Dictionary and Grammar Guide
Grammar:
Language works in OSV sentence structure! That means that objects come first, the subjects, then verbs. Example:
eptosu ostite obole. = Mangoes men hate.
This language is very conjugated. Here is how each part of speech is conjugated:
Noun Conjugation:
[conjugation][root][gender]
| noun conjugation | object | subject |
|---|---|---|
| singular | i | u |
| plural | e | o |
Noun Gender:
feminine: epi
masculine: ite
neuter: osu
Adjective Conjugation:
[conjugation][root][gender]
| adjective conjugation | object | subject |
|---|---|---|
| singular | pi | tu |
| plural | be | do |
Adjective Gender:
feminine: i
masculine: e
neuter: u
Verb Conjugation:
[plurality][root]
Verb Plurality:
singular: usi
plural: obo
Questions:
kiki + [sentence] + [question signifier]
Question Signifiers:
how many: tete
why: suso
Dictionary:
These are the roots of each word:
st // person
nn // horse
pt // mango
lt // world
no // love
le // hate
ka // be
ss // strange
sp // sly
nk // brave
kiki // question
tete // how many
suso // why
Puzzle Solution
We can translate the questions to
| kiki ostepi oboka tete? | How many women are there? |
|---|---|
| kiki ostosu donku oboka tete? | How many brave people are there? |
| kiki ostite obono tete? | How many men love? |
| kiki okikiosu oboka tete? | How many questions are there? |
Answering these by finding the appropriate counts over the flavortext yields 4 3 2 5.
We can translate the last phrase to
| estite bespe ultosu usile. | The world hates sly men. |
|---|
Which, indexing over each word, results in the final answer of
estite bespe ultosu usile.
or ISLE.