by Arkala Hargiutamá, Shibandar Tegestakao
Page last updated August 11 2007
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The Kazujisha Reference Grammar (pdf) |
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§1 Kazujisha personal pronouns have many different forms, depending on dialect and occasion. Standard language has two forms for each pronoun, long and short. The long is rarely used outside written language, except for adding emphasis.
mijala – me I mijalaja – mej, meja we sujala – su you sujalaja – suja you tajala – ta he/she tajalaja – taja they zhijala – zhi she zhijalaja – zhija they (fem) bajala – ba he bajalaja – baja they (masc) sejala – se it sejalaja – seja they (non-ani)
§2 Kazujisha does not use the second person plural (sujalaja) when formally addressing someone, as opposed to many European languages.
§3 Verbs do not inflect in Kazujisha. This means, that there is only one form of every verb you will encounter, the present tense (equal to the English plain present and to be + participle) How to form other tenses is discussed later on.
§4 Kazujisha uses a word order similar to the English, subject-verb-object.
§5 The word for to be (am, are, is) is daks in all persons but the first person singular, which uses vaks.
mijala vaks I am mijalaja daks we are sujala daks you are sujalaja daks you are tajala daks (s)he is tajalaja daks they are
§6 Vaks and daks are often shorted to va and da, especially in spoken language.
§7 All other verbs remain the same in all persons.
mijala raku I write mijalaja raku we write sujala raku you write sujalaja raku you write tajala raku (s)he writes tajalaja raku they write
§8 Kazujisha does not use articles (a, an; the). How to form the definite of nouns, see §11.
Mijala vaks Kazujishamá ja unustakas Kazujisha. Me raku. Su jusupa. Tajala rãe Engleka. Tajala unustakas Englekasha – ta da Englekamá. Tahtu da kudu. Kudu da katsume. Mijalaja daks tjalme. Bajala turera, ja rãe. Su kaeste Kazujisha ja meja kaesti.
Sujala rãe ja ta nãei. Meja da tahlm. Meja da kaestemá, ja zhijala da kaestimá. Zhijala rãe. Meja jusupa ja kaeste. Kitaja da!
Engleka English language Engleskamá English person Englekasha England; United Kingdom ja and jusupa to read katsume green kaeste to study; to learn kaesti to teach Kazujisha Kazujisha nation Kazujisha Kazujisha language Kazujishamá Kazujisha person kitaja good, great kudu a house nãei to see, to look raku to write rãe to speak tahlm here tahtu there tjalme nice, friendly turera to come unustakas to live (in)
1. Translate the following into Kazujisha. Mix long and short forms of pronouns and the copula.
I am. You come. He is English, and he speaks Kazujisha. She studies Kazujisha, and he teaches. It is green. The house is there. We are here, and we live in Kazujisha. He is good. I read, and she speaks. It sees.
Where are you from? Introducing yourself
Eshala! Hi! Irashá! Welcome! Itta sujala kirnjo daks? What is your name? Ittan seale sujala daks? How old are you? Vorde itta sujala daks? Where are you from? Mijala kirnjo daks ... My name is ... Mijala vaks vorde ... I am from ... Teh sujala rãe ...? Do you speak ...? Kudamejii itte. Please. Kudamejii. Thanks. Neshala! Good bye! Kitaja jaju sipetasu. Have a nice day.
1. Mijala vaks. Sujala turera. Bajala daks Engleka, ja bajala rãe Kazujisha. Zhijala kaeste Kazujisha, ja bajala kaesti. Sejala daks katsume. Kudu daks tahtu. Mijalaja daks tahlm, ja mijalaja unustakas Kazujisha. Bajala daks kitaja. Mijala jusupa, ja tajala rãe. Sejala nãei.
Table of Contents |
Lesson 1 |
Lesson 2 |
Lesson 3 |
The Kazujisha Reference Grammar (pdf) |
The Kazujisha webpage index