Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Tanul Neo Patwa di Toki po Sempela Din, Wanpela Din

Hau Acim/Medidin/Ban/Noce

Good Morning/Midday/Evening/Night

Asante

Thank You

Si

Yes

No

No

Yu sta hau, ma?

Are you well?

Si, mo yu?

Yes, and you?

Mi no sabe sema Neo-Patwa di toki.

I can't speak Neo-Patwa.

Xanti/Cao

Goodbye

No mesti asante

Thank You

Mintan anda/Mintan enta

Please sit/Please come in


So, for day one a few pleasantries. Memorize these and practice saying them and tomorrow maybe I'll have day two up and running.

Tanul Neo-Patwa di Toki po Sempela Din, Kaixi

I am writing these to help me with my Neo-Patwa, a constructed language built out of simplified words from many different languages and inspired in part by the Mulivo and LangX projects. These are seven lessons meant to be completed in one week, one lesson per day. The vocabulary is based on Bahasa Indonesia in Seven Days. I'm not perfect so there could be mistakes, and also the language itself is in an early stage and seems to change occasionally.


The Official Neo-Patwa Site

The Mulivo Multilingual Vocabulary Resource

Lang X