Bonadil

General Information

Bonadil is a conlang made by me. It is designed to be as simple as possible and be used for international communication.

Bonadil Bonadil
Type	Agglutinative
Alignment	Nominative–accusative
Head direction	Mixed
Tonal	No
Declensions	No
Conjugations	No
Genders	0
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect
Meta-information
Statistics Nouns % Verbs % Adjectives % Syntax % Words of
Creator	[[User:|]]

Phonology

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Unvoiced	p~f	t	k
Voiced	b~v	d	g~ɣ
Sibilant		s	ʃ~ɕ
Nasal	m	n~ŋ
Liquid		l~r	x~h

	Front	Back
Close	i	u~ɯ
Mid	e~ɛ	o~ɔ
Open	a

Alphabet

Alphabet

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	R	S	T	U	V	W	Z
a	b	ʃ	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	o	p	r	s	t	u	v	w	z

Digraphs

tc	dz	ai	ei	oi
tʃ	dʒ	ai	ei	oi

All letters always make the same sound.

Grammar

Syntax

The basic word order is Subject Verb Object.The adjective always comes before the noun. The adverb always comes after the verb.The preposition always comes before a noun phrase.A possessor will come before its property. An auxiliary verb will be placed in front of a verb.

Pronouns

The personal pronouns are as follows:

Ji (First person singular, like I or me)

Wi (First person plural, like we or us)

Di (Second person singular, as in you)

Fi (Second person plural, like ya’ll)

Ci (Third person feminine, as in she)

Li (Third person masculine, like he or him)

Ni (Third person neutral)

Ti (Third person neuter, as in it)

Isti (Third person plural, like they or them)

Si (Reflective pronoun, self)

Uni (Indefinite pronoun, like one)

Correlatives

Correlatives are ways of referring to something in a general way, like this or then. 

	This  (Gen)	That (Tcit)	What (Wat)	All (Sul)	Some (Jic)	No (Nin)
Thing (Ta)	Genta	Tcitta	Watta	Sulta	Jicta	Ninta
Place (Lan)	Genlan	Tcitlan	Watlan	Sullan	Jiclan	Ninlan
Time (Zam)	Genzam	Tcitzam	Watzam	Sulzam	Jiczam	Ninzam
Reason (Raz)	Genraz	Tcitraz	Watraz	Sulraz	Jicraz	Ninraz
Source (Fun)	Genfun	Tcitfun	Watfun	Sulfun	Jicfun	Ninfun
Method  (Spe)	Genspe	Tcitspe	Watspe	Sulspe	Jicspe	Ninspe

Verbs and participles

Verbs are marked for tense only. The infinitive mood marks to. Jussive marks a command. Conditional shows the action is based on a certain condition. Potential means the action may happen. Necessitative means the action must happen. Desiderative means the action is desirable. Participles have 3 forms, present, past, and future. Present is like the prefix ing. Past participle means that the action has already happened like broken. Future means the action will happen. The prefixes are replacements for auxiliary verbs.

	Present	Past	Future	Infinitive	Jussive	Conditional	Potential	Necessitative	Desiderative	Particle
Ran	Ran	Ran-le	Ran-se	Ran-ji	Ran-to	Ran-wo	Ran-ke	Ran-fo	Ran-co	Ran-ed

Conjunctions

There are conjunctions in Bonadil: Ud (and), Wa (or), Ce (so), Pero (but), Wal (nor), Kon (if), Tcu (whether), Dzici (even), Jinwei (because), Liken (that), Joken (instead of), Jaiken (than), and Kromse (unless). 

