aio (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

Comparison

 * Comparative: 
 * Ta suo mas bona ke tu = He is better than you
 * Ta suo kimas tala ke tu = He is less tall than you
 * Tu suo mas teliga ke mi suo kiteliga = You are more intelligent than I am dumb
 * Superlative:
 * Ta suo mos bona inter tutules/fro Argentine/de data oge = She is the best one among everyone/from Argentina/of that group
 * Ta suo kimos tala = She is the least tall
 * Equals: Ta suo (datal) bela xenal tu = She is beautiful like you
 * Or: Ta suo bela mesmal tu (suo) = She is beautiful same as 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 sio xener ta suo = I don't know where he is
 * Mi tafahan kos xene ta fel date = I understand why he did that
 * Ta suo uome xenule te dome suo kunara = 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 sio ke ta suo en os te dome = I know he's in his own house
 * Mi tafaho ke date no suo ipla = 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 kuesto ma ta puo 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"
 * gara = warm ➜ garo = to heat
 * Verb to adj: adjective for things that are used or necessary to do or related to the action of the verb
 * manco = to eat ➜ manca = 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:
 * manco = to eat ➜ mance = a meal
 * dormo = to sleep ➜ dorme = sleep (noun)
 * Noun to verb: this verb is usually the action that is done with the noun:
 * martile = hammer ➜ martilo = to (use a) hammer
 * aute = car ➜ auto = to drive (a car)
 * Adj to noun: the name of the quality of the adjective most probably
 * bela = beautiful ➜ bele = beauty
 * kibela = ugly ➜ kibele = ugliness
 * fasta = fast ➜ faste = velocity
 * ega = big ➜ ege = size
 * tala = tall ➜ tale = height
 * Noun to adj: usually "related to noun" or "for noun"
 * cate = tea ➜ cata = for tea
 * cata peie = a cup for tea
 * miaue = cat ➜ miaua = 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 (-o) or the noun (-e) rather than the bare root:
 * suo = to be
 * ho = to have
 * puo = to say
 * do = to give
 * sio = to know
 * fo = to do/make
 * kuo = to want
 * lo = to go
 * xo = to like
 * nio = to need
 * po = can / be able to
 * duo = must / should / to have to
 * nie + rume (need + room) = nierume (room for needs / bathroom).

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 (nio -> nie = to need -> a need), but sometimes it might be necessary to leave the -o ending and add -e after it (do -> doe).

Having these short verbs will surely create some ambiguities, "holo" means "to come", formed with ho- + l-, but maybe at some point there will be an independent word "holo" 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 "-a 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
 * ale = way
 * une = quantity/amount
 * ule = individual (used like "person", "dude" or "guy")
 * leie = type/kind/class

