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Hi! We would like to welcome a new member to our community of Litish Creators, Princess Hana! Now. Let's begin with some random things.
PREPOSITIONS
Till/ In/ Till unt groopusdoo (In a grave)/ Pronunciation: Tihll
Voo/ To/ Ving Voo Vem! (Glory to them; Hail)/ Pronunciation: voo
INFINITIVE MARKER
Der/ To/ Unt Tcin der corsee venim alt (One Ring to Rule them all)/ Pronunciation: Dhur
CONJUNCTIONS
Mant/ Or/ Do glo mant minimetuo do glo. (To be or not to be)/ Pronunciation: Mahnt
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
Veste/ Just, only/ Veste do'italy (Just do it)/ Pronunciation: Vest-eh
Haoond/ Good/ Haoond gobe! (Good Job!)/ Pronunciation: Hoond
Huais/ Bad/ Elle vest huait! (She is bad!)/ Pronunciation: Hways
Superbonos/ Many, much/ Elayera superbonos de Fellen (There are many people)/ Pronunciation: Super-bohnohs
Superbon/ A lot/ Elayera superbon de Fellen (There are a lot of people)
Suprenon/ Very, -ful/ Suprenon de lafog-ful.(Very funny), Suprenon de sedonst (Blissful)/ Pronunciation: Soo-preh-nohn
Next, we'll cover the confusing topic of accusative pronouns and verbs. Take some time to let the Quantifiers sink in first. And note the Chinese roots of 'Good' and 'bad'.
VERBS
In Litish, there are three present forms of is. Singular, Plural and Question. Thus, it would be I is and you is, not I am and you are.
Singular/ Vest/ Is, Am, (you) Are/ Pronunciation: vest
Plural/ Erst/ (they, we) Are/ Pronunciation: er-st
Question/ Est/ Are (they?), Am (I?), Are (you?), Is (it?)/ Pronunciation: ehst
Then for past tense...
Singular/ Ests/ (It) Was/ Pronunciation: ehss (continues, T is tried to be pronounced but comes out silent)
Plural/ Ersts/ (They) Were/ Pronunciation: Er-sts (")
Question/ Este/ Were (they?), Was (it?)/ Pronunciation: Ehst-ay/eh
To Be or Not to Be?
The Litish-English translations show that 'be' and 'is' are different words.
The Litish word for 'be' is 'glo'.
Do glo mant minimetuo do glo. (To be or not to be)
Pronunciation: gloh
Have haven't had have has.
There are a few "To have" verbs here. I have to learn the word have, have you learnt it? I have been.
Have (possessive)/ Bees/ Egoii bees superbonos conscriptographs (I have many rulers)/ Pronunciation: Beees
Have (to do sth); Got (to do sth)/ Go/ Tuas go d'hargs ab! (You’ve got to move it)/ Pronunciation: gho
NOTE!! That 'it' is different, (SEE: Lesson 7: Basics 3)
Have (been)/ Venon (tren)/ Egoii venon portalize (I have been writing)/ Pronunciation:vehnohn
NOTE!! 'Been' is different from 'be' in this case; Have been
Must (be)/ Vo/ Vo-glo. (Must be.)/ Pronunciation: voh
Finally, let's end this with...
ACCUSATIVE PRONOUNS
Him/ Femb, Fembs/ Je femb mia (I know him)/ Pronunciation: fehm, fehms
Her/ Eller, Ellers/ Je eller mia (I know her)/ Pronunciation: ehllair, ehlluhrs
Them/ Vem/ vem/ Ving Voo Vem. (Glory to them {i.e.The Holy Trinity} Also can be used as “hail Them” or “Hail!”.)/ Pronunciation: Vem
Us/ Oosab/ Oosab erst there gerth (We are the world)/ Pronunciation: Ooh-sahb
NOTE!! 'Us' is a special pronoun in Litish, it has no accusative form. Us and We are the same word.
REMEMBER: Me/ Moi (SEE: Lesson 3: Introduction)
Today's sentence structure content will be very low.
Note that 'I know him' is 'Je femb mia'. Quite commonly, there is this occurrence where the sentence can be subject-object-verb. Remember that! There are, as always, some exceptions, but let's not confuse ourselves first.
Look out for the Quizlet!
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