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Basic Description

Basic Sentences
Taru meruta karali. Karali doro-mi ja boni-mi. Taru pensa ko karali bonimi.
The person spoke about the trees. The trees were big and beautiful. The person thought that the trees were good.

Notes:

This example demonstrates basic sentence structure with subject-verb-object order, adjective usage with the -mi suffix, and a subordinate clause with the "ko" complementizer.

  • taru - person
  • meru-ta - spoke (speak + past tense)
  • karali - trees
  • doro-mi - big (adjective form)
  • ja - and
  • boni-mi - beautiful/good (adjective form)
  • pensa - think
  • ko - that (complementizer)

Greeting Dialogue

Dialogues
A: Halo! Keti statumi? B: Mi bonumi. Keti? A: Bonuvo. Keti farus nowa? B: Mi kari lema. Keti volus faru? A: Xo veni urba. Ke ti povus? B: Ja, mi povus. Kete venisu? A: Postu unoho. B: Boni. Venisu ci.
A: Hello! How are you? B: I'm good. And you? A: Well. What are you doing now? B: I'm reading a book. What do you want to do? A: Let's go to the city. Can you? B: Yes, I can. When will we come? A: After one hour. B: Good. I'll come here.

Notes:

This dialogue demonstrates conversational patterns in sylang, including questions, responses, and suggestions.

  • Halo - Hello
  • Keti - What/How (question word)
  • statumi - state/condition
  • bonumi - good (state)
  • farus - doing
  • nowa - now
  • kari - read
  • lema - book
  • volus - want
  • Xo - Let's (suggestion particle)
  • veni - come/go
  • urba - city

Instruction Sequence

Basic Sentences
Du zura mi-na libro. Duo-ra, laju cefa-mi ko mi zura-lo. Reso, mi donata ti-na.
Give me the book. Secondly, ensure that I understand it. Therefore/then, I will give it to you.

Notes:

This example demonstrates imperative forms, sequential markers, and conditional logic in sylang.

  • Du - Imperative marker
  • zura - give
  • mi-na - to me (me + dative case)
  • libro - book
  • Duo-ra - Secondly (ordinal marker)
  • laju - ensure/make sure
  • cefa-mi - certain/sure
  • zura-lo - understand it
  • Reso - Therefore/as a result
  • donata - will give
  • ti-na - to you

Technical Description

Technical
sylang lingua-va aglutinativa sistema-va, kelava morfemo uni-senso-mi. Lingua redukta token amunto-na per 50% komparo angli lingua-va.
The sylang language is an agglutinative system, wherein each morpheme has a single meaning. The language reduces the number of tokens by 50% compared to the English language.

Notes:

This example demonstrates technical vocabulary and comparative structures in sylang.

  • lingua-va - language (topic marker)
  • aglutinativa - agglutinative
  • sistema-va - system
  • kelava - wherein/in which
  • morfemo - morpheme
  • uni-senso-mi - single-meaning (compound adjective)
  • redukta - reduces
  • token - token
  • amunto-na - amount/number (accusative)
  • per - by
  • komparo - compared to
  • angli - English

Short Narrative

Narrative
Taru nomit Mako vidat kara doromi. Li pensat: "Ke mi povus klima kara?" Li rapivomu klimat kara-na. Kara-lo, li vidat tota urba. Li joyas vido-na ja sentas liberi.
A person named Mako saw a big tree. He thought: "Can I climb the tree?" He quickly climbed the tree. From the tree, he saw the whole city. He enjoyed the view and felt free.

Notes:

This narrative demonstrates reference tracking, direct thought representation, and emotional expression in sylang.

  • nomit - named
  • Mako - name
  • vidat - saw
  • Li - he/she/they (neutral pronoun)
  • pensat - thought
  • povus - can/is able to
  • klima - climb
  • rapivomu - quickly (adverb + manner)
  • klimat - climbed
  • kara-na - the tree (accusative)
  • Kara-lo - From the tree (locative)
  • tota - whole/entire
  • joyas - enjoys
  • vido-na - the view
  • sentas - feels
  • liberi - free

Logical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning
Tota tarui morta-mi. Sokrato taru-va. Reso, Sokrato morta-mi. Alga tarui alta-mi. Sokrato taru-va. Reso, Sokrato alta-mi.
All people are mortal. Socrates is a person. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. Some people are tall. Socrates is a person. Therefore, Socrates is tall.

Notes:

This example demonstrates logical reasoning in sylang. The first example is a valid syllogism, while the second demonstrates a fallacy called "partial generalization."

  • Tota - All
  • tarui - people (plural)
  • morta-mi - mortal (adjective)
  • Sokrato - Socrates
  • taru-va - is a person (topic marker)
  • Reso - Therefore
  • Alga - Some
  • alta-mi - tall (adjective)