Common Tongue Vocabulary and Grammar

Tongue/Language: Kendah, Common: Yah, Common Tongue: Yahkendah

I: Oos; Me: Oo; My: Ool; Mine: Oot

You: Nu; Yours:Nul

He: Ji; His: Jit; Him: Jul

She: Sil; Her: Sils; Hers: Sila

Gender Neutral Pronoun: Ye; GN Possessive: Yel

They: Det; Them: Detl; Their/s: Deta; We/Us: Fea It: lel

There are no articles in Yahkendah.

Vocabulary: is (ney), am/be (na), are (ni), have (ba), had (baex), was (naex), will be (nazi), are (net), eat (ess), drink (vess), listen (wadit), speak (wadiz), walk (telt), run (telts), jump (telta), smile (meen), laugh (meena), sleep (huhm), dream (huhma), nightmare (huhmek), sell (verd), merchant (verdet), buy (perd), smell (feleen), see (veleen), to (tot), of (ghet), and (ket), in (fe), with (sosh), but (not), at (ust), man/male (vrut), woman/female (vruta), gender neutral person (vruy), flower (rey), krah (apple)

warrior (brinmy), war (brin), wizard (mellor), city/city state (suday), magic (mell), love (assa), hate (prassa), sex (vhang), know (naid), knowledge (naidel), sage/scholar (naidor), sword (jick), blue (voo), red (gen), green (shan), yellow (wyen), fire (assla), flaming sword (asslajick), water (unnla), earth/rock/stone (vot), steel (stah), day (usbate), night (losbate), darkness (los), light (us), sorrow (reth), mother (jesse), father (vesse), child (cess), home (affil), year (fesh), mercenary (verdbrinmy)

Grammar rule 1: Subjects and predicates are combined into one word. Example: "I am" is "Oosna", as in "Oosna Lutrani" or "I am from Lutran." "i" added to a place name means from that place. Word order is Subject-Verb-Object.

Grammar rule 2: Adjectives and the nouns they modify are combined into one word. Example: "red apple" is "genkrah", combining "gen" or "red" with "krah" or "apple". A red flower would be a "genrey".

Grammar rule 3: Plural nouns are formed by adding an "l", pronounced "uhl". Example: "Apples" is " krahl". "Ten red apples" would be "aantgenkrahl". "I have ten red apples" would be "Oosba aantgenkrahl."

Grammar rule 4: Verbs show past tense by adding "ex". Example: "I had ten red apples" would be " Oosbaex aantgenkrahl". Future tense is shown by adding "zi", as in "Oosbazi aantgenkrahl." , meaning "I will have ten red apples." Verbs do not change for pronouns or number.

Numbers: 0 (A), 1 (Aan), 2 (Tan), 3 (Zan), 4 (Wan), 5 (Yan), 6 (Lan), 7 (Kan), 8 (Dan), 9 (Man), 10 (Aant), 15 (Aantyan), 20 (Tant), 26 (Tantlan), 30 (Zant), 100 (Aanl), 163 (Aanllanzan), 1000 (Aank), 1784 (Aankkanldantwan)