Nisaruan

Grammar—tenses

Present: -an

Past: -en

Future: -in

Imperfect: -on

Pluperfect: -un

Future perfect: -ien

To command someone, add: -uopa

Nouns

To pluralize: add “-dan”

Personal pronouns

I: kig

Me: kosan

My: kirra

Mine: kirran

You: yun

Yours: yurrak

Your: yusana

You (pl): yunga

He: serku

His: sebla

Him: sebur

She: hika

Hers: hikaru

Her: hilka

It: ilo

Its: ilopga

We: kigga

Ours: kirraga

Our: kirranga

They: hirkuga

Their: sebaruga

Theirs: shebiga

Them: hukigo

For “-self”, just add on “-flet”. i.e. “kirraflet” is “myself”, “yusanaflet” is “yourself”, “seburflet” is “himself”, “hilkaflet” is “herself”, “iloflet” is “itself”, “kirrangaflet” is “ourselves”, and “hukigoflet” is “themselves”.

Numbers

One: tog

Two: seb

Three: kub

Four: narsh

Five: finta

Six: fiu

Seven: arp

Eight: yaso

Nine: meyes

Ten: aba

(for 11-19, add “aba” (word for ten))

Eleven: togaba

Twelve: sebaba

Thirteen: kubaba

Fourteen: narshaba

Fifteen: fintaba

Sixteen: fiuaba

Seventeen: arpaba

Eighteen: yasoaba

Nineteen: meyesaba

(same for 21-29 (add “kuni”), 31-39, 41-49, etc.)

Twenty: kuni

Thirty: yona

Forty: fosu

Fifty: argan

Sixty: sentib

Seventy: ublan

Eighty: cenca

Ninety: ruru

100: nargali

For the hundreds: “sebnargali” is 200. “kubnargali” is 300. 1,000 is “nochichi”.

Adjectives

Use the plain adjective for, well, the plain adjective! Add “-lak” like one would add on “-er” or “more”. Add “-intwa” for “-est” or “most”.

EXAMPLE:

The word for “good” is “buenst”. “Better” would be “buenstlak”, and “best” would for “buenstintwa”

Suffixes (can be used alone, to denote who someone is in relationship to you)

-olan: respect

-garu: close friend

-atsi: friend (not close)

-irka: acquaintance

-naso: older brother (add “garu” if close)

-roko: younger brother (add “garu” if close)

-nosa: older sister (add “garu” if close)

-raka: younger sister (add “garu” if close)

-saboo: uncle (-like figure) (add “garu” if close)

-bosa: aunt (-like figure) (add “garu” if close)

-karolan: young master

-serolan: young mistress

-rurolan: old master

-sabolan: old mistress

Basic vocabulary

To be: ock

To take: ekak

To run: rebru

To walk: slomaf

To know: kobanlo

To do: serapsi

To see: lisk

To hear: obli

To speak: orife

To stay: rolakti

To eat: droshn

To drink: emich

To say: hagitar

To think: ovubop

To come: venit

To fail: foglio

To succeed: suslen

To ought: orensh

To like: vinc

To love: sakled

To make: duraj

To live: voloc

To look: lukab

To die: penshi

To want: desanraz

To dislike: soraka

To hate: bustaga

To find: funagnik

To lose: sibkabo

To care: kolastin

To kill: kamanan

To injure (physically): feecast

To injure (emotionally): komali

To use: usigaw

To fight: opsli

To please: ventrad

To give: jiblak

To save: sagrio

To protect: tuple

To be able to: peock

To apologize: apolechi

To believe: ichibana

To have: tewstu

To have to: tewstu rech + inf.

To leave: jempjon

To escape: hobalish

To scare: kekosken

To comfort: trofmoc

To pray: ventral

To listen: obli

To need: gimitri

To control: lortronic

To remove: evomet

To insert: tresni

To move: omet

The: li

A/An: o

In: yuta

Out: niko

Or: neg

Person: humata

Son: habulo

Daughter: ganata

Mother: mosita

Father: gibnok

Sister: ganabla

Brother: habuglo

Aunt: bosa

Uncle: saboo

Dog: ragni

Cat: kurnap

Miringa: Miringa/Coostran XX (see note)

Manumo: Manumo

Language: uwapa

Sky: lunstru

Pretty: obista

Beautiful: bellona

Gorgeous: gohrijuse

Attractive: pulchrana

Dawn: luhast

Love: sadlek

Dusk: lujip

Night: hadria

Human: iuyie

Morning: hobdrio

Prayer/plea: ventrado

War: guliom

Fight: opsliom

Battle: yutliom

Name: emaki

Earth: bavon

Wind: zeferi

Water: soriak

Fire: anborignet

Life: volo

Today: tamchel

Tomorrow: tuchma

Yesterday: reya

Death: pensh

Yes: kab

No: instai

Hello: awasi

Goodbye: kimmigo

Who: copa

What: quish

When: katrick

Where: disba

Why: sippa

How: kobit

Up: igna

Down: shunin

Left: krizda

Right: callap

Here: golba

There: rishka

Even: estra

If: viy

Always: holanji

Never: nistaba

And: ut

Of: reth

In: kuth

Please: ventra

From: purst

As: tos

Beloved: bostep

Only: regli

But: rutz

Enough: tolingo

Forgiveness: yuitablo

Nothing: boneesh

Something: kosheen

Until: yogu

Stupid: vetchli X

Dumb: tur

Boy: puedag

Girl: apup

Need/desire: gimit

Away: yawa

Near: rean

Toward: twodra

Far: yort

Fool: vetchli X

Wait: guyat

Honestly: homachi

Feisty: fistesty

Too: oot

Much: chumat

Often: trigot

About: oqua

Very: irev

Gentle: hulasa

Harsh: gurachin

Control: lortro

Both: guneto

This: gootz

That: jootz

Those: eewap

These: neepaw

Swears

BXtch: bostat

DXmn: eulet

ShXt: coostran XX

FXck: saj

BXstXrd: blistarr

CrXp: parcie

Xss: orz

To make a verb negative, add on “-ne”.

X Some adjectives can be a noun, i.e. vetchli means “stupid”, but it also means “fool”.

XX This is a swear along with the word for “Miringa”. It’s a racial slur.