Selsimicu has the 5 vowels a, e, i, o & u, as well as the consonants ', p, b, t, c, k, f, s, z, x, m, n, ñ, w, l, j, r & q.
The structure of Subject - Object - Verb is used: "she harvests berries" being "nata papafrim ūpowan" (she berries harvest).
Adjectives are stative, but with the suffix -(u)n they become applicative, modifying whatever noun or verb is before them: Compare "pafrim toi" (the berry is big) to "pafrim toin" (the big berry). Adjectives and adverbs are the same.
There are three noun classes, being Animate [A], Inanimate [I] and Postanimate or Otherworldly [O]. Otherworldly nouns aren't pluralized, but nouns of the other two are. This pluralization is done by reduplicating the word's first syllable, plus some caveats.
Selsimicu has pronouns and the verb "to be" separated by these classes, these being: "asa" for 1st person ("me", "I"), "oto" [A], "oteli" [I] and "otsin" [O] for 2nd person ("you"), and "nata" ([A], "he", "she", "they"), "neko" [I] and "no'o" [O] ("it").
For sentences where the subject is 1st person, use "kres" as "to be" verb. When the subject is 2nd OR 3rd person and [A], use "ñaf". When it's 2nd person and not [A], use "fi", and when it's 3rd person and not [A], use "cu".
Finally, ask questions with the word "cenar" replacing what you're asking about: "cenar zweñ" - "who (or what) is leaving?"; or with "tzat" leading the sentence, for a yes or no question: "tzat oto zweñ" - "are you leaving?"
Read the following small story, and answer the three questions about it afterwards:
asa tosno piris. asa tosno tzu ken. asa tosno seika nitsan.
asa sēlsijan uzi. "ñosaiko. asa Suri mable. tzat oto tosno tzu?", asa eswa
"ñoi! asa Miski mable. asa tosno tzu ken, atke* Kabi neko tzu!", Miski eswa
"Kabi cenar cu?" asa zurēk. "asa Kabi bewtoz. farixi natan ñotun.", Miski zurēk
asa farixi seika. asa farixi ñotun uzi.
"ñosaiko. tzat oto Kabi fi? tzat oto tosno tzu?"
"ñoi! asa Kabi fi ken. asa Cabi fi! atke asa tosno tzu. tzat oto neko piris?"
"asa piris", asa eswa. "asa tepsu", Cabi eswa. asa zweñ.
asa tosno tzu. asa zaf.
*atke - "but" or "however"
Now, answer the following questions:
Write the correct words to refer to the following images:
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Describe the situation being in the following images. Similar to the last one, but now it's full-on sentences! Keep it simple.
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Congratulations! You've passed your first recap! Or, hopefully you did. I'm gonna have to rely on self-checking for this because I couldn't find an easy way to make it check itself. Answers are down below! Just highlight the text below the title. It's the same color as the background.
READING: Obsidian; A small house; Suri
LABELING: pafrim (image credit); tosno (image credit); pulwoto (image credit); rewsu (image credit)
DESCRIBING: sēlsijan zweñ (ee for ē allowed);
