Draft:Quida
Quida is a revised and improved version of Qua.
Phonology[edit]
Consonants[edit]
Vowels[edit]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |
Orthography[edit]
| Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper case | A | B | C | Ĉ | D | E | F | G | Ĝ | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | QU | R | S | Ŝ | T | U | V | W | Y |
| Lower case | a | b | c | ĉ | d | e | f | g | ĝ | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | qu | r | s | ŝ | t | u | v | w | y |
| IPA phoneme | a | b | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d | e | f | ɡ | d͡ʒ | x | i | ʒ | k | l | m | n | o | p | kw | r | s | ʃ | t | u | v | w | j |
<c> is pronounced like German's Zett.
<ĉ> is pronounced like Spanish's leche.
<ĝ> is pronounced like French's adjonction.
<h> is pronounced like German's Bach.
<j> is pronounced like English's pleasure.
<qu> is pronounced like English's queen.
<ŝ> is pronounced like French's chien.
<y> is pronounced like English's yes.
Grammar[edit]
There's a lot of rules for grammar in Qua.
Definite article[edit]
The definite article goes after the word
If the sound succeeding it is an oral vowel, it is la.
take aqua la, /akwa la/ the water.
If the sound succeeding it is an nasal consonant, it is a.
take human a, /human a/ the human.
If the sound succeeding it is a oral consonant, it is and.
take niĉar and, /nit͡ʃar and/ the night.
Indefinite article[edit]
If the sound preceding it is a consonant, it is una.
take una peiso, /una peiso/ a fish.
If the sound preceding it is a vowel, it is un
take un aciba /un at͡siba/, a bean.
Parts of Speech affixes[edit]
Qua uses suffixes for most parts of speech.
| Indicative | Imperfect | Perfect | Conditional | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past | did --- | was dui --- | hited --- | may --- |
| Present | da ---- | is dui --- | hit --- | |
| Future | wil --- | wil bi dui --- | wil hit --- |
Copula[edit]
The copula is esta in all conditions.
Pronouns[edit]
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| first person | me | vu | |
| second person | tu | ||
| third
person |
masculine | el | il |
| feminine | ella | ||
| neutral | elle | ||
| indefinite | nule | ||
| reflexive | ser | ||
Numbers[edit]
- no (zero)
- uno (one)
- du (two)
- ture (three)
- quarta (four)
- sinqua (five)
- sika (six)
- sepita (seven)
- eyita (eight)
- nujevo (nine)
- dises (ten)
- cente (hundred)
- mil (thousand)
Table of Correlatives[edit]
| Question
("What") |
Indication
("This/that") |
Indefinite
("Some") |
Universal
("Each, every") |
Negative
("No") | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ki– | vi– | i(ll)– | gi– | ni- | ||
| Quality | –a | kia
(what kind/sort/type of) |
via
(such a) |
illa
(some kind/sort/type of) |
gia
(every kind/sort/type of) |
nia
(no kind/sort/type of) |
| Reason | –al | kial
(why) |
via
(for that reason, therefore) |
ial
(for some reason) |
gial
(for all reasons) |
nial
(for no reason) |
| Time | –am | kiam
(when) |
viam
(then) |
illam
(sometime) |
giam
(always) |
niam
(never) |
| Place | –an | kian
(where) |
vian
(there) |
illan
(somewhere) |
gian
(everywhere) |
nian
(nowhere) |
| Manner | –e | kie
(how, as) |
vie
(thus, as) |
ille
(somehow) |
gie
(in every way) |
nie
(no-how, in no way) |
| Association | –es | kies
(whose) |
vies
(this/that one's) |
illes
(someone's) |
gies
(everyone's) |
nies
(no one's) |
| Thing | –o | kio
(what) |
vio
(this/that) |
io
(something) |
gio
(everything) |
nio
(nothing) |
| Amount | –oy | kioy
(how much) |
vioy
(that much) |
illoy
(some, a bit) |
gioy
(all of it) |
nioy
(none) |
| Individual | –u | kiu
(who, which one; which [horse]) |
viu
(that one; that [horse]) |
iu
(someone; some [horse]) |
giu
(everyone; each [horse], all [horses]) |
niu
(no one; no [horse]) |