THE SMOOTH ENGLISH TRANSLATION: I hope you are well. I write you happily. Thus, I hope this makes you happy. I touch a heartbeat of a god. It follows my story. There are two souls in me. It calls this soul Laki. It calls that soul little Luki. Laki sings and plays happily. Are you happy to sing? Meanwhile, Luki meditates. The two of them share emotions. The two of them dwell in the same story. Are you happy? I am tranquil. They are good. Thus, the student becomes enlightened. Once again, I hope you are well. — Laki Yikaodarilao Listen: I forget some of these stories. It is okay if the speaker changes the language following. Do you understand? THE TEXT IN KILIS-AI: "Litamu nanoka. Xianoka-xo lutumapisa. Alai, lutuma noxupula-xo nanoka. Piasoka pilonikutemi-xi tamasilemana. Ono kitananemi xianapauka. O-lai namosilaumi tomyauka. Namosilemi-xo mapasauka Laki. Namosilemi-xu mapasauka Luki. Laki shokutotaika tolunaika-tai lutumapisa. Shokutoteli latamuka-sai? Luaxoyot, Luki solaxoshaika. Kakalaumi lakyauka. Kitanan-lai koisha-xa nalashyauka. Lutumu-sai? Mutuno. Pilau. Alai, xunon napami-xa soyawala noxupauka. Xaolin, litamu nanoka." — Laki Yikaodarilao Paoxusuto: Kitananaumi-xolau linosam xuwalikoka. Sis shiakit-xa pauxosemi-xa xiapauka, alai kanau. Niwalishuka-sai? Kilis-ai is agglutinating. • Types of noun suffixes, in order: -Plurals (all, finite group, pair) -Cases (dative, possessive, object, etc.) There will never be a naked pronoun. If a pronoun is the subject and therefore can't have any suffix, then it will be implicit in the conjugated verb. • Verb suffixes must have at least case on them, as well as person. A naked personal suffix is terrible grammar, like saying "he to run." Verb infinitives end in –eli, which is how they appear in the dictionary. Verb suffixes in order: -Person (I, you, we, you-all, he, she, it) -Tense (present, past perfect, past imperfect, future, imperative, gerund) -Doubt (questioning and suggesting: this requires an example. "Are you running?" would be "Kitalutasai?" Which generally means "To run-you-gerund-question?" Suggesting would be "Shall we run?" translating to "Kitalyotasou?" and literally "To run-we-gerund-suggest?" Sentence Order: 1) Subject 2) Article as a dashed suffix 3) Subjectal adjective 4) Object 5) Article as a dashed suffix 6) Objectal adjective 7) (Prepositional phrase, with preposition as a dashed suffix at the end) 8) Verb Conjunctions are a dashed suffix as well. Phrases with "if" in them always take the form "if…then…" I think that's all you need. Here are the important grammatical parts: Verb Suffixes Person: I=o You=u He=i She=ai It=au We=yo You-All=yu They=yau General "it"=wau Tense: Present=ka Past perfect=pu Past imperfect=ku Future=la Imperative=to Gerund=ta Infinitive=li Doubt: Questioning=sai Suggesting=sou Noun Suffixes: Plural: Pair=ao Group=au All=ai Cases: Subject=none Object=mi Possesive=no Dative=nu Genitive=mana VOCAB; • alai=thus • kakal=emotion • kanau=fine (in the sense of OK) • kitanan=story • koisha=same • -lai=in • lakeli=to share • Laki/Luki=proper names • linosam=some • litama=healthy • luaxoyot=at the same time • lutuma=happy • mapaseli=to be named • mutuna=tranquil (lit. water-like) • nalasheli=to dwell • namosil=soul • naneli=to hope • niwalisheli=to understand • noxupeli=to become • ono=my • paoxuseli=to listen • piaseli=to hear • pila=good • pilonikut=heartbeat • -pisa=makes a adjective into an adverb. • -sai=indicates doubt, i.e., "Is there a tree?"= Silemi tomauka-sai? Also applies to "do you/does it…" and "are you/are it…" etc. • shokutoteli=to sing • sis…alai=if…then • solaxosheli=to meditate • soyawala=enlightened • -tai=and, also • tamasil=hero, lit. great man. • toluneli=to play (a game) • tomeli=to exist, as in haber in Spanish. "there is/are" • Xaolin=again • -xi=a (indefinite article) • xianapeli=to hear • xianeli=to write • -xo=this • -xo=this • -xolau=these • -xu=that • xunon napa=student (lit. young scribe) • xuwalik=language • Yikaodarilao=proper name