Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The three tenses

Hmm..What do we call tense in our language? literally time? we will reuse the indian term 'Kal' ...(கால் )
(काल )

past tense -kAl gatam                          -काल गतम - கால் கதம் 
Present tense -kAl etam                       -काल इतम - கால் இதம் 
Future tense -kAl Bavam or Bhavam    -काल भवं  - கால் ப4வம் 

symbol for time would be a vertical half stroke inside a circle.(literally a clock showing 12 noon)

A dot above any symbol would represent the past tense of it. A dot below, future tense of it. (which pictorially means that past tense is beyond our head and cannot be controlled ; future is still beneath our feet so we have a little control over it. Following figure shows the pictorial representation of three tenses.)


We would define continuous and perfect tenses a little later. now this post is gatam gatam :P




Numbers...

Lets make the numbers really simple in our language. no specific symbols..just reuse 1,2,3....

We will have names for 0 to 9 only. To utter a number, just say the digits together. For example, 356 means
three five six. 15998 means one five nine nine eight

1- - ट -ta -ட 
2-  टा -taa -டா 
3- टि -ti -டி 
4- टी -tee -டீ 
5- टु -tu -டு 
6- टू -too -டூ 
7- टे -te -டெ 
8- टे -tE -டே 
9- टो -to -டொ 
0-  tai  -டை 

to say hundred, say one zero zero which is Ta tai tai (ட டை டை)
Now,

First  -Tra  - ட்ர 
Second -Traa -ட்ரா 
Third -Tri -ட்ரி 
Fourth -Tree -ட்ரீ 
Fifth -Tru -ட்ரு 
Sixth -Troo -ட்ரூ 
Seventh -Tre -ட்ரெ 
8th-TrE -ட்ரே 
9th -Tro -ட்ரொ 
Tenth -Trai -ட்ரை 
Eleventh -Ta Tra -ட ட்ர
12th -Ta Traa- ட ட்ரா
13th -Ta Tri - ட ட்ரி
etc...

Now we have a new way of defining large numbers. For example 1000. which is one and three zeros.
if we say one three zero. it will be conflict with 130. so we can say 1 and third order of zero. which is
Ta Tri tai (ட ட்ரி டை ). For 10,000 : one and fourth order of zero. Ta Tree tai (ட ட்ரீ  டை) which is equivalent to saying Ta tai tai tai tai (ட டைடைடை)which is irritating ...So for large numbers, which have repeating digits we can use this short form.

take a number 3456. It can be pronounced in many ways.

 Ti Tee Tu Too....(டி டீ டு டூ) or

say 3000 first and 456 next.

Ti Tri tai (டி ட்ரி டை ) Tee Tu Too ( டீ டு டூ)  or டி ட்ரி டை டீ டு டூ

Or

3000 first 400 next then 56

Ti Tri tai tee Traa tai Tu Too  டி ட்ரி டை டீ ட்ரா டை  டு டூ

Or

3000 first 400 next 50 next then 6

Ti Tri tai tee Traa Tai Tu Tra tai too  -டி ட்ரி டை டீ ட்ரா டை  டு  ட்ர டை டூ.

Sounds funny ...:) so for a large number like 65789627 we can say

 too tre tai tu Troo tai te tru tai tE Tree tai To Tri tai too Traa Tai Taa Tra tai te
டூட்ரெடை டுட்ரூடை டெ ட்ருடை  டே ட்ரீடை டொ ட்ரி டை டூட்ரா டை டாட்ர டைடெ

Now Give a break to your tongue...:P
See you in another post!:O

 [Note: 71111 can be pronounced as seven with fourth order of 1's .which is te tree ta. டெ ட்ரீ ட )
instead of seven one one one one. te ta ta ta ta ....

[Note: to say 12th, tra traa, write 12 and use a || symbol. double vertical strokes.

11 || -11th
12 || -12th ]

First Verb 'Go'

I have a symbol in mind for 'GO'..  Write the symbol for 'I' . and just add a stroke in the right side. (which
would mean that I go. This does not mean I'm going. (we will define these tenses later)......the name might be 'Ca' (ச  ) (च )


Following table shows the usage of go.



I go -मे च मे - மே  ச மே
You go - तू  च तू  , ते च ते -தூ ச தூ - தே ச தே
They go - वे च वे -வே ச வே
He goes - वा च वा - வா ச வா
She goes -वी च वी  -வீ ச வீ
We go - वै च वै - வை ச வை

You might wonder why it is Me Ca Me (मे च मे ) instead of just Me Ca (मे च). we will make our language a little bit poetic :) . Me CA Me sounds poetic than just Me Ca.

We have to define 'it' also now... 'It' will represent inanimate (neither muscular nor feminine) (பாலற்ற பொருட்கள்) objects. Let's not get into the problem of defining gender to objects (as in Hindi) in our language. It - Tho - तो -தோ

It goes - Tho CA tho - तो च तो -தோ ச தோ

symbol is below:





Thank U ....



Reader's Suggestion -1

Readers,

Please suggest a symbol and a name for LOVE...:)  
[Like you can say KAm...காம்...]
symbol and name should be short. Symbol should be derivable from circles and lines.


Starting with 'I'

We will now set few symbols and names for Personal pronouns.

 I- மே 
You - தூ  , தே 
He - வா 
She  - வீ
They - வே 

We - வை 

Let's set a symbol and name for 'AND'. we will reuse the popular computer symbol for AND

& - And - Ja  -ஜா (derived from 'Joint'). Now,

Our first Sentence in our language :):)  He and she -Va Ja Vee 
(வா ஜா வீ). It will be written as follows:

Me and You - Me Ja Thu -(மீ ஜா தூ)


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