Prepositions

Prepositions of Bonadil include:

• About-Kebar
• Above-Opar
• After-Bad
• Along-Saf
• As-Dzaisa
• At-Par
• Behind-Petc
• Before-Sepale
• Below-Netc
• Beyond-Pare
• Between-Betc
• Despite-Bavod
• During-Duran
• Except-Sivei
• For-Lai
• From-Sem
• In-Main
• Like-Pasad
• Near-Pam
• Of-Pas
• On-Last
• Off-Ka
• Out-Band
• Since-Dzab
• Than-Sehin
• To-Mere
• With-Sufi

Morphology

• Noun-ta
• Verb-dzo
• Adjective/Adverb-des
• Place-lan
• Person-anro
• Doer-omo
• Very-mu
• As x as-joi
• More-jai
• Most-jei
• Not-nin
• Possessive-re
• Made of X-an
• Full of-por
• X like-zato
• Less-nor
• Cause-kas
• Become-ig
• System/Belief-ismo
• Container-sal 
• Possible-ke
• Abstract-etso
• Part-sem
• Plural-sto
• If the root word ends in a vowel and the affix begins with a vowel, place an s between them.

Numerals

4. Numeral cardinal adjectives are not declinable; they are nul (0), un (1), du (2), tri (3), kad (4), san (5), seks (6), kip (7), bak (8), dzu (9) and dek (10), sent (100), mil (1000). The ten and hundreds are made by the simple union of the first ten cardinals; thus, san-sent (500), tri-dek (30), etc. Numbers more than 9999 will use he SI prefixes. Ordinal numerals are formed by means of the adjective termination, “a;” thus, kad-a, fourth. The mathematical operations are as follows: +(pol) -(nil) x(mul) /(dif) ^(pof) and (rot). Fractions are denominated by sem, so kad-sem is one fourth. 

Vocabulary

The vocabulary is based on various languages, including English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Arabic, Hawaiian, Finnish, Zulu, and Turkish.

A

again-marat age-urka air-sina almost-alwa alone-wad already-takriban also-aidan animal-hajawan any-aji appetite-cahit absent-taghib acquire-tukasub alive-haina allow-tadahac amazed-munadic appear-tazar arm-dairia around-hal art-alfan attentive-aljak automobile-sajar autumn-allaf accept-kabul advise-nasia agree-ela aim-taswib answer-idzabat appear-bada arrive-jasil ask-jatlub attest-jacab awake-musakiz angry-hadib

B

bachelor-dancen barely-dzindzin beach-haltan beat-dzib begin-kaishi believe-zigzin break-dapo build-dzanli burn-cacag bend-wanku bind-kunbag birth-fenmaim bright-lian business-cange buy-gomai bed-tcag beer-pidz bicycle-zikstcei billiards-taku bird-nao blind-mag blond-dzinfa blood-zeije body-centi bone-gun book-cun border-bindzi both-do box-kuag boy-nanhai brave-jogan breakfast-mianbo bright-zakan buffet-zizu bull-gogni bus-baci building-heba

C

cake-patel calm-kalma calculate-kalkular count-kontar call-lamar care-kudado catch-captur celebrate-selebar change-cambiar choose-elegir close-serar collect-rekopilar complain-kudzarse cook-kokinar correspond-koresponde command-komando continue-kontinar control-kontrol cost-kosto cover-kuberta cry-lanto cut-kortei canyon-kanjon cat-gato Computer- komputor clay-klei cause-kasu chair-silla child-ninjo chocolate-tcoklat choir-koro cigarette-cudad city-kigarilos clean-limpo clear-klaro cloud-nubei club-klub coffee-kafei color-kolor common-kampo congress-kongres corner-eskina correct-korekto country-pais course-kurso custom-anrolizdo

D

day-dzorne dear-tcer deep-profon dance-danse demand-deman die-morir desire-envi doubt-datei drink-boison dense-denoi direction-doirectin disk-disk dog-keinain door-portei dress-rob dry-sek

E

ear-or end-fin exchange-astac exercise-ubug early-fru earth-terra east-oist easy-ainfac echo-eko egg-ei envelope-brifumclag even-sogar evening-abend ever-dze example-bespel eye-aog

