Constructed Language

It's my first time posting here
I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips on
making my own language. I have a few basic grammar rules at
the moment.
Tell me what you think!

All words begin with:

Ki (Masculine) Chi (Feminine) Ti (Gender Neutral) Pi (Refers to "You". Regardless of gender.)

These refer to the subjects of sentences (Them, They, It, Him, Her)

 

They are followed by:

Ra (Past Tense) Ri (Present Tense) Ro (Future Tense)

These are used for verbs/actions/adjectives concerning

objects or concepts.

Ya (Past Tense) Yi (Present Tense) Yo (Future Tense)

These are used for verbs/actions/adjectives concerning

people or animals.

Ma (Past Tense) Mi (Present Tense) Mo (Future Tense)

These are used for verbs/actions/adjectives concerning

oneself or personal identity.

 I have no real vocabulary at the moment but basic sentences would go like this:


John is walking ----> Kisuyi John walk

John was walking ----> Kisuya John walk

John will walk ----> Kisuyo John walk


Adjectives would be tacked onto the ends of sentences.

When a sentence is without a verb, such as when you are describing a situation or concept

the adjective would come after the ra/ri/ro, ya/yi/yo, or ma/mi/mo.

That painting is pretty ----> Chisuri painting pretty

They were annoying ----> Tisuya annoying

I'm still working on a vocabulary and how to differentiate singular and plurals.

Tell me how I'm doing!

Ki covers Him and He

Chi covers Her and She

Ti covers Them, it, and they.

When talking in terms of "We" you use Ti and the modifier that refers to oneself.

Tisumi would refer to "We" in the present tense.

 

Also, first-word possessives happen like this:
 

The possessive form of Ki is Gi

The possessive form of Chi is Zhi

The possessive form of Ti is Di

The possessive form of Pi is Bi


Su is the universal copula ("To be" verb)

Kisumi Greg ----> I am Greg

Kisuma Greg ----> I was Greg

Kisumo Greg ----> I will be Greg

 
When referring to objects, you use Ti, Su, a R(a, i, o) word, and then you name the object.

 
Ex: Tisuri glass ---> That is a glass

Tisuri glass broken ----> This glass is broken.

Tisura glass broken ----> This glas was broken

Tisura glass full ----> This glass was full

etc.

 

Conjunctions:

Negative/contrasting Conjunction (ie: but, nor)

Ke

Non-Contrasting Conjunction (ie: and)

Ge (Sounds like the spanish word for the letter "G". "Hey")

Alternate Presenting Conjunction (ie: or)

Ze

Action-Consequence Conjunction (ie: so)

We

 

Examples:

Kisumi Greg ge pisumi John.

I am Greg and you are John.

Gisuri hairbrush we "don't touch" <--- no words for that right now.That is my hairbrush so don't touch.

Demonstrative nouns (ie: This, That, These, Those)

 
Ha ----> This (Proximal. It shows that the object it is referring to is close)

Du ----> That (Medial/Distal. The object it is referring to is near or far away)
 

The concept of multiple objects being referred to by Ha or Du will be determined by the word itself
 

Example: (I will use the previous example)

 
Gisuri du hairbrush we "don't touch"

That is my hairbrush so don't touch.

Gisuri ha hairbrush we "don't touch"

This is my hairbrush so don't touch

 

The first example shows that the hairbrush is out of the speaker's hands

The second example shows that the hairbrush is in the speaker's possession.

If your constructed language uses genders for inanimate objects, or for classes of living things (human, dog, cat, etc), then it automatically fails.

Table should be gender neutral, unless all tables suddenly grow either a cock-n-balls or a cunt.
Cat should be gender neutral, because a cat can be male or female. In english, tom refers to a male cat, while molly refers to a female cat. To give the word cat a gender connotation would be silly.
Dog is kind of a funny one (in english), since it sort of does mean a male canine, and bitch refers to a female canine.

It's kind of common sense that inanimate objects are gender-neutral. But there is some sense in giving certain objects genders. Some objects have a feminine or masculine connotation. However, since OP's language is brand new, that would make it incredibly sexist :P
Like giving "doll" or "perfume" a female gender and giving "football" or "truck" a male gender.

OP here.
Thanks for the criticism.
I have more.

Tso ----> Yes/Positive Response (Pronounced like the Japanese "tsu"  つ except with an "o" sound.)

Na ----> No/Negative Response

 
Na can be used as a reply

If you want to negate a word the word "Full" into the word "Empty" You' would place Na in front of it.

Lets say the word for "Full" is... "Bokata", if you want it to be "Empty" you would say "Nabokata".
 

My friend brought up a good point though:

"Wouldn't that cause confusion? Say, checking if you have enough gas. "What does the dashboard say about how much gas we've got left?" - "It's not empty." While the car could be driving on it's last gallon."

 
That problem is solved like this:


Non-exact measurements and scales in this language (Say, in conversation when you need to give a basic sense of amount.) are on a scale of 1 to 10. The number would be placed in front of the word that requires clarification.


Example:

1nabokata ----> "Just about empty."

9bokata ----> "Just about full."
 

Using numbers is used on a "gut approximation". It gives a lot of emotional weight to the language.

Numbers are pronounced as followed (Though they are printed as latin numbers.)

 
1 - Ii

2 - D o

3 - Ru

4 - Júr

5 - Sin

6 - Ku

7 - Zio

8 - Fe

9 - Kes

10 - Dra

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