Dolch PrePrimer – Hanian
Dolch Sight Words in Hanian Conlang
This is a work in progress, a few terms are not finished yet. They should be added in the next few weeks as in many cases it’s just a case of finding among my many files. I’m hoping to eventually be able to put some children’s stories into Hanian as I know that’s a really good way to learn it. Also can see some original fairy tales happening in the future, but that will probably take a few years at best.
Use this list as basic words for both teaching preschool children as well as to help yourself learn Hanian better. I’ve found from my journeys of learning languages that approaching it like a child is not a bad idea. If you learn basic words, concepts and grammar first you’ll get the hang of it better. Especially when using things you always see around you.
Pre-primer: is 40 words
- a – uy
- and – ke
- away – pen ; da
- big – la ; ziv
- blue – purd
- can – e ; kem
- come – vj
- down – unk?
- find – pharu ?
- for (in exchange) – ne ta
- for – trog
- funny <WIP>
- go – va
- help – tik help (cried out) – tiik!
- here – tand
- I – o
- in – ge
- is – ve, de, el *
- it – pi
- jump – <WIP>
- little – <WIP>
- look – <WIP>
- make – zal ; va
- me – ot
- my – o ; ta
- not – shle
- one – zii ; nii
- play – voz ; mi
- red – vorm
- run – za ; va
- said – mu ; lo
- see – toph
- the – ar (do, od, az and bi* vef)
- three – j ; riid
- to – ne
- two – j ; ez
- up – ku
- we – o ; ton
- where – <WIP>
- yellow – zki ; zi
- you – to
Especially with young children, show them the words and concepts by the world around them.
Using the word the:
Hanian has five versions of the word the, however they aren’t gendered. It’s best again used by showing as well as using the world around you to practice it. The general form is ar, which is also used for stuff, resources, things and machines. If you’re talking about people, societies, governments and the like you’d use do. For animals, nature, food, weather you would use od. Az is only for time, things which are eternal and those things which are holy. Lastly bi * vef is a bit of a special case, it’s whenever you find a noun that has an adjective with it. But then you’d alter it and use it in this fashion:
biWord vef Ajective
A lot of these changes may seem complicated at first glance but there is a system to all of it – down to what syllable is used to express these words.