F

face-tcehara family-parivar far-dor fast-rapido fall-girna feel-kirna fear-masos fight-dar find-ladei finish-koi fire-samap fly-agi follow-udna forget-karen field-pita finger-ket fire-ugale fish-fico floor-matcale flower-manzil foot-unjawo foreign-perin form-videc free-nikos frequent-muk friend-frend fruit-pal full-por former-eks

G

garden-girdino garment-indumento geography-teragrafia give-dariv go-partire greet-babingel grow-kreskere glass-bitcere globe-globo goal-obitivo good-bona 

H

hair-iziwel hand-isadla happy-udabul hat-isikama happen-kenzeke hear-eitc help-usizo hide-fila hit-hit hold-ubambe hope:esperas hunt-ukuz head-ikanda health-simpilo heart-inlizijo heaven-izulu high-takai history-umlando hour-ihora

I

ice-ledjana idea-aidia imagine-vobrazat incline-skolnost inhabit-obiat interest-interes interesting-interenji immediately-srazu important-vazoje is-es instead-vumesto interest-interesta internal-vuntrenej iron-zelezo

J

join-prisoi journey-putecestvi jump-praigat jungle-dzungli just-prosto

K

kind-rodzadzu know-weim king-eliz

L

language-dil laugh-gulmek lead-etmek learn-ogren leave-arilmak lie (down)-jatmak lie-jalan lift-asnasor listen-dinlemek live-kanli light-isik look-bak lose-kaibetmek love-ask liqiud-akta like-sevmek large-bujuk lack-eksek last-son league-lig lemonade-limonata lesson-ders letter-mektup line-hat left-roitino long-uzun lovely-guzel lunch-jemegi

M

magazine-peridiko make-kano marvel-metrisei measure-sinato meet-kinsi move-lafos mistake-kairos main-andras man-linro mass-jili matter-poter means-melos member-mesai middle-gala milk-lepto minute-kairos mister-stigmi moment-tcrimata money-minas month-proi morning-morgen mountain-vono mouth-stoma melt-fairo much-poli

N

name-aism nation-aluma narrate-haka nature-tabe near-krib necessary-darinum neck-alen neutral-majid new-alidzadid newspaper-zaitig night-leil need-bihadzat north-camal nose-anif now-alan north-norden next-moto

O

only-vein order-tilat occupy-meihita occur-tapatu opinion-lasunto other-mut

P

pain-bol paper-papir pace-tempo pass-pretcodi pay-zapaka play-grak pleasing-prosei present-premni prosper-obeni punish-prisper put-karak place-lan practice-medzes part-semi plant-vedz peace-patso pen-plumo person-anro picture-bildo piece-petso pleasure-plezuro pocket-poco point-punto period-piroid pole-visas poo-ni pee-tcitlak problem-jit pull-tiri

R

rabbit-kargoc rain-baric ready-tajar read-padana receive-karana recruit-ragrot remain-rahan remember-jadhai rest-aramdi rule-nijan run-ran request-nivdan rejoice-anad rich-dani right(side)-dain right(correct)-sahi river-nade road-sadak  room-kac rose-polka round-gol respect-fader

S

same-zaitog sand-ca separate-cohi see-kando seem-sihu seek-zunki sell-mai send-fasog serve-fuwu shine-canja shoot-ceiji show-dzemo sing-tcan sit-zosit sleep-cudzoi solve-dzeidzo speak-cohu stand-zidza step-bu shopping-gowu silent-wuceg stop-tig study-jandzu succeed-tcengog swim-jojog sandwich-sanmic satisfied-manji say-tcat sea-hai separate-fenli sharp-dzinru sheep-jango ship-tcuna shoe-zei side-kedok sign-baizo simple-simpla slipper-tozi smoke-tcojan snow-zuno some-erzai soon-tanhug spring-sprin state-stat station-rengran still-cill stone-cagdan store-dzeire street-kinda strong-zaocao suffer-un sufficient-tanic sugar-coti suitcase-sukas summer-zadzi sun-sola sure-dangran sweet-tain south-sud story-stori

