Dhivehi and English

Examples

• 'i see a child' -> aharen (I) _nah_ feney(see) kujjeh(a child) [ waharenqnaSq fenE kuewqjewq ]
• 'he sees a child' -> eyna (that person) _ah_ feney(see) kujjeh(a child) [ wEnawaSq fenE kuwqjewq ]
• 'we see a child' -> aharumen (we) _nah_ feney(see) kujjeh(a child) [ waharumenqnaSq fenE kuwqjewq ]
• 'the dog sees a child' -> kuththa(dog-the) _ah_ feney(see) kujjewq(a child) [ wemIhunqnaSq fenE kuwqjewq ]

Nouns

English	Dhivehi		Comments		Example
house	ge		seems to be same as definite form
houses	getawq
a house	geyewq
some houses	bawewq gEge		bawewq = some
the house	ge
the houses	getawq
from a house	gewakunq				wEna wawI gewakunq he came house+IND+ABL
to a house	gewakaSq				mIti gewakaSq genqgosqdI this thing house+IND+DAT take+IMP
of a house	gewewqge				gEwewqge furALu house+IND+GEN roof
in a house	gewewqgawi				kuwqjA vI gewewqgawi child is house+IND+LOC
by a house	?
from the house	gewinq		ablative		wEna wawI gewinq he came house+ABL
to the house	gewaSq		dative		mIti gewaSq genqgosqdI this thing house+DAT take+IMP
of the house	gEge		genitive is same form as plural?		gEge furALu house+GEN roof
in the house	gEgawi		locative?
by the house	gewAwi		instrumental?
of the houses	getakuge
in the houses	getakugawi
with the houses	getakAwiweku
to the houses	getakaSq
from the houses	getakunq
these houses	mi getawq
with a house	gewakAwiweku
to a houses	getakakaSq
of a houses