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OK, Hr. Majkelson - but remember, there's no TH in Gaian, so it would be spelt Mees, Meez, oder Meet.

By the way, 'to like' is gilen.

OK, nuna ese Tid for vis tria Klas! I would wait a little longer, but I think the students who haven't answered yet have probably fallen asleep somewhere.

Today will be a short class. I just wanted to give you some basic words which you'll be using on the in-class activities we'll have later. I'm currently working on finishing an official dictionary which will be made available on the SA website.

If you're only going to use Gaian for writing, then you really don't have to memorize any words since the dictionary and Easy Sheets will have it all for easy reference.

However, I do recommend you try to remember these words since they are so common:

I Ig
Me Mig
My Min
We, us Vi
You Du
You all Dur
He, him Han
She, her Zi
They Dee
Them Deem
It, One Dor

And these

Yes Je or Jej
No Ne or Nej
Maybe Velekta

The De
A/an En
And Ent
But Men
Or Oder
This/these Dix
That/those Dax

Every lesson when it comes time to practice, I'll give you the words you'll need. Until I give you a dictionary, feel free to ask me for any word if you want to be a teacher's pet and start writing things on your own.

OK, lastly, I want to give you some basic phrases in Gaian - the polite and formal way of speaking, and the Gaigo version, if there is one, for the familiar and common. I think it's also important to give you some family names so we can start to talk about our families.

I'm still working on editing a nice basic phrasebook which will also be made available sometime soon (I hope!).

Hello
Gaian: Hallo or Hej!
Gaigo: Jo (also can be written Yo) or Osu!

How are you?
Gaian: Hur ese du? or Hur es?
Gaigo: Dou? or Genki?

I'm good
Gaian: Ig ese gud(a). or simply, Gud.
Gaigo: Genki (da).

I am from...
Gaian: Ig komte van...
Gaigo: Van ... kuruta

You should know that in Gaian Gaia is Gaia (or Gaja), America is Amerika. You can learn the other country names when you get your dictionary. As for States, that is up to you to decide how to spell and pronounce. California, for example, might be spelt Kalifornja or Kalifornia.

Thank you
Gaian: Danke du or Dank
Gaigo: Domo

Thank you very much!
Gaian: Denten dankar!
Gaigo: Domo domo!

You're welcome
Gaian: Gudvil (same as 'please')
Gaigo: Iie (same as 'no').

OK, now for family member names - I'll give you the basic Gaian family terms now. The ones for Gaigo are actually a little more complicated as they are in Japanese - for example while Gaian only has one word for brother or sister, Gaigo have two depending on whether they are older or younger.

Family Famil
Father Fader
Mother Mader
Parent Elder
Child Kind (children: Kindar).
Son Son
Daughter Doxter
Brother Bruder
Sister Sister

Uncle Faderbruder or Maderbruder
Aunt Fadersister or Madersister
Cousin Kusin

Grandfather Faderfader or Maderfader

Ok, let's stop there for a second. Given what I've just said, how do you think you say the following family terms in Gaian?

Hr. Failson, hur sagen "Grandmother" ja Gaian?

Frulin Ajagi, hur sagen "Grandchild" ja Gaian?

Hr. Lit Dor! Ig komte van var?

Frulin Kristafdoxter! Dus Fader, Kristaf, komte van var?

Frulin Aneko! Hur ese dus Fader ent Mader?

Now, all of you - Dur komte van var? Va Amerikas State?

Please be sure to give me complete Gaian sentences!

Vara gud! Just remember that Broder and Nam should be capitolized, if this were a test. wink You'll also learn later that to say 'brother's' you add -es, therfore min Broderes Nam. But you're already ahead of us!

Yes - Jo is a word (remember it is pronounced Yo like it is in English). The real meaning of What's up would be Hur es? although most kids our age would use the Gaigo style and just say Osu or Genki ne? If you really wanted to know what was happening you could say, <Va ese hapen?> or <Va hapen?> Meanwhile <Va es doen?> would be 'What are you doing?'.

Now, be sure to finish the assignment I just gave you: Dur komte van var? Va Amerikas State?

Vara gud. Grandmother JA Gaian ese Fadermader ODER Madermader. You might have noticed I used JA above, but I don't think I gave you ODER (or).

Du komte van Juta! Ja Engelska ese bukstabena Utah, ne? Vara guda, Hr. Failson.

Danke du, Fln Ajagi. Ja Gaian, Grandchild would be Sonkind or Doxterkind, or to be more specific Sonson, Doxterson, Sondoxter or Doxterdoxter - since it is your Son's Child, not your mother's father's kid.

Ohio sounds more like Ohajo to me. I'm sorry you think Ohajo ese langvela.

Jej! Juta ese "Utah".

^^o So I got it right! *dances* Ja = in Oder = or? Okidoki! *commits it to memory*