T

table-alawila take-jakud task-muhima taste-almad tea-cei tennis-tans thick-samik time-zait tired-mutabu today-aljam tomorrow-gento too-dzidan much-sini tooth-denta top-kitar train-cadzara tree-sahi true-nawe type-elim teach-jakbar tell-jufak think-mutatic thirsty-jarmi throw-rabat tie-sila touch-tidzara trade-alsafar travel-muhala try-dad turn-tawil tall-mundar

U

uncle-odzi useful-jujo understand-wakaru use-tcukmasu

V

value-ertek varied-valtotas vast-hatamas village-falu visit-latogatas

W

walk-berlan wall-berlin warm-hangat wage-upa war-perag wait-memug wash-memkuki win-manag wish-harapan work-kerga write-menulis wagon-wagon water-akwa wave-gelomban way-speki weather-migu week-kuka whether-mingu whole-sama wide-ada west-resto wind-win window-indogo wine-doge winter-daik wood-trep word-tcako woman-cinro

Y

yard-jarmila year-anal yesterday-hira young-juna yell-krigo

Relatives

• Father-Pater 
• Mother-Mater
• Brother-Litor 
• Sister-Citor
• Son-Likan 
• Daughter-Cikan
• Husband-Lisop
• Wife-Cisop
• Uncle-Linen
• Aunt-Cinen
• Cousin-Kotor
• Grand-Mur
• In law-Botor

Days of the Week

• Solasom-Monday
• Lunasom-Tuesday
• Mersom-Wednesday
• Versom-Tuesday
• Marsom-Friday
• Dzunosom-Saturday
• Satsom-Sunday

Months of the Year

• Januaro-January 
• Februaro-February
• Marto-March
• Jopril-April
• Kelan-May
• Linu-June
• Dzulai-July
• Aguts-August
• Urtarilan-September
• Deklan-October
• Cijilan-November
• Cirlam-December 

Colors

• Kolor-Color
• Rojo-Red
• Oran-Orange
• Armilo-Yellow
• Verdei-Green
• Bazul-Blue
• Zise-Purple
• Base-White
• Huse-Grey
• Zonges-Brown
• Heise-Black
• Fen-Pink

Phrases

• Niloi-Hello
• Astai-Goodbye
• Ja-Yes
• Nin-No
• -Thanks
• Wenan-Welcome(response to thanks)
• Vome-Welcome(come in)
• Plez-Please 
• Bedras-Sorry 

Place Names

These suggestions are generally based on how the words are pronounced in the local language.

