Common Words, Phrases and Sentences in KiLiKi
Greetings, introduction, please & sorry are most common words, sentences or phrases in a language. In this article we will explore the most common ones. Meet Loki here. He is saying 'vaasoaraerae' to you.
'rae' is the word for sun. 'raerae' is morning. 'vaasoa-ja' is the adjective 'good'. The word 'vaasoaraerae' is a single word formed by combining an adjective and a noun. In such cases the '-ja' adjective marker should be removed. When we want to say 'good sister' we should write it as 'vaasO-ja see'.
'*kve' is the question symbol. 'ka' denotes an object and 'ka*kve' is the word for question word what.
We already saw another way to say your name. Here is a simpler way. 'min*tta idi luni saaraa' is the other way which would translate to 'my name is Saaraa'.
'nam' is day
'denam-va' is today
'ganam-va' is yesterday
'funam-va' is tomorrow
As we have already seen 'de' 'ga' and 'fu' are the markers to denote present, past and future respectively. We saw them when we introduced verbs. As 'yesterday', 'today' and 'tomorrow' are adverbs, their corresponding words end in '-va' adjective marker.
All adverbs end with a '-va' marker. The adverb 'Please' is 'liz-va' in KiLiKi.
'Please speak to her' can be translated as 'liz-va baahaani thaa-chatae'
'mae' is the word for moon. 'maemae' is evening.
'nae' is the word for star. So now you know what the word for night is and how to say good night?
Yes. 'naenae' is the word for night and 'vaasoanaenae' is good night.
Let us breakdown the words 'meekilu-ja neeflafeenam'
'meekeelu-ja' is an adjective meaning happy
'neef' comes from the adjective neef-ja meaning 'beginning'
'lafee' is the word for life.
There by 'neeflafee' means 'birth'
'nam' is the word for day.
Now you can wish your dear ones 'meekeelu-ja neeflafeenam' in KiLiKi. Take this image to the cake shop and ask them to write Happy Birthday in KiLiKi along with your dear one's name in KiLiKi script. In the below image, Meenaa is wishing Loki a Happy Birthday.
The single KiLiKi word 'nimvaasoa*kve' roughly translates to 'you good?' meaning 'how are you?' or 'are you fine?'
The answer to the question can be
'zaan. nim*kve' - 'yes. how about you?'
'vaasoa-ja' - 'good'
'naz. vaasoa*rrr' - 'nope. not good' (*rrr is a click sound that negates a word)
'sova-ja. nim*kve' - 'bad. how about you?'
'vaasoava-ja' - 'it is both good and bad' or 'it is so-so'
'funam-va' is tomorrow
'koovini' is the verb 'to call'
Check out how Meenaa is telling Loki 'I will call you'.
Language is always fun to learn with a partner. Please find a partner and practice these phrases and sentences with them. We will soon have audio and video for the same available in our site.
vaasoanam nim-chatae
bazaa!