Examples of correlatives in use

 * -a
 * Tu lego xena kitabe? = Which book are you reading?
 * Data dome suan mi te = That house is mine
 * Tu legel hoa kitabe ma? = Have you read this book?
 * Tu legon soma kitabe ma? = Will you read some book?
 * Nula diere fol date = No animal would do that
 * Mi legol tuta kitabe = I would read every book
 * Baha dieres manco roue = Many animals eat meat
 * Kibaha kitabes suo bona = Few books are good
 * Mi kuo otra kitabe = I want another book
 * Mi kuo lego renha kitabe = I want to read any book
 * -e
 * Date suo xene? = What is that?
 * Hoe suo aute = This is a car
 * Suo some sor tauile ma? = Is there something on the table?
 * Mi fel nule! = I did nothing!
 * Tute suo kibona hoer = Everything is bad here
 * Mi kuo bahe = I want many things
 * Mi kuo kibahe = I want few things
 * Tu kuo otre ma? = Do you want another thing?
 * Renhe suol bona hoim = Anything would be good now
 * -er
 * Mi te aute suan xener? = Where is my car?
 * Mi bitekel dater = I was born there
 * Suo pane hoer = There is bread here
 * Mi sercendam mi te kitabe somer = I'll find my book somewhere
 * Mi te kitabe suo nuler = My book is nowhere
 * Mi dormel tuter = I've slept everywhere
 * Mi lel baher = I've gone to many places
 * Mi pol lo (to) kibaher = I could go to few places
 * Mi kuo lo 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 dormo = 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 fel date? = Why did you do that?
 * Kos date mi lol to Mexiko = Because of that I would go to Mexico
 * Mi no dormel bonal 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 aio ta kos tute = I love her for every reason
 * Mi aio ta kos bahe = I love him for many reasons
 * Mi lol kos kibahe = I'd go for few reasons
 * Mi fol date kos otre, no kos date = I'd do that for another reason, but not because of that
 * Ta manco kos renhe = He eats for any reason
 * -al
 * Tusu xenal fel date? = How did you do that?
 * Ta suo datal tala xenal os aitire = He is as tall as his father
 * Hoal somule fo keikes = This is how one makes cakes
 * Somal ta no tafahel = Somehow he didn't understand
 * Nulal mi fol date = No way I would do that
 * Mi dormel tutal = I've slept in every way
 * Mi po lo bahal = I can go in many ways
 * Mi pol la kibahal = I could go in few ways
 * Misu pan lo otral ma? = Can we go in another way?
 * Tu po holo renhal, tan holam = You can come in any way, but come
 * -un
 * Tu maiel xenun pane? = How much bread did you buy?
 * Mi nio datun = I need that amount
 * Houn kafe no suo sufica = This amount of coffee is not enough
 * Mi nio somun kafe = I need some coffee
 * Mi ho nulun kafe = I have no coffee
 * Mi ho tutun kafe = I have all the coffee
 * Mi ho bahun kafe = I have a great amount of coffee
 * Mi ho kibahun kafe = I have a small amount of coffee
 * Mi ho 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 suo datules? = Who are those?
 * Datule suo mi te erme = That one is my brother
 * Houles suo mi te penges = These ones are my friends
 * Somule fel date = Someone did that
 * Nulule fol date = Nobody would do that
 * Mi aio tutule(s) = I love everyone
 * Bahule(s) manco pane = Many people eat bread
 * Kibahule(s) kono mi = Few people know me
 * Otrule holendel, no ta = Someone else arrived (here), not her
 * Renhule po fo date = Anyone can do that
 * -a leye (de)
 * Tu ho xena leie de aute? = What type of car do you have?
 * Tu ho data leie de aute ma? = Do you have that type of car?
 * Tu kono tuta hoa leies de pane ma? = Do you know every one of these types of bread?
 * Soma leies de dieres manco roue = Some types of animals eat meat
 * Mi ho nula leie de pane = I have no type of bread
 * Mi ho tuta leie de pane = I have every kind of bread
 * Mi ho baha leies de cate = I have many types of tea
 * Mi ho kibaha leies de kafe = I have few types of coffee
 * Mi no ho data leie, tan mi ho otra leie = I don't have that type, but I have another type
 * Renha leie suon sufica = 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 suo mas bona ke tu = He is better than you
 * Ta suo kimas tala 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 sio ke ta suo en os te dome = I know he's in his own house
 * Mi tafaho ke date no suo ipla = I understand that's not possible
 * Mi no siel 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 suo uome ke dormo hoer (instead of "xenule") = He is the person who sleeps here
