TIAL morphemes and examples
Eng English glosses
dfn terms defined in this chapter
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We've already been using proper nouns since personal names were first used in Chapter 2. The names of countries and other places are also proper nouns: Ameryko, Italyo, Espanyo, and Doyclando, for example; also Tokyo, Moskvo, and Nuyorko.
To refer to someone or something originating in a place, the of-genitive is used:
Janno da Nuyorko.
"John comes from New York."
To refer parts of places, the have-genitive is used:
Italyo mo norto "northern Italy"
In TIAL, there are also proper verbs, such as the names of languages: Tiale, Inglisce, Doyce, and Espanyole. The subject of these verbs is the user of the language: yo biTialo is someone who knows and uses TIAL.
ci te biTiale?
"Do you know TIAL?"
Marko bileje Doyce i no bidice. ?
"Mark reads German but doesn't speak it."
Proper nouns and proper verbs aren't fixed vocabulary items, but are subject to the bearer's preference, within the limits of TIAL phonology. In lieu of altering the final vowel of a name, one of the literal markers ve (verbal), vo (nominal), or vi (vocative) can be placed after the name; for example, Maria vo instead of Mario and Nihongo ve instead of Nihonge.
| esto | east | suto | south |
| norto | north | westo | west |
Translate into English:
1. .
Translate into TIAL:
1. "Thomas comes from southern Spain.
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