Summary

<aside> 💡 TL;DR: /.chai-ahzh khap w ue-te rrip osh krytiv :bysho osh/

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<aside> 👉 The sentence glossed:

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How we got here

I killed my brother for you, for our friends

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	Pronunciation	Word Class	Notes
I	khap		pronoun	here: fem (because Lena is Subject)
kill	chai		verb	type 1
brother	ue	ue	noun
for	osh			postposition
you	rrip		pronoun	here: fem (because Lena is talking to Kara)
friend	:bysh		noun
understand			verb	type 1
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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>

Sentence 1: I killed my brother for you etc.

Affixes needed:

simple past = ahzh
plural = here: -o

Verb =