 * Data uomire, ke te dome suo ega, suo mi te penge (instead of "xenule") = That man, whose house is big, is my friend
 * Tu suo ke te aitise? (instead of "xenule") = Whose mother are you?
 * Tu lego ke kitabe? (instead of "xeni") = What book are you reading?
 * Date suo ke? (instead of "xene") = What is that?
 * Mi te aute suo ke? (instead of "xener") = Where is my car?
 * Kos ke tusu fo 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 biteko ces sana hore he dosabe dosarote tenuana (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
 * Bona rote = Good day (at any time)
 * Bona solime = Good day (during daitime)
 * Bona kisolime = Good night
 * Bona morne = Good morning
 * Bona 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 suo) xenal? = How are you? (sing.)
 * (Tusu suo) xenal? = How are you? (pl.)
 * Bonal, he tu(su)? = Good, and you?
 * Bona mance! = Bon appetit!
 * Bona 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" Bau "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" Bei "beyond" Exeti "except, appart from, other than"
 * Ta holon to urbe = she will come to the city
 * Ta puanto to tasu = he speakes to them
 * Mi likaio dome i kilimpia = I leave the house dirty (I made it dirty and left)
 * Compare to: Mi likaio dome kilimpia = I leave the dirty house (I left a house that was dirty)
 * Ta fel mi i os penge = She made me her friend
 * Tu kaoledo i mos forta = You are considered the strongest
 * In active voice: Tutule kaolo tu i mos forta = Everyone consideres you the strongest
 * Mi te penge suo ces porde = my friend is at the door
 * Mi te erme suo ces tauile = mi brother is at the table
 * Ta suo ces ange = she is at the corner
 * Misu manco ces cia = we eat at 7
 * Mi lel fro ange to mi te dome = I went from the corner to my house
 * Tasu suo kronules fro uan nau nau co = They are kings since 1998
 * Ta suo fro Argentina = She is from Argentina
 * So suo fro arbaxe = It is made of wood
 * Tu suo mos bela fro misu = You are the most beautiful among/from us
 * Lukas te kitabe = Luke's book
 * Hoa aute suo 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 futo dur mornes = I don't walk in the morning
 * Mi resido en data dome = I live in that house
 * Mi iko en egikere = I study in a university
 * Tu suo en xor kien ma? = Are you inside or outside?
 * Tu suo kien dome ma? = Are you out of the house?
 * Misu lam (to) kien = Let's go outside
 * Mi mancel til naua = I ate until 9:00
 * Misu ranam til dome! = Let's run up to the house!
 * Mi manco mafes ko frutakue = I eat apples with juice
 * Ko tu mi suo mas bonal = With you I feel better
 * Ta resido 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 fo keikes par kimaio = I make cakes for selling
 * Peie par ubalkole = a cup/glass for wine
 * Kos date mi no maio 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 manco kos mi no xo date = I'm not eating because I don't like that
 * Uomihe suo xia tauile = A child is under the table
 * Mi lel (to) xia aute = I went under the car
 * Ta suo xia = He is below
 * Suo mafes sor tauile = There are apples on the table
 * Taires udano super misu te aute = Birds fly over our car
 * Mi trinko taiti tu = I drink instead of you
 * Mi trinko taiti manco = I drink instead of eating
 * Taiti, tu manca = Instead, you eat
 * Mi suo amam tu te dome = I am in front of your house
 * Mi suo kiamam tu = I'm behind you
 * Premorne = early morning
 * Mi biteka pre baha tempe = I was born a long time ago
 * Pre mi dormeko mi manco = Before I fell asleep, I ate
 * Pre dorme mi manco = Before falling asleep, I ate
 * Mi nulim sento date pre = I'd never felt that before
 * Pos dormendo mi mancel = After waking up, I ate
 * Pos mi dormendel mi mancel = After I woke up, I ate
 * Mi fo date pos = I'll do that after/later
 * Mi suo pas aute = I am next to a car
 * Xene suo pas tu? = What is next to you?
 * Mi suo far = I am far
 * Date suo far misu = That is far from us
 * Lam far! = Go away!
 * Mi suo kifar tu = I'm near you
 * Misu lo somer kifar = Let's go somwhere nearby
 * Data kifara kafere suo bona = That nearby cafe is good
 * Tu sio bau xene? = What do you know about?
 * Kitabe suo bau uofes = The book is about dogs
 * Tra uinteporde enlo uinte = Through the window enters wind
 * Cirki santen = around thirty
 * Cirkilo = to go around
 * Cirki dome suo autes = Around the house there are cars
 * International = international
 * Mi suo inter arbes = I'm between the trees
 * Anti kihelse = against (for) an illnes
