2018. január 25., csütörtök

Lesson 4: Yes or no? and articles

Ae lou eux? - Em!
                    - Nen!

Heth ar ae nae? - Onai en.

Enae (ae) se uvistu? - Where's the bathroom?

2017. június 11., vasárnap

Lesson 3: I am...! Nice to meet you!

Dhau ae David! Thux cu detaungah lou! - I am David. Nice to meet you.

thux - happiness
cu - to
detaungah - welcome

* Noun + cu = verb without the need of the form of to be.

Heth ae lou? - How are you?
Dhau ae mebai. Coreu (lou). - I am fine. Thank you.

mebai - fine, good
coreu - thank

Dhau ajaith lou lacae dhak. - I saw you a long time (ago).

ajai - see
ajaith - saw
lacae - long
dhak - time

Deubajai! - Goodbye! See you "back"

deub - good

Lesson 2: The Personal Pronouns

Affirmative:

Dhau ae - I am
Lou ae - You are
Yah ae - He/She is
Eux ae - It is
Fauh ae - We are
Lauh ae - You are
Ho ae - They are

Negative:

Dhau aen - I am not
Lou aen - You are not

Yah aen - He/She is not
Eux aen - It is not
Fauh aen - We are not
Lauh aen - You are not
Ho aen - They are not

Question:

Ae dhau? - Am I?                         Aen dhau? - Am I not?
Ae lou? - Are you?                       Aen lou? - Are you not?
Ae yah? - Is he/she?                     Aen yah? - Is he/she not?
Ae eux? - Is it?                             Aen eux? - Is it not?
Ae fauh? - Are we?                      Aen fauh? - Are we not?
Ae lauh? - Are you?                     Aen lauh? - Are you not?
Ae ho? - Are they?                       Aen ho? - Are they not?

Lesson 1: Pronunciation

The alphabet:

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

Diphthongs: ae  ai   au   ch  dh  eu  ng  ou  sh  th
Sounds:        æ   ɛ   o,ɑ   tʃ    ð    ø   ŋ     ʊ   ʃ    θ

Rules: 
- Letter C is pronounced [k] when it stands before a deep vowel. (ca,cau,co,cou,cu)
- Letter C is pronounced [s] when it stands before a high vowel. (cae,cai,ce,ceu,ci)
- Letter H is never pronounced at the end of the words.
- Diphthong au is pronounced [o] when it has a consonant after the diphthong itself.
- Diphthong au is pronounced [ɑ] when it has not got a consonant after the diphthong itself.