Quida is a revised and improved version of Qua.
Phonology
editConsonants
editVowels
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
editThere's a lot of rules for grammar in Qua.
Definite article
editThe 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
editIf 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
editQua 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
editThe 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]) |