Overview

This is the basic overview of Dasopya. For more details, check out the document!

All root words are 2 syllables or less, and never change. Most words can be used as any part of speech:

• syo = life / alive / to live

Nouns do not have articles or plurality by default, but can be indicated with supporting words.

• pila = a bird / birds / the bird / the birds / etc.

• man pila = one bird ≈ a bird

• moy pila = multiple bird = birds

• pin/san pila = this/that bird ≈ the bird

Sentences are Subject-Verb-Object by default, but can be modified with the sentence particles. The subject marker is only required if the subject isn't at the beginning of the sentence.

• bay i dani e sapa. = I like fish.

• e sapa a bay i dani. = Fish, I like.

Verbs can be interpreted as any tense based on context, but can be indicated with supporting words.

• swe i plu = They go / They're going / They went / They will go

• dyu a swe i plu. = After, they (will) go.

• swe i mye plu. = They already went.

Adjectives and adverbs have no distinction, and come before what they describe.

• lase luso = fast car

• lase plu = quickly go

Compound words can be freely formed as long as the base word is at the end.

• panatina = pana-tina = hand-digit = finger

• kwepagi = kwe-pagi = opposite-open = close

• musumodyokebo = musu-modyo-kebo = sleep-furniture-cover = bedsheet

Dasopya is pro-drop, meaning words can be dropped if obvious from context.

• kay, i dani e kupa? = Do (you) like fruit?

• san e sapye! = That (is) cool!

• bay i lusi. = I know (that).

Questions do not affect word order, only requiring a question marker for yes-no questions.

• kay a kyu e domay? = Are you a friend?

• kay a san e kya? = What is that?

Words like names and universal loanwords that are not part of the base vocabulary are marked with the letter "o."

• oMehiko = Mexico

• oKowala = koala

Here's some basic words to get you started.
Tip: the second vowel in 2-vowel words will usually correspond to what they're related to!

A - Life and Body, E - Attributes, I - Actions, O - Objects and Places, U - Concepts

• bay - I / me / first person pronoun

• kyu - you / second person pronoun

• swe - them / it / third person pronoun

• daw - person / individual (noun)

• domay - friend

• komya - family

• bamu - hello / hi / bye / greeting

• pumi - please / request / ask

• gadu - thank you / gratitude

• bya - male

• maw - female

• mya - parent

• suka - sibling

• swa - to be

• syu - to do / make

• pyo - to use 

• tey - can / able to

• plu - to move / go

• hay - to have / carry

• day - to give

• pya - to talk / speech

• dani - to like / favor

• boti - to want

• sahi - to need

• lusi - to know / knowledge

• kami - to buy / purchase

• milu - love / to love

• syo - life

• dey - animal / creature

• toga - body

• paka - head / leader

• hisa - reptile

• sapa - fish

• pila - bird

• loy - eye / see / watch

• deka - ear / hear

• piha - arm

• moga - leg

• bey - related / -ly

• lase - fast / speed

• dome - old / age

• doy - big / size

• lake - red

• bote - blue

• pome - soft

• sote - hot / heat / temperature

• bade - strong / powerful / strength

• tamye - fun / amusing

• sapye - excellent / epic / cool

• lon - time / when

• mye - before / already

• may - now

• dyu - after / shall

• han - day /date

• masu - morning

• metu - night

• man swi tya pelo kula - 1 2 3 4 5

• deli bete hopya miko ley - 6 7 8 9 10

• sehu - 100

• siku - 1000

• tay - many / very / really

• pene - some / somewhat

• moy - multiple

• polu - everything / all / every

• soy - zero / nothing / without

• gwi - good 

• gen - idea / concept / -ness

• kwe - (inversion prefix)

• benu - truth / real / correct

• kay - (question marker) / question

• sun - similar / like / -like

• taw - different / other / change

• buki - compare / as / than

• taku - cause / because / origin

• lenu - art

• segu - music

• homu - calm / peace

• hagu - story / fiction

• goy - thing / object

• pin - this

• san - that

• kya - what

• mabo - food / eat / consume

• lano - bread

• kupa - fruit

• tago - picture / image

• toso - sound / noise / noisy

• pimo - pen / pencil / stylus

• tako - container

• galo - bag / sack

• kopo - book

• doso - machine / device

• melo - money

• din - place / where

• pihe - left

• tede - right

• pay - up / above / over

• gyu - in front / front

• sye - side / adjacent

• law - in / inside

• kyo - center/middle

• koy - far / tele-

• mite - between / inter-

• say - direction / towards

• gwa - building / house 

• gan - room

• haso - village 

• dago - store

• kuto - school

• sya - and / also

• bemyu - but / however

• lodu - or

• doke - from / off (of) / (out) of

• kile - still / yet / even

• teso - who / that / which (relative clause marker)

• hoy - (possessive marker) / of

• myu - (conditional marker) / would

• baw - more

• byu - most