 * Anti mure = against the wall
 * Mi suo anti tu = I'm against you
 * Ta holo per aute = He'll come by car
 * Mi martilo per martile = I hit with a hammer
 * Posotal suo 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 martilo kiper martile = I hit without hammer
 * Mi te dome suo tran sadake = My house is at the other side of the street
 * Tran data nade suo otra lande = Crossing that river it's another country
 * Misu lo (to) bei urbe = Let's go beyond the city
 * Uomoge nulim lel bei Lune = Humankind has never gone beyond the moon
 * Mi manco tute exeti mafes = I eat everything except apples
 * Tutules holo 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 lo dome = Mi lo to dome = I go home
 * Mi boion Mexiko = Mi boion to Mexiko = I'll travel to mexico
 * Mi enlo porde = Mi enlo tra porde = I entered through the door
 * Ta sio numike = Ta sio bau numike = She knows about math
 * Mi suo dome = Mi suo en dome = I am in the house
 * Taires udano misu te aute = Taires udano super misu te aute = Birds fly over my car
 * Misu manco cia = Misu manco ces cia = We eat at 7
 * Tu dormel ten hores = Tu dormel dur ten hores = 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 "lo" as "to come" but to be more clear it's possible to use "holo"
 * lo = to go ➜ holo = to come
 * lendo = to arrive ➜ holendo = to arrive here (usually the speaker's "here")
 * leno = to take (from one place to another) ➜ holeno = 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
 * do = to give ➜ disido = distribute
 * disial = disseminatingly
 * disio = disseminate
 * Exe- ex-, former
 * presidante = president ➜ exepresidante = expresident
 * exea = former
 * Ki- "un-" the opposite meaning or the closest approximation of it
 * maio = to buy ➜ kimaio = to sell
 * tonge = east ➜ kitonge = west
 * nore = north ➜ kinore = south
 * kia = opposite (adj)
 * kial = contrarily
 * sendo = to send ➜ kisendo = to receive
 * Pre- before, pre-, long ago in time
 * histore = history ➜ prehistore = prehistory
 * biso = to see ➜ prebiso = to anticipate (to have a vision)
 * morne = morning ➜ premorne = early morning
 * aite = parent ➜ preaite = ancestor
 * Re- to repeat, to do again
 * sendo = to send ➜ resendo = to resend
 * puo = to say ➜ repuo = to repeat
 * real ➜ again
 * Mis- to do incorrectly
 * tafaho = to understand ➜ mistafaho = misunderstand
 * uso = tu use ➜ misuso ➜ to misuse
 * misal = mistakenly/wrongly
 * Far- from afar
 * biso = to see ➜ farbisatore = television (the object)
 * farbise = television
 * Dosab(e)- half-, semi-
 * hore = hour ➜ dosabahore = 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
 * biso = to see ➜ kibisapla = blind
 * suimo = to swim ➜ suimapla = that can swim
 * apla = capable
 * -ipl- possible, the passive counterpart of -apl-
 * bisipla = visible
 * manco = to eat ➜ mancipla = edible
 * ipla = possible
 * iplal = 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
 * fenfa = rich ➜ fenfule = a rich person
 * krone = crown ➜ kronule = king/queen
 * kimaio = 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
 * manco = to eat; mance = meal ➜ mancaxe = food
 * dulca = sweet ➜ dulcaxe = a sweet/candy
 * arbe = tree ➜ arbaxe = wood
 * en = in ➜ enaxe = content
 * -es- state or abstract quality related to the root
 * bela = beautiful ➜ belese = beauty
 * gara = warm; gare = warmth ➜ garese = temperature
 * ekua = equal ➜ ekuese = equality
 * libra = 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:
 * fasta = 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!)
 * kreo = to create ➜ kreiba = creative
 * puanto = to talk ➜ puantiba = talkative
 * repuo = to repeat ➜ repuiba = repetitive
 * imagino = to imagine ➜ imaginiba = imaginative
 * -ind- worthy
 * lego = to read ➜ leginda = read-worthy
 * aceto = to accept ➜ acetinda = acceptable (worthy of acceptance)
 * xiexo = to thank ➜ xiexinda = worthy of being thanked
 * -ein- recipient or container of the thing or characterized by the root
 * male = money ➜ maleine = wallet
 * kigara = cool/cold ➜ kigareine = fridge
 * cefo = 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
 * helso = 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
 * Marxe = Marx ➜ marxisme = marxism
 * socia = social ➜ sociaisme = 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; bario = to change; fastebario = to accelerate ➜ fastebariatore = accelerator
 * udano = to fly ➜ udanatore = flying machine, aircraft
 * uinge = wing ➜ uingudanatore = plane, aircraft with wings
