Erek: Tave dae, Mika.
Mika: Hoive, Erek. Hen vase et met du?
Erek: Preatne. Vilye du te vase met me te Enteve semorne?
Mika: Se prave!
Erek: Prima! Ve skala vase erde na de morne. Dar es ovat vaden te dun en sae na de hovedsutat.
Mika: Yae. Sanders vilye ya vase te de televise tor na de Sutat Park.
Erek: Tave. Dar skala ve vase, avens ve enske vase te de Kilrete, de Lesenum Museon, en de Kulturahos.
Mika: Ovat tave. De kafe na de Kulturahos es ovat preatne, met an ulanta viste otse de venten na de dak se de sevaune.
Erek: Tan kan ve vasen met de metrotram te de zoopark.
Mika: Skala ve hend tede enad te vase te de Nenan Promenad?
Erek: Kanskele later na de mededae, denk ya.
Mika: De nenanen na de Promenad hend de taves vaden te kope. Dar es tak ovat nenanen!
Erek: Nad ve ankope, ve kan hend evenete na de Zenit restoran.
Mika: Var es das?
Erek: Das es na de dak se de hohes hotel na Enteve, naste de sporenvehaten station. Nad nas evenete, ve kan vase enved te nas tren hema.
Mika: Das skala es an ovat usne dae.
Erek: Yae, nem Enteve es de retes, spanes sutat se nas lesenum. Das ve skala noye.
Ordeliste
tave dae-hello, good day
hoive-hello
hen-how
vilye-to want
semorne-tomorrow
se prave-of course
prima-great, excellent
skala-shall, will
erde-early
morne-morning
vad-thing
dun-to do
sae-to see
hovedsutat-capital
yae-yes (informal for 'ye'-yes)
sanders-particular(ly), especially
tor-tower
tave-good
avens-too, also
enske-must
Kilrete-Alphistian parliament
lesenum-native land, country, nation
museon-museum
viste-view
otse-from, out of
dak-roof
tan-then
enad-enough
promenad-pedestrian street
kanske(le)-maybe, perhaps
later-later
mededae-afternoon
denk-to think
kope-to buy
nad-after
ankope-buy, shop
evenete-dinner, evening meal
var-where
hohe-tall, high
naste-next, next to
sporenvehaten-railway
nem-but
spane-exciting
noye-to enjoy
Struktura The future tense is formed by using the helping verb 'skala'-shall, will with the infinitive.
skala vase-will go
skala sae-will see
skala dun-will do
Most adjectives in Alphistian end in the letter '-e' (but not ALL adjectives do). The comparative form of the adjective adds the letter '-r' after the '-e', '-er' to adjectives ending in consonants, and if the adjective ends in a vowel other than '-e', drop the final vowel and add '-er'. The superlative is formed in the same way with the letters '-s' or '-es'.
tave, taver, taves-good, better, best
eke, eker, ekes-bad, worse, worse
ulanta, ulanter, ulantes-beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
neuve, neuver, neuves-new, newer, newest
Note that Alphistian does not have the equivalent of 'more' or 'most' forms. Also note that there are no exceptions in forming the comparative and superlative forms.
The object pronouns are:
me-me
du-you
han-him
er-her
et-it
os-us
den-them
Alphistian does not have case endings. Use object pronouns after prepositions, but adjectives and nouns have the same forms as in the nominative.
Common prepositions:
se-of, from
met-with, by
in-within
over-over, above
ot-out
otse-out of, from
dort-through
na-in, on
hind-behind
duran-during
lans-along
te-to
upas-up
nevas-against
ten-against
medan-among, between
The following verbs are used with the infinitives as modal verbs:
kan-can, able to
enske-must, have to
vilye-want(to)
Ya kan vase.
Ve enske vase.
Den vilye vase.
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