Summary

<aside> 💡 TL;DR:

.nim zhindif khap w rraotiv :bysh .zov liguhsh-u zhindif khap w rrip
.vrreiahv-iv-odh khap

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<aside> 👉 The sentence glossed:

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sentence is from: Supergirl (TV 2015) S2E18 “Ace Reporter”

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How we got here

Sentence 1

I will always be your friend.

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	Notes
I	khap	pronoun	1 person personal pronoun feminine
will be	nim	verb	type 2, future
always	zhindif	adverb
your	rraotiv	possessive pronoun	methinks?
neutral
friend	:bysh	noun

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>

Subject = I

Verb = will be

Object = your friend