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Litish has three genders - male, female and generalized. Animals can be all three, depending whether their gender is known or unknown. Anything undefined or unknown is described as "generalized" and the rest sorted into masculine and feminine respectively. Thus, there are three a's.
a (Masculine)/ Un/ Un Ruff (A Male dog)
Pronunciation: oon
A (Feminine)/ Une/ Une Ruff (a Female dog)
Pronunciation: oon-e
A (Generalized/ Unknown Gender)/ Unt/ Unt Conscriptograph (A ruler)
Pronunciation: Oont
*"Unt" also means "one", but the Numbers lesson will come when it wants to.
Other descriptions of number are 'some' and 'all'. Some and all both have feminine forms, as do many adjectives and nouns.
Some/ Sont(e → feminine)/ Sont walkclothes. (Some shoes)/ Sonte eve-eves (Some girls)
Pronunciation: sont, sontay
All/ Alt(ies → feminine)/ Alt Ly Cutefurcs. (All the animals)/ Alties they eve-eves (All the girls)
Pronunciation: allt, alltees
Now. Some Pronouns, before we get to some very special words and some very Lithium-defining words.
I/ Eoi, Lënnen/ Eoi ve purplefruits. (I am Fat)
Pronunciation: e'yoy (but one syllable), leh-nehn (technically luh-nehn)
Me/ Moi/ Goodni Moi! (Goodness Me!)
Pronunciation: Mwa
You/ Tuas/ Tuas ve longuellowhings. (You are/ were skinny).
Pronunciation: Twas
He/ Felle, Fells/ Felle ve elstupido, Fells ers elstups. (He is (a) stupido, They are stupidos)
Pronunciation: Fell-ay, fells
She/ Elle, elles/ Elle ve une eve-eve, Elles ers des eve-eves. (She is a girl, They are girls.)
Pronunciation: Elle-ay, ells
It/ Italy, Italies/ Italy ve inevvin, Italies ers inevvine. (It catches your attention/ is interesting, They catch your attention/ are interesting)
Pronunciation: ee-tal-ee, ee-tal-ees
They/ Venim/ Venim ers inevvine. (They are interesting)
Pronunciation: veh-nim
If you notice, the early Litish creation was mainly comprised of French, for example, un, une, et, elle, je, moi (a (m.), a (f.), and, she, I, me.
This is due to the fact that French was a highly prominent third language during the development of the language, and changing it would mean lots of edits to the language. However, as Litish grew, many more languages may come in.
Now. The word 'de'. 'De' is used for many, many things. For example, 'de' and its plural form 'des', automatically go in front a noun without 'a' or 'the' in front of it or tagged to it. It is like 'des' in French, once more French roots. It is also used as a possessive, as seen in this statement: "De Mamama de Dylan (Dylan’s Grandmother)". Here, the first 'de' is tagged to 'Mamama', then tagged to 'Dylan', due to the possessive form. 'De' is also used as 'that' in a certain way, not 'this' and 'that', but 'I ask that you pay attention in this lesson'. Other 'de' forms may be taught in later lessons.
Special Words
God/ Jesus (Jeh-zu-zay)/ Thou uno Jesus realities (The One True God)
Oops!/ Oopsy-Doopsy!/ Interjection.
We do not mean to discriminate against other religions, but it is what it is.
Finally, we have 'Awkachipuk'.
Awkachipuk is a very unique word. It's untranslatable, and was originally created by Dylan's maternal grandmother. It is pronounced 'auh-ka-chi-pook', and it is used when hoisting someone off somewhere, for example, elderly from the floor. It is both an exclamation and a verb. It is also described as "A Magical Noise made when you help lift someone up from the floor/ chair/ et cetera (e.g. elderly)". The exclamation is mainly untranslatable, but the verb would mean 'to hoist up' or 'to lift from the ground'.
That's all for today, lots was taught today, let it sink in. While I do recommend learning French, learning it for the purpose of Litish doesn't help much in later lessons, be forewarned, for example, the Litish word for 'draw', 'Utujajede(sin)', is made from five different languages, French only taking part in the 'de(sin)', and eventually words like the words of 'Morn Niry' and other greetings have no relation to French whatsoever, but we'll cover 'Greetings' in the next lesson. Stay tuned for the links, and remember to join the Quizlet Classroom!
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