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LAND OF SPIRITS

The Language of the Gods

English
Land of Spirits
 

Word order

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Word Order:

1. Preposition
2. Article
3. Possessive Pronoun
4. Adjective
5. Noun

Example:

- In our beautiful forest
gyelo (ina) nira evirir iqerdu
[in (the) our beautiful forest]

Sentences:

1. Particles
2. Question Word
3. Subject
4. Verb
5. Modal Verb
6. Object

The negative particle “ti” can appear in any position.

Examples:

- I love the forest
yiva yerina iqerdu
[I love forest]

- I don’t love the forest
yiva yerina ti iqerdu
[I love not forest]

- What is that?
dra le
[what that]

- Do you understand it?
eyi luva dinigriva
[‘question particle’ you understand]

- What are you talking about?
mnevrina dra luva digriva?
[about what you talk]

- Can you do it?
eyi luva vuya deler
[‘question particle’ you do can]