Summary

<aside> 💡 TL;DR: “I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere.” in K is

.nahn khap w otem .zha-rrosh-odh khap w rrahn

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The sentence glossed:

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How we got here

“I’m right here.”
“I’m not going anywhere.”

words

<aside> 👉 figure out which words are used in the sentence and what function they have (write down the Kryptonian (=the alien glyphs/letters) as well, Notion just can’t display it)

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English	Kryptonese	Word Class	pronunciation	Notes
I	khap	pronoun		feminine version, because again, Kara
here	otem	adverb		nearby there, “right there/here”
be	nahn	verb		type 2 (no affixes, just root for conjugation)
not	zha		ʒæ
go	rrosh	verb	roʃ	type 1
(any)where	rrahn	pronoun	rɑn	English needs negated where (pronoun)
present progressive	es	particle		for go → going

Sentence structure

<aside> 👉 Now that we have the necessary words, we need to combine them into the sentence.

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<aside> 🔗 Basic Kryptonian sentence structure: VSO (verb - subject - object)

Sentence → VP (NP:Subject) (Object)
VP (Verb Phrase) → (Particles) Verb-Root+(Suffixes) (Adverbial Phrases) (Temporal Phrases)
NP (Noun Phrase) → (Article/Possessive) (Counter) Noun (Adjectival Phrase) (Postpositional Phrase)
Object → [Object Particle] NP </aside>

Affixes needed:

simple present = -odh
simple progressive = -es
negation = zha-
in English: simple present for habitual actions, simple progressive for present action
- not in K tho?
- so present action uses simple present?