Ozay - A Toy Language
Ozay is designed to have strange sounding words, unusual syntax, pointless complexity, and to be just plain silly all around.
Word order: Subject-Object-Verb
Modifiers: follow their objects
Pronunciation key
| a | - aa in baal |
| e | - e in bet |
| i | - i in bit |
| ee | - ee in see |
| o | - o in so |
| oo | - oo in boo |
| u | - u in up |
| y | - y in yak |
Grammatic Constructions
| Emphasis: | tall tall (very tall) |
| tall tall tall (extremely tall) |
| Comparative: | Bob person tall tall tall (Bob is the tallest person) |
| Superlative: | tall tall (very tall) |
| tall tall tall (extremely tall) |
| Voice: | Speech of Tim "I tall tall state-of-being" (Tim says "I am very tall") |
| Belief of Bob "I smart state-of-being" (Bob thinks he is smart) |
Pronouns
| dee | - I (male) |
| do | - I (female) |
| yee | - you (male) |
| yo | - you (female) |
| ye | - you (indeterminate gender) |
| tee | - he |
| to | - she |
| too | - it (animate, no gender) |
| te | - one (animate, indeterminate gender) |
| see'dee | - we (male) |
| see'do | - we (female) |
| see'de | - we (indeterminate gender) |
| see'da | - we (mixed gender) |
| see'yee | - you (plural, male) |
| see'yo | - you (plural, female) |
| see'ye | - you (plural, indeterminate gender) |
| see'ya | - you (plural, mixed gender) |
| see'tee | - they (all male) |
| see'to | - they (all female) |
| see'too | - they (all without gender) |
| see'te | - they (indeterminate gender) |
| see'ta | - they (mixed gender) |
| see'foo | - these, those (inanimate) |
| fmah | - placeholder for subject when unknown (something, someone) |
| see'fmah | - placeholder for subject when unknown (plural - somethings, someones) |
Numbers
The Ozay numbering system is in base eight.
| yob | - one |
| nar | - two |
| trel | - three |
| og | - four |
| fmen | - five |
| mipf | - six |
| soop | - seven |
| oz | - ten (eight) |
| naroz | - twenty |
| treloz | - thirty |
| ogoz | - forty |
| fmenoz | - fifty |
| mipfoz | - sixty |
| soopoz | - seventy |
| ozoz | - one hundred (eight eights) |
| narozoz | - two hundred |
| trelozoz | - three hundred |
| ogozoz | - four hundred |
| fmenozoz | - five hundred |
| mipfozoz | - six hundred |
| soopozoz | - seven hundred |
| ozozoz | - one thousand (eight eights of eight) |
Articles
| yaddih | - and |
| zik | - indicates start of dependent clause |
Verbs
| ark | - to make, to create |
| badoom | - to talk about |
| wamee | - to grow something |
| feem | - to grow (become larger) |
| fooma | - to learn |
| kah | - to be (state of being) is assumed if verb is absent |
| misoork | - to give |
| oddih | - to find |
| odoom | - to eat |
| pfuttekk | - to settle, to take up residence |
| wibboo | - to move, to travel |
| zotir | - to use |
Nouns
| affim | - east |
| affiz | - west |
| affum | - north |
| affuz | - south |
| arowoo | - world |
| attukk | - stick, branch |
| badoo | - speech |
| denneesh | - place |
| gazakk | - book |
| hoob | - brick |
| odoo | - food |
| oppoonnee | - hedgehog |
| osnah | - stone |
| pfinnoh | - mortar |
| roonoo | - tar |
| shoo | - intelligence |
| tork | - person |
| yeez | - thought/belief |
| zakk | - want/desire |
Adjectives
| noddu | - stupid |
| opoo | - fuzzy |
| shooff | - smart |
| wooffee | - tall |
| woogee | - fat |
| yoot | - all, entire, whole |
Prefixes
| neh' | - not (negation) |
| eh' | - query |
| ob' | - "without" converts a noun to an adverb ("-less") |
| og' | - "full of" converts a noun to an adverb ("-ful") |
| see' | - marks a noun as being plural |
| yi' | - "in the manner of" converts a noun or adjective in to an adverb ("-wise") |
Case Prefixes
| bah' | - subject is an intrinsic part of the following object (intrinsic) |
| deg' | - subject originates or eminates from the following object (ablative) |
| gee' | - subject is transfered to the following object (dative) |
| oboo' | - subject is in the location of the following object (locative) |
| vuk' | - subject is destroyed or absorbed by the following object (allative) |
| wez' | - subject is associated with the following object (genitive) |
| woh' | - subject was transfered from the following object (receptive) |
| yeh' | - subject uses the following object (instrumental) |
| zah' | - the following object is both subject and object (reflexive) |
Tense Modifiers
| akoh | - future tense |
| shah | - past tense |
Examples
Note that if no verb is present, then the verb "kah" (to be) is assumed. If the verb "kah" is present, it usually indicates emphasis.
Tim wooffee wooffee.
[Tim is very tall.]
Bob wooffee wooffee neh'Tim.
[Bob is much taller than Tim.]
Bob tork wooffee wooffee wooffee.
[Bob is the tallest person.]
Yeez wez'Bob "dee shooff".
[Bob thinks he his smart.]
Yeez wez'Tim "Bob oppoonnee".
[Tim thinks Bob is a hedgehog.]
Bob badoom yi'oppoonee.
[Bob talks like a hedgehog.]
Bob oppoonee kah.
[Bob is a hedgehog.]
Ye eh'te badoom?
[Who are you talking about?]
Ye foo shooma.
[Think about it.]
Ye eh'foo odoom?
[What are you eating?]
Bob noddu yi'attukk.
[Bob is dumb as a post.]
Bob noddu yi'attukk kah.
[Bob is dumb as a post.]
Yeez wez'Tim zik wooffee wooffee, "Bob noddu yi'attukk".
[Tim, who is very tall, thinks Bob is dumb as a post.]
See'gazakk treloz-fmen wez'Tim.
[Tim has 35 books.]
Gazakk gee'Tim woh'Bob misoork shah.
[Tim gave a book to Bob.]
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