As seen in previous lessons, word order in Globasa is rather strict. Word order in noun phrases is as follows:
determiners (hin/den/moy/nil) – possessive adj (misu, etc.) – number – adjective – (pro)noun
hin tesu care lama kitabu
“these her four old books”
these four old books of hers
Possessive pronouns are formed by adding (e)te or (o)to to possessive adjectives.
As we’ve seen in previous lessons, noun phrases must always end in either a noun or a pronoun. We’ve already seen that determiners (hin, den, ke, moy, nil) cannot stand alone and must attach (e)te/(o)to when the noun is not expressed. Likewise, possessive pronouns (as seen above), as well as adjectives and numbers (including the word kenumer) in noun phrases must add (e)te/(o)to when the noun is not expressed.
Un manixu somno ji dua te yam.
One man is sleeping and two are eating.
lao ete ji juni ete
the old ones and the young ones
Mi hare multi kursi. Yu vole kenumer to?
I have a lot of chairs. How many do you want?
The word un may be used to express singularity and indefiniteness when necessary.
The word plu maybe used to express plurality when necessary.
Tiga meli piu lala.
Three beautiful birds are singing.
Den misu doste sen hox.
That friend of mine is happy.
Yu hare kenumer sodar?
“You have how many siblings?”
How many siblings do you have?
Moyte danse.
Everybody is dancing.
Plu myaw sen in ergodom de sesu matre. Matre vole na ore moy sesu bete.
Matre loga, “Uyu le ergo fe keto?”
Myaw un loga, “Mi le polisi. Mi le anda ji oko moyloka.”
Matre loga, “Dento sen day ergo! Yu xa hare lima mahi.”
Myaw un loga, “Xukra!”
Matre loga, “Myaw dua, yusu ergo le sen keto?”
Myaw dua loga, “Mi le idi cel nahir cel na cudu neo yam. Mi le cudu des mahi tas imi.”
Matre loga, “Yusu ergo sen bon. Yusu des mahi sen day. Mi sen hox.”
Myaw dua loga, “Mi xa hare kenumer mahi?”
Matre loga, “Lima mahi.”
Myaw dua loga, “Xukra. Mas mi le cudu max mahi kom lima te…”
Matre loga, “Lima te sen bon numer.”
Myaw dua loga, “Bon…”
Matre loga, “Ji yu, myaw tiga?”
Myaw tiga loga, “Mi le…”
Myaw un loga, “Te le somno lungo! Te le no ergo!”
Matre loga, “Myaw tiga xa hare lima mahi.”
Myaw un ji dua loga, “Keto? Kam no nilte? Myaw tiga le no ergo!”
Matre loga, “Moy myaw xa hare yam. Nilte yam nilto. Mas, myaw tiga xa koki ton mi!”
Create your own sentences using the examples above, and examples from previous lessons, as sentence patterns. Tell a story.