 * aspe = blade ➜ aspudanatore = helicopter
 * cisuo = to calculate ➜ cisuatore = calculator
 * -opl- multiplication
 * dosopla = double
 * sanoplo = to triple
 * ionopla = quadruple
 * oplo = to multiply
 * -ab- fraction
 * dosabe = a half
 * sanabo = to divide in three parts
 * ionabe = a quarter
 * lune = moon/month ➜ lunabe = week
 * abo = to divide
 * abe = fraction
 * -ar- color
 * kune = blood ➜ kunara = red
 * banane = banana ➜ bananara = yellow
 * akaxe = sky ➜ akaxara = blue
 * orange = orange ➜ orangara = orange
 * plante = plant ➜ plantara = green
 * ube = grape ➜ ubara = purple/violet
 * lume = light ➜ lumara = white
 * kilume = darkness ➜ kilumara = black
 * rake = ashes ➜ rakara = grey
 * kafe = coffee ➜ kafara = brown
 * baha = many ➜ bahara = colorful
 * are = color
 * By the way, to say "light blue" or "dark blue" and similar combinations, the word (ki)luma or the prefix (ki)lum(a)- are used:
 * lumakaxara = light blue
 * kilumakaxara = dark blue
 * lumarakara = light grey
 * lumakunara = pink
 * -eg- a bigger or stronger counterpart of the root
 * lafo = to laugh ➜ lafego = to laugh a lot or very hard
 * uinte = wind ➜ uintege = a very strong wind
 * gara = warm ➜ garega = hot
 * kigara = cool ➜ kigarega = cold
 * ega = big
 * -it- a smaller or softer counterpart of the root
 * lafo = to lough ➜ lafito = to smile
 * uinte = wind ➜ uintite = a breeze
 * lage = lake ➜ lagite = lagoon
 * nade = river ➜ nadite = stream/creek
 * gara = warm ➜ garita = warm but more temperate
 * kigara = cool ➜ kigarita = cool but more temperate
 * safine = ship ➜ safinite = boat
 * ita = small
 * -er- place
 * maio = to buy ➜ maiere = store
 * manco = 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
 * gara = warm ➜ garime = sommer
 * kigara = 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 "krono" 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 "kronoe" is "coronation".
 * martile = hammer; martilo = to hammer ➜ martiloe = 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:
 * aite = 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 manco pane he trinko cate = I eat bread and drink tea
 * Or inclusive or
 * Xor exclusive or
 * Tan but
 * Hen very
 * Tu suo hen bela = You are very beautiful
 * Tai too (in the sense of too much)
 * Data suo tai ega = That one is too big
 * Ye also, too
 * Mi aio uofes, mi aio ie miaues = I love dogs, I love cats too
 * Tu manco pane, ie mi manco pane = You eat bread, I also eat bread
 * Mas plus, more, anymore
 * Plus in maths: Uan mas dos suo san =One plus two is three
 * More: Mi kuo mas pane = I want more bread
 * More and -er in comparisons: Tu suo mas tala ke mi = You are taller than me
 * Anymore when with no: Mi no mas dormo bonal = I don't sleep well anymore
 * Mos
 * Most and -est in comparison
 * Mose maximum (noun): Xenun suo mose? = How much is the maximum?
 * Mosa maximum (adj): Mosa une suo ten = The maximum amount is ten
 * Mosal at most: Mi kuo mosal ten = I want at most ten
 * Kimas
 * Minus in math: san kimas dos suo uan = three minus two is one
 * Less: mi xo so ko kimas sukare = I like it with less sugar
 * Less in comparison: ta suo kimas tala ke tu = she is less tall than you
 * Kimos
 * Least in comparison: Tu suo kimos teliga = You are the least intelligent
 * Kimose Minimum (noun): Xenun suo kimose? = How much is the minimum?
 * Kimosa minimum (adj): Kimosa une suo ten = The minimum amount is ten
 * Kimosal at least: Kimosal ten uome holel = At least ten people came
 * Kuasi
 * Almost: Mi kuasi lendo = I'm almost arriving
 * + no barely: Mi kuasi no dormo = I barely sleep
 * Ankor
 * Still: Ta ankor manco = He's still eating
 * + no yet: Tu ankor no manco = You haven't eaten yet
 * Iam
 * Already: Mi iam tafaho = I already understand
 * Yet: Tu iam manco hoer ma? = Have you eaten here yet?
 * + no no longer: Mi iam no manco roue = I no longer eat meat
 * Sun soon
 * Preotal yesterday
 * Hootal today
 * Posotal tomorrow
 * Otal daily
 * Lunabal weekly
 * Lunal monthly
 * Yaral annually
 * Iben even
 * Iben tu tafaho date = Even you understand that
 * Hus just (recently)
 * Mi hus fo 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
 * Gandile = nose ➜ gandilkepe = trunk
 * Biso = to see ➜ bisile = eye
 * Gando = to smell ➜ gandile = nose
 * Tingo = 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
 * Penso = to think ➜ pensile = brain
 * Toue = head
 * Toumiene = face
 * Dile = heart
 * Dente = tooth

