The basics of the "Tirimenm" language
"iĵmēpō" = "hello"
"mēp" = "hi"
"pēm" = "bye"
"iĵpēm" = "goodbye"
Alphabet:
Accents on vowels: (unaccented vowels are short vowels, accented vowels are
long vowels)
 Ā – "ay" vs. a – "ah"
 Ē – "eeh" vs. e – "eh"
 Ī – "eye" vs. I – "ih"
 Ō – "Oh" vs. o – "ooh"
 Ū – "euh" vs. u - "uh"
Alphabet changes - Using English alphabet except:
 No "q"
 "y" is only a consonant with a "yeu" sound
 "j" is only used as the soft j in "je"; there is no "g," but the "geuh"
sound like in "great" is made with "ĵ"
 "h" is only used for the "heuh" sound; is only silent if it's at the end of
a word
 "x" is softer ("ksi") if a vowel follows it, and harder ("tzi") is a
consonant or nothing follows it.
 Because "c" is redundant, it represents "ch"
Grammatical details:
 Adjectives always follow the noun they are describing
 Adverbs follow verbs and adjectives
 Direct object and Indirect objects always follow the verb (whether pronouns or
not) unless the verb is an action that occurs between two people/creatures, when it
is "subject IO verb DO" to help relate the relationship
 To make a noun plural, add an "s" to the end of the word. Similarly, plural nouns
take plural adjectives – inflect adjectives by adding an "s" to the end as well.
 To make an adjective a noun, add "ek" to the end
 To create a gerund from a verb stem ("ing" in English"), add "oiĵ" to the end, but
Gerunds are only used in gerund clauses (infinitives are used otherwise, like in the
English sentence "he had finished eating")
Articles:
 "o" [ooh] is the indefinite article; if its noun begins with a vowel it becomes "ot"
 "rel" is the definite article
 Possessive articles/ pronouns are found in the second table below
Subjects:
Me, you (s), he, she, it, us, you (pl), them
I
You (sing)
He/she/it
xē
Vit
Hol/kol/nol
We/us
You (plural)
they
pec
vits
nols
Pronouns:
(like in English, DO words can be the same as subjects – "I gave it to you"/"you
were there")
Me/my/mine
Your/yours (s)
Him/His
Her/Hers
its
Ēn/ēne/ēne
Ite/ite
Had/hade
Kad/kade
nade
Ours
Yours(pl)
Them/Theirs
cepe
ites
Nobs/nobe
Verb conjugation:
 Verb stems = infinitives. Always end in "b"
 Present conjugation –
Singular adds an "i"
Plural adds an "is"
 Always have subject before a verb
 To negate, put "nē" in front of the first conjugated verb present
 Past conjugation –
o Preterit:
 Singular is "subject + i + infinitive"
 Plural is "subject + is + infinitive"
o Imperfect:
 Singular adds "ite"
 Plural adds "ites"
 Future conjugation –
o Singular adds "ri"
o Plural adds "ris"
 Conditional conjugation –
o Singular is "ex" + stem + "i"
o Plural is "ex" + stem + "i"
 To have – "cājōb"
I
cājōboi
We/us
Cājōbois
You (sing) cājōboi
You (plural)
Cājōbois
He/she/it
cājōboi
they
cājōbois

To Be – "lab"
I
You (sing)
He/she/it
laboi
laboi
laboi
We/us
You (plural)
they
labois
labois
Labois
Prepositions:
 For ease, all prepositions will be used like they are used in English (after verbs,
etc.)