#maelti

The counting System

The maelti language uses a dozenal system.

Numbers consist of a stem and a counter that depends on how the number is used.

na: abstracts, as the subject of a sentence or in maths

fa: counter for people and living things

pa: counter for objects and non living things

ta: ordinal numbers

sha: units of time: seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc.

Money is counted either with -na (when talking about abstract or imaginary amounts of money) or -pa (when talking about coins or concrete prices).

Numbers are used like nouns when used in the abstract, but like adjectives when counting things.

When counting nouns, the numbers need to agree with the noun in their plural form. There is the regular, adjective plural and the plural of abundance. For the regular plural, the adjective suffix -shi becomes -zhi, -shu becomes -zhu, -ti becomes -di, -tu becomes -du. For the plural of abundance, the hard consonant of the counter is softened: -na becomes -ña, -fa becomes -va, -pa becomes -ba, -ta becomes -da, -sha becomes -zha.

Higher numbers are formed by combining the stems from the larges to the smallest digit, then adding the counter to the smallest digit.

The Numbers

zero – nelna

one – ana

two – shaina

three – dorna

four – akina

five – neina

six – diana

seven – molna

eight – kauna

nine – etona

ten – skalna

eleven – sayana

twelve – suena

thirteen – sueana

fourteen – sueshaina

twenty – suekauna

twentyfour – shaisuena

twentyfive – shaisueana

a hundred – kausueakina

one hundred fourtyfour – teirana

one thousand seven hundred twentyeight – timana

20736 – virina

Ontas – Colour

Maelti groups colours differently than english or many other languages on earth.

It has four base descriptors:

Mael – Ocean (all shades of blue and indigo, aqua, seafoam, some lighter shades of green, white, grey)

Ashai – Fire (all yellows, oranges and light reds)

Kidun – Earth (dark reds and browns, black)

Soare – Plants (all deep greens and yellowish greens, purple)

The base descriptors are then distinguished by kaya – “light, day” and sonve – “dark, night”.

Thus:

Kayashi mael – Light Ocean: White, Grey, Light Green, Seafoam

Mael – Ocean: Aqua, Blue

Sonveshi mael – Dark Ocean: Indigo, Navy

Kayashi ashai – Light Fire: Yellow

Ashai – Fire: Orange

Sonveshi ashai – Dark Fire: Light Red

Kayashi kidun – Light Earth: Dark Red

Kidun – Earth: Brown

Sonveshi kidun – Dark Earth: Black

Kayashi soare – Light Plant: Yellow Green

Soare – Plant: Green

Sonveshi soare – Dark Plant: Purple

Yes – Shei

No – ihe

and – ki

or – vel (inclusive) / ilo (exclusive)

but – pshe

because, for, since – om (rational) / oum (emotional)

question – dae

Greetings

Hello – Aru!

Good morning – Faurati avri

Good day – Faurati kaya

Good evening – Faurati limoi

Good night – Faurati sonve

Personal Pronouns

I/mine – po/poshi

You/yours – se/seshi

he/she/it + possessive – fa/fashi

we/us/ours – bo/boshi

you/yours – ze/zeshi

they/them/theirs – va/vashi

Introducing yourself

I am… – Hilon…

My name is… – Hilon poshi mina…

I am … years old – Talakon…

I was born in (date) – Leparsonam hyar (time)

I was born in (place) – Leparsonam na (place)

I come from (place) – Virtilon en (place)

I am … tall – Hilon sirashi…

I weigh… – Hilon salashi…

I can speak (language) – Valeloan (language)

I work as… – Hilan poshi aurika…

The alphabet:

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