Africa	Afrika
Angola	Angola
Eritria	Eritrea
Ifiopia	Ethiopia
Kamerun	Cameroon
Gana	Ghana
Ganbia	Gambia
Gabun	Gabon
Kenja	Kenya
Kiribati	Kiribati
Ginei	Guinea
Galades Ginei	Equatorial Guinea
Ginei-Basu	Guinea-Bissau
Komoros	Comoros
Kongo	Congo
Kotei Divar	Côte d’Ivoire
Laibiria	Liberia
Lesofo	Lesotho
Libea	Libya
Rawanda	Rwanda
Madigaskar	Madagascar
Malawi	Malawi
Mali	Mali
Magrib	Morocco
Masir	Egypt
Mozambik	Mozambique
Maritus	Mauritius
Mariteinia	Mauritania
Namibia	Namibia
Naigeria	Nigeria
Niger	Niger
Benin	Benin
Botswana	Botswana
Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso
Zambia	Zambia
Galades Afrikades       Elegiraluma	Central African Republic
Dajer	Algeria
Tcad	Chad
Eswahiwi	Swaziland
Senegal	Senegal
Sud Afrika	South Africa
Siera Lion	Sierra Leone
Zimbabwei	Zimbabwe
Dziboti	Djibouti
Somalija	Somalia
Sudan	Sudan
Tanzinia	Tanzania
Togo	Togo
Tunis	Tunisia
Uganda	Uganda
Sud Sudan	South Sudan
Americas	Amerikasto
Argentina	Argentina
Eiti	Haiti
Ekwador	Ecuador
Verdeilan	Greenland
Kanada	Canada
Gatamala	Guatemala
Grenada	Grenada
Kosta Rika	Costa Rica
Kuba	Cuba
Mesiko	Mexico
Amerika	United States
Hondorus	Honduras
Paragai	Paraguay
Panama	Panama
Barbeidos	Barbados
Brazil	Brasil
Bahamas	Bahamas
Peru	Peru
Bermuda	Bermuda
Venezweila	Venezuela
Dzameika	Jamaica
Tcilei	Chile
Trinidad ud Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago
Dominicades Elegiraluma	Dominican Republic
Uragwei	Uruguay
Asia	Eisia
Hajastan	Armenia
Afganestan	Afghanistan
Sud Hanguk	South Korea
Alairak	Iraq
Airan	Iran
Indonesa	Indonesia
Isreil	Israel
Aljaman	Yemen
Kamputcea	Cambodia
Sakartvelo	Georgia
Kergistan	Kurdistan
Kuweit	Kuwait
Cri Lanka	Sri Lanka
Rosia	Russia
Luban	Lebanon
Malasija	Malaysia
Mianmar	Myanmar
Nijon	Japan
Pakistan	Pakistan
Albarein	Bahrain
Barat	India
Bangladec	Bangladesh
Filapina	Philippines
Filastin	Palestine
Po	Tibet
Almamlaka As Sadija	Saudi Arabia
Zonga	China
Surija	Syria
Tailan	Thailand
Turki	Turkey
Uman	Oman
Alurdun	Jordan
Vietnam	Vietnam
Europe	Urop
Airlan	Ireland
Andora	Andorra
Helas	Greece
Epanja	Spain
Ostraik	Austria
Esti	Estonia
Iglan	England
Isilan	Iceland
Italija	Italy
United Kigdom	United Kingdom
Verdeilan	Greenland
Frans	France
Sakartvelo	Georgia
Kinla	Wales
Kipros	Cyprus
Latvia	Latvia
Lituva	Lithuania
Liktenstain	Liechtenstein
Romeinia	Romania
Rosia	Russia
Vatsak	Croatia
Slovensko	Slovakia
Sloenja	Slovenia
Luxenborg	Luxembourg
Nord Masedonija	Macedonia
Magjarorsag	Hungary
Moldova	Moldova
Nederlan	Netherlands
Norge	Norway
Belarus	Belarus
Beldzum	Belgium
Bulgarija	Bulgaria
Bosna	Bosnia
Polska	Poland
Portugal	Portugal
San Marino	San Marino
Tceska Elegiramula	Czech Republic
Skiperia	Albania
Serbia	Serbia
Skotlan	Scotland
Sumi	Finland
Cwezlan	Switzerland
Danmark	Denmark
Doitclan	Germany
Turki	Turkey
Ukreina	Ukraine
Vatikano kigarilos	Vatican
Serige	Sweden
Oceania	Hailan
Indonisia	Indonesia
Alidzadid Zilan	New Zealand
Astreilia	Australia
Papu Alidzadid Gini	Papua New Guinea
Fidzi	Fiji
Samowa	Samoa
Tonga	Tonga
Tuvalu	Tuvalu
Vanuatu	Vanuatu

Food Names

For food not mentioned here, just use the original name for it in its native culture(ex Corn is Meiz). If there is no native culture for it, then just use a shorter scientific name for it. 

