Descubralía is like Spanish with the following differences...

Three verb tenses are different:

Past

There is no past tense with the exception of "acabar dí [+infinitive]"

Commands

[infinitive]áchíu[pronoun]

Mandaráchíumelo! ... Send me it!

Hablaráchíu nio! ... Don't speak!

Irregular Verbs

"-go verbs" become "-ka" verbs

tener: tengo becomes tenka

Word order

Statement: (auxillary verb) subject object verb (negative)

Question: (interrogative)(aux. verb) subject verb object (negative) ?

Exclamation: (aux. verb)verb (subject) object (negative) !

Within these components:

Adjectives preceed nouns

People preceed things

Spelling and Pronunciation

• • í is typical Spanish i

  • i is "swallowed" and becomes like y next to vowels or alone

  • y and i are interchangeable in writing

  • h is not silent

  • j is English j

  • ll becomes i

  • ñ becomes ni

  • rr becomed rd

  • b is pronounced like v

  • all other double consonants reduce to one

  • e-ie verbs become e-i

  • e-i verbs become e-í

  • o-ue verbs become o-iu

Word Changes

Directions

-ta denotes compass direction

• • nurta=north

  • surta=south

  • erta=east

  • oyerta=west

-ví denotes other direction

• • nurví=up/forward

  • surví=down/bacward

  • erví=right

  • oyerví=left