Rooms

 * Rume = room
 * Cefo = to cook ➜ cefrume = kitchen
 * Dormo = to sleep ➜ dormerume = bedroom
 * Manco = to eat ➜ mancerume = dining room
 * Limpio = to wash ➜ limpierume = washing room
 * Bano = to take a bath ➜ banerume = bathroom (with shower)
 * Nio = 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 suo mas forta, datim boiule holel bolbeda en gara koute. Tasu akordel ke ule uanal pahunco ifo boiule i sako os koute, datule duo kaoledo i mas forta inter dos. Datim Nora Uinte soplel fortal xenal ta pel, tan mas ta soplel, mas tangal boiule bolbosel en koute; he endal Nora Uinte likaiel tento. Datim Sole xainekel garital, he boiule tui sako os koute. He kos date Nora Uinte duel amito ke Sole suo mas forta inter dos.

Mars (planet) Wikipedia article
Marse (planete).

Marse suo iona planete fro Sole he dosa mos ita planete en Sola Sisteme pos Merkure. So ho nome de roma diose de harbe, he so plurimal nomedo "Kunara Planete" kos kunaroida fera oxigaxe sor os te miene do to so kunaroida oide ke suo kibehifa inter astes bisipla to akela bisile. Marse suo petra planete ko kidensa aireparate, so ho miena miases oida to Lune te krateres he to Tere te bales, sahares, he pola barfa parates.

Marse te ota imege he gara cikle ie suo oida to Tere te, kos tasu te anges, xena koso gara cikle. Sor Marse suo Olimpus Monte, mos ega huomonte he dosa mos tala koneda monte en Sola Sisteme, he ie suo Bale Marineris xena suo uan de mos ega bales en Sola Sisteme. Kirofa Norpola Diprese en nora dosabesfire okupo ionten interpaie de planete he iplal suo egega kratere. Marse ho dos lunes: Fobos he Deimos, dos suo ita he ko kiregula morfe. Sosu iplal suo trapeda astites, xenal 5261 Eureka, Marsa troiane.

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