Changes: Talamäskaski/Main Contents/Level 1/Lesson 2

Latest revision as of 02:04, 28 April 2009

You must know that Talamäskaski is very hard to learn because most of the words can have different forms and then sound like other ones. But you're in for a pleasant surprise.

Talamäskaski is well suited for the Roman alphabet, and its pronunciation is therefore quite easy to master. It does possess noun cases, and the verbs inflect rather liberally, but the learner will get used to these new concepts rather quickly.

Vocabulary and Useful Phrases

English	Talamäskaski
I	Ja
You (sing. inf.)	Wos
You (sing. for.)	Kos
He	Ong
She	Ang
It (an. neu.)	Ing
It (in. neu.)	Eng
We (two)	Sandwa
You (two inf.)	Sxidwa
You (two for.)	Qidwa
They (two) (masc.)	Ondwa
They (two) (fem.)	Andwe
They (two) (an. neu.)	Indwije
They (two) (in. neu.)	Endwije
We	San
You (pl. inf.)	Sxi
You (pl. for.)	Qi
They (masc.)	Ongs
They (fem.)	Angs
They (an. neu.)	Ings
They (in. neu.)	Engs
Good day	Döbür dzxijej
Good morning	Döbür igxoej
Good evening	Pazel ardej (lit. Peaceful evening)
Good afternoon	Döbür middzxijej
Good night	Wxatwy rejznej (lit. Easy night)
Thanks	S rownö hrazënome
Goodbye (formal)	Nowrap
You're welcome	Hrazën rownö-ma
Here you are	Zde bjetü
You're welcome	Lamäts
Bye	Astrk
Dog	Kejn
Cat	Felz
Man	Apeks
Woman	Kzxensk
Yes	Aj
No	Nej
My name is...	Zxlövju itsog... (lit. I call myself) or more rarely Mne imja je...
Water	Fyken
Food	Hrana
I love you	Amaju tebe
Next	Naprawan
Fool	Glupan
Hello, hi	Hrjewets, Mnjesa, Arij

The nominative case of nouns

Singular/Tsinglu

Talamäskaski nouns in the nominative case usually do not have a fixed ending. Student, Pilot, Professor are all Animate Neuter nouns.

Musxki rod (Masculine)	Zxenski rod (Feminine)	Isrdnji rod (Neuter)	Esrdnji rod (Neuter)
Iha	Patnii	Kejn	Kazza

Dual/Dwazxna

The dual represents two of something.

Vowel sys:

    Nouns ending with a, a -> owa
    Nouns ending with e, e -> owe
    Nouns ending with i, i -> owi
    Nouns ending with o, o -> ow
    Nouns ending with u, u -> owu
    Nouns ending with y, y -> owy
    Nouns ending with ä, ä -> owä
    Nouns ending with ë, ë -> owë
    Nouns ending with ï, ï -> owï
    Nouns ending with ö, ö -> owö
    Nouns ending with ü, ü -> owü

Consonant sys:

    Nouns ending with consonants, +ow

Musxki rod (Masculine)	Zxenski rod (Feminine)	Isrdnji rod (Neuter)	Esrdnji rod (Neuter)
Ihowa	Patniowi	Kejnow	Kazzowa

Plural/Mnozxni

The plural represents three or more of something.

Vowel sys:

    Nouns ending with a, a -> e
    Nouns ending with e, e -> ena
    Nouns ending with i, i -> ena
    Nouns ending with o, o -> i
    Nouns ending with u, u -> a

Consonant sys:

    Nouns ending with consonants, +s or +es
    Nouns ending with vowels ä, ë, ï, ö, and ü, +s
    Nouns ending with y, +jes

NB - When a noun ending in /m/ is pluralized, /m/ => /n/

Musxki rod (Masculine)	Zxenski rod (Feminine)	Isrdnji rod (Neuter)	Esrdnji rod (Neuter)
Ihe	Patniena	Kejns	Kazze

