Thranx is a complex language even in the LOW THRANX version, therefore I will show you only a basic resume of grammar:
GENDER AND AGE:
gender prefix example male ket- (male) worker.... ketkleev female wy- (female) worker.... wykleev neutral, abstract, undefined worker.... kleev larval tui- (child / larva) worker..... tuikleev PLURAL :
Add -hh- after the last vowel of the word:
friend ..............fallopil
friends ..............fallopihhl
NEGATIVE FORM :
Add the negative particle zyu before the verb :
I am a friend......... fallopil al zahlt
I am not a friend......... fallopil al zyu zahlt
INTERROGATIVE FORM :
Add the interrogative particle sen before the verb :
You are a human......... ooman pot zahlt
Are you a human ?......... ooman pot sen zahlt
VERB :
Tense and Mood suffix example Present -lt I am a thranx......... thranx al zahlt Past -nt You opened the door......... ortwuulvut pot ultuyezant Future -wt They will go to Willowane......... naul Willowane duv jaulwt Imperative -zt Go!.............jaulzt Conditional would -pt I would be a thranx.............thranx al zahpt Infinite -ct To be or not to be............... zahct ulvut zyu zahct PRONOUNS :
English Pronoun Thranx Pronoun I, me al you pot he, him rac she, her zin it yac we, us don you lit they, them duv
English Thranx my lac your liz his pha her eph its phi our ooah your tycr their peac ARTICLE :
The use of the article is not common, it is used only when is absolutely necessary to explain the meaning of the sentence:
(a / the) friend ..............fallopil
a friend (just one of my friends).............. neb fallopil
the friend ..............oxi fallopil
THE STRUCTURE OF A SENTENCE :
Other words + Object + Subject + Verb :
i.e. "I pilot a skimmer over the lake" :
Subject Verb Object Other I pilot a skimmer over the lake The previous english sentence must be modified :
Other Object Subject Verb over the lake a skimmer I pilot .... and then we can translate the words:
Other Object Subject Verb ex ti!jaul kevuyeul al tuwetiulna!vuyelt I pilot a skimmer over the lake ......... ex ti!jaul kevuyeul al tuwetiulna!vuyelt
last update October 2005
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