Milk:Lepto Butter:Butero Cheese:Fromago Bread:Bred Food:Mek Meal:Enmekenvi Salad:Salato Sugar:Coti Salt:Salni Orange:Oran Juice:akmek Coffe:Kafo Tea:Tei Meat:Hajawansem Chiken:Kokajo Pizza:Pitca Eggs:Ei Sandwich:Senvico Ice Cream:Glacijo Water:Akwa Peper:Tojo 

Animal and Plant Names

For animals not mentioned here, just use the scientific name for it. 

Animal:Hajawan Plant:Vedz Bird:Tajir Cat:Kut Dog:Keinain Cow:Bakara Donkey:Hamar Eagle:Nasir Elephant:Fil Goat:Hisan Horse:Perd Lion:Leo Monkey:Monki Mouse:Mos Rabbit:Kaopu Snake:Serpant Tiger:Tigro Sheep:Kahipa Spider:Araknei Mosquito:Inena Butterfly:Kaluho Bear:Kau Farm:Kai Trees:Wit Grass:Suket Fungus:Dzamur Leaf:Ranig Flower:Kembag Microbe:Misagmul

Names

It is always better to translate the "idea" of a foreign word before attempting to create a new phonetic transcription that may not be recognizable by everyone. Use the native pronunciation as a basis, rather than the spelling. If more than one language is spoken locally, use the dominant one. If it does not belong to any one language, use an international form. (Example: Atlantic becomes Alantik) Use the colloquial pronunciation that locals actually and commonly use, rather than the "proper" or standard pronunciation. If a person chooses to have a Bonadil name, he can choose whatever he wants and does not necessarily have to follow these guidelines. If possible, find a common root between the name of the nation, the language and the people. Cities and locations can be given a Bonadil name, but they will only have an official name if they are internationally known. If full Bonadilization would compromise intelligibility, you can always leave a foreign name as is.

Examples

Universal declaration of human rights

Suldes tcat pas anro bonatadahactasto

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Sul anrosto es fenmainele nikos ud esnumo main bonatadahactasto. Isto es darivele sufi razlog ud kesmutatic ud dzoco mere uni main a speki pas migligspeki.

Story of Babel

Stori pas BABEL

1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

1 Ud sama terra rele un dil ud un spe pas tcat. 

2 Ud dzaisa isto movle sem oist, isto ladei lan pas CINAR, ud isto kanli tcitlan. 

3 Ud isto tcatle mere istosi:”Tadahac wi kana fairolekleisto ud cacag isto sufi samap.” 

4 Ud isto rele fairolekleisto lai cagdan, ud isto rele fairoletrep lai kunbagomo. 

5 Ud isto tcatle mere istosi:”Tadahac wi dzanli kigarilos ud takaiheba, liken rele kitar liken tidzara takaisinalan, ud tadahac wi kano aism lai wisi, ce wi ninle ig cohi last tcehara pas terra.” 

6 Ud JAWEI movle ce li kes kando ud takaiheba, liken ninjo pas linrosto dzanlile. 

7 Ud JAWEI tcatle:”Kandoto, anrosto es un, ud isto rele un dil, ud isto kaishi gendzo, ud alan isto dzoke ajidzo liken isto envi, ud isto envi gen. Movto, ud tadahac wi mov netc ud cohi istore dil ce isto se nin wakaru istore tcat.”

8 Ce JAWEI cohile isto last tcehara pas terra, ud isto arilmakle ce isto kes dzanli kigarilos.

9 Tcit es raz liken aismkasle ti BABEL, jinwei JAWEI cohile dil pas sul terra, ud JAWEI cohile isto last tcahara pas terra.

Lord’s Prayer

JAWEI’re tcat sufi etmekomo pas sul 

Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us each day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.

Pater, dire aism colde es fadertes. Dire elizlan movmeregenlan, ti fitesse, ti se fast terra joi fast izulu. Darivto wi wire somdes bred, ud hadibto wire ninbonadzosto, jinwei wisi hadibto sulanro liken foldi dariv jicta, ud ninetmekto wi mainmere envi pas ninbonadzosto.