Tjal Rules

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All verbs begin with a vowel
Verbs do not require conjugation but their tense and meaning are determined by the subject placed on them. If it is present tense then the vowel is dropped from the subject and replaced by an apostrophe. If it is past tense then the vowel is left on the subject and an apostrophe added.
EX: present tense: T’ach’ned. The T represents you (Te) and is attached to the verb to rest (ach).
EX: past tense: Te’ach’ned. The Te represents you (Te) and is attached to the verb to rest (ach), but because it is used in the past tense the verb becomes rested.
Adverbs and adjectives are attached to the end of a noun or verb.
EX: T’ach’ned. Ned is the word for easy that is describing how to rest or Ach.
Thus T’ach’ned equals You rest easy.
The e at the end of a word is always pronounced ay.
Ex: Ye (meaning He) is pronounced Yay.
The word it is the masculine word for he when spoken by a man and the feminine word for she when spoken by a woman.
EX: a man using the word it would use Ye where a women describing the same thing would say Ve.
Questions are always begun with the word Ik, which has no meaning in and of itself but merely states that the sentence is a question and not a statement.
EX: Ik te’ach’ned equals You rested easy?
When counting, use the smallest number first and add it to the larger number with and. For example: twenty-eight would be eight and twenty (Thama’nok’rik). This only applies to numbers under one hundred. After you reach one hundred and above you start with the largest number going down until you reach any number under one hundred and then you say the smallest number first again.
EX: 1,365 would be One thousand three hundred five and sixty.
When going to one hundred and two hundred etc. add an a to the end of the word for one, two, etc.
EX: one is wakid and one hundred is wakida.
To move to a thousand add an. Wakidan is one thousand, ithinan is two thousand. Arbakan’sitaka’arbak’nok’talat is 4,634 or as it is pronounced, four thousand six hundred four and thirty. For large numbers like 400,000 simply use the word for 400 (Arbaka) and then use an apostrophe and add the thousand—Arbaka’an. One million is one thousand thousand—Wakidan’an
When telling someone your name you would literally say, I call I, or J’agilin’je. To ask someone their name it would be, you call you, or Ik t’agilin’te.
A negative always begins the sentence.
EX: He is not Tjal would be Not he is Tjal or Losh y’oban’tjal.
Only the first letter of a sentence is capitalized.
T’ach’ned t’omane’bar d’ne anar
Actual translation: You rest easy, you have nothing from me to fear
Meaning: Rest easy, you have nothing to fear from me
I – Je
You – Te
He/it – Ye
She/it – Ve
We – Ke
They – Ze
Me – Ne
From – De
To Rest – Ach
Easy/comfortable – Ned
To Have – Omane
Nothing – Bar
To Fear – Anar
Cousin – Namani (this word does not mean an actual blood relative but rather is a friendly term used towards an acquaintance you mean no harm or have no animosity towards).