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-== The nominative case of Masculine and Feminine nouns ==
+== The nominative case of nouns ==
 === Singular/Tsinglu ===
-Masculine nouns in the nominative case usually do not have a fixed ending. Student, Pilot, Professor are all Masculine nouns.
+Talamäskaski nouns in the nominative case usually do not have a fixed ending. Student, Pilot, Professor are all Animate Neuter nouns.
+{| {{prettytable}}
-Feminine nouns have a fixed ending. If the Student is female, the noun would change to Studentica. The fixed ending is ica, or occasionally, just an a is there, like Škola/Plaža.
+!width="75"|Musxki rod (Masculine)
+!width="75"|Zxenski rod (Feminine)
+!width="75"|Isrdnji rod (Neuter)
+!width="75"|Esrdnji rod (Neuter)
+|-
+| Iha || Patnii || Kejn || Kazza
+|}
+=== Dual/Dwazxna ===
-Neuter nouns end with -o or -e. Neuter nouns can't be changed to Masculine or Feminine usually.
+The dual represents two of something.
+Vowel sys:
+     Nouns ending with a, a -> owa
+     Nouns ending with e, e -> owe
+     Nouns ending with i, i -> owi
+     Nouns ending with o, o -> ow
+     Nouns ending with u, u -> owu
+     Nouns ending with y, y -> owy
+     Nouns ending with ä, ä -> owä
+     Nouns ending with ë, ë -> owë
+     Nouns ending with ï, ï -> owï
+     Nouns ending with ö, ö -> owö
+     Nouns ending with ü, ü -> owü
+Consonant sys:
+     Nouns ending with consonants, +ow
 {| {{prettytable}}
-!width="75"|Muški rod (Masculine)
+!width="75"|Musxki rod (Masculine)
-!width="75"|Ženski rod (Feminine)
+!width="75"|Zxenski rod (Feminine)
-!width="75"|Srednji rod (Neuter)
+!width="75"|Isrdnji rod (Neuter)
+!width="75"|Esrdnji rod (Neuter)
 |-
-| Student || Student + ica = Studentica || Vino
+| Ihowa || Patniowi || Kejnow || Kazzowa
-|-
-| Profesor || Profesor + ica = Profesorica || Jaje
 |}
-=== Plural/Množina ===
+=== Plural/Mnozxni ===
-Masculine nouns when plural, add -i onto the end of the word, although if masculine nouns of one syllable ending end with a "hard consonant", -ovi is added instead of -i, like Gradovi (towns). The singular is Grad (towns)
+The plural represents three or more of something.
-Feminine nouns when plural, replace the -a, and add -e onto the end of the word.
+Vowel sys:
+     Nouns ending with a, a -> e
+     Nouns ending with e, e -> ena
+     Nouns ending with i, i -> ena
+     Nouns ending with o, o -> i
+     Nouns ending with u, u -> a
+Consonant sys:
+     Nouns ending with consonants, +s or +es
+     Nouns ending with vowels ä, ë, ï, ö, and ü, +s
+     Nouns ending with y, +jes
+NB - When a noun ending in /m/ is pluralized, /m/ => /n/
-Neuter nouns when plural replace the -o or -e and add -a onto the end of the word. Some nouns insert -en- between the stem and the plural, like ramena (shoulders). Also, some nouns in Neuter only exist in plural form, such as Vrata (door), Novine (newspaper). Finally, some nouns have an irregular plural, meaning they don't always end with -a in plural form, such as Uho (ear) = Uši (ears) or Oko (eye) = Oči (eyes)
 {| {{prettytable}}
-!width="75"|Muški rod (Masculine)
+!width="75"|Musxki rod (Masculine)
-!width="75"|Ženski rod (Feminine)
+!width="75"|Zxenski rod (Feminine)
-!width="75"|Srednji rod (Neuter)
+!width="75"|Isrdnji rod (Neuter)
+!width="75"|Esrdnji rod (Neuter)
 |-
+| Ihe || Patniena || Kejns || Kazze
-| Student + i = Studenti || Student + ica - a + e = Studentice || Vino - o + a = Vina
-|-
-| Profesor + i = Profesori || Profesor + ica - a + e = Profesorice || Jaje - e + a = Jaja
-|-
-| Pilot + i = Piloti || Škol + a - a + e (Škol + e = Škole) || Ime + na = Imena
 |}
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