Elkedae de Kulturahosen en Pravikenskolen se Alvestea es ovat usne, duran somer, ventra, verdante, en auden. Elke provinseale tanas hend an komunitas sentrum, somtede met vened sevaunen: an kulturahos, pravikenskola, en sportsentrum alsamen. De hovedsutat Enteve en de reter tanasen hend dense elne aparte sevaunen pa elke. Dus, Enteve hend an sentrale Kulturahos, met rayon kulturahosen, vened pravikenskolen, en ovat sportsentrumen. Na de liter tanasen en na de sutatrayonen, de kulturahos/pravikenskola vane skala hend an aula pa laiken, konserten, kinofilmen entakvase, tavens klasadanen, lindese ateleren, musika praktikadanen, an nomikleane, en ovated an yarden met an kafe olen restoran. Ovated skala dar es de narte aktivsentrum, met laikenvelden, verkdanen, navenhalen en sportenhalen. De pravikenskolen anderase de praviken se elke tanas de kans te lernen pa intelekte redenen olen enved pa spas. Na Alvestea, skola es nur ne pa de kinden, yem al de praviken. Et es an ovat velenrete dal se alvesteane levte. Praviken kan vase pa korte kursen se vened daen olen veken, olen den kan otvase se dense arvate te studere pa vened monaten. De pravikales monaten te esvase kursen es na tanaste olen ulantra na de auden yertede, olen na fristede olen yavesta na de ventra. De kurskosten es ovat lade. Som se de pravikenskolen es na de arvolean olen narte an laksa olen rohat, en tak de studenten kan samenleven met de natura.
Ordeliste
elkedae - every day
pravikenskola - folkschool, adult continuing education
somer - summer
ventra - winter
verdante - spring
auden - autumn
komunitas - community
somtede - sometimes
alsamen - all together
aparte - separate
dus - so, therefore
aula - auditorium
laika - play
konsert - concert
kinofilm - movie
klasadane - classroom
lind/lindese - art
ateler - studio
musika - music
praktikadane - rehearsal room
nomikleane - library
ovated - often
aktivsentrum - activity center
laikenveld - playing field
verkdane - exercise room, gym
navenhal - swimming hall
sporthal - gymnasium
anderase - to provide
pravik - person (praviken - people)
kans - chance
lerne - to learn
intelekte - intellectual
reden - reason
enved - easy, simple
pa - for, by
spas - pleasure, fun
kinde - child
korte - short
kurs - course
dae - day
vek - week
arvat - work, job
studere - to study
pravikale - popular
monat - month
esvase - to start, begin
tanaste - September
ulantra - October
yertede - season
fristede - February
yavesta - March
kurskosten - tuition
lade - low
arvolea - forest
rohat - river
samenleven - together
Struktura
The months of the year have two names each, but the peculiar Alphistian names are far more common.
nevanse (from 'neve' - snow), yanuar - January
fristede (means 'cold time'), fevrar - February
yavesta (from 'yave' - rain), marse - March
vertala (means 'greening'), avril - April
florena (means 'flowering'), maya - May
vilnate (from 'vilna'- summer cottage, the time people go to theirs...), yunea - June
solesta (means 'sunniness'), yulea - July
kaidase (means 'hot time'), auste - August
tanaste (means 'to town', time to leave the vilna), september - September
ulantra (means 'beautiful time'), oktober - October
nasender - (from 'nase'- wet), november - November
darvender - (from 'darve'- dark),desember - December
The days of the week are based mostly on counting, with Monday being considered the first day of the week:
ansdae - Monday
tavsdae - Tuesday
medevek - Wednesday
vorsdae - Thursday
vetsdae - Friday
sesdae - Saturday
anaresdae - Sunday
Most adverbs in Alphistian have the same form as the adjective, and are declined in the same way.
enved - easy, easily
droste - difficult, difficultly
tave - good, well
eke - bad, badly
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