Section III, Folder II
" Orhé Gi "
Original 2020
Revised and Expanded 2024
Also see "Secret Code Vocab"
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a b d é f g h i í j k l m n o p r s t u v ao ua y e ö
(Dipthongs are represented as separate characters due to technical limitations)
Phonetics (I don ’t know how to use the IPA) : ɒ, b, d, ɛɪ, f, g, i, ɪ, ˈdʒeɪ, ˈk, l, m, n, oʊ, p, ɹ, s, t, u, v, aʊ, wɔ, j, ɛ, ə
Example of English text using Gi alphabet: th ö kwík braon faks jumps ov ö r th ö lési dag . (There is no Z sound, so S is used.)
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KEY: Name (pronunciation, not always included): definition
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Mi (me) : (singular) me, I, my, mine
Yi (ye) : (singular/plural) you, yours, your
Hi (he) : (plural) they, them
Si (see) : (singular) it
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Colors:
Kro (crow): red
Shré (shray): yellow
Oro (o-row): blue
Virto (veer-tow): white, light
Orvirto (orveer-tow): not white, black, dark
To talk about compound colors (i.e., purple) combine two or more primary colors. Primary colors can be duplicated to show priority.
Example compound colors:
Kroshré: orange
Shréoro: green
shréshréoro: yellow-green
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Prefixes (can be used as independent words):
ao: yes, true
or: not true, no, none
mé: many, group of (used to pluralize nouns)
fé: few, a handful of (used to pluralize nouns)
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Basic Vocabulary (verbs can be used as nouns, depends on context):
Uak (wok ) : transport, walk (méuak: walk lots, run)
Oras (or-ass): regurgitate, remove something
As (ass): eat, engulf, consume
Asub (a-soob): to encase
sustrat (soo-s-trot): food or drink, edible or potable (orsustrat: inedible, non potable , not food)
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Numbers:
1-10:
0 ku
1 u
2 bé
3 o
4 po
5 sto
6 maon
7 di
8 uad
9 ji
10 aoi
Add ones-digit numbers after 10 to add that much (i.e., 13: aoi-o), or add before to multiply by that much (i.e., 50: sto-aoi). These can be combined (i.e., 38: o-aoi-uad)
Numbers do NOT need to be hyphenated.
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Review thus far:
"Mémi as mé sustrat, méyi as mé sustrat."
"We eat much food, you all eat much food."
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For other information, check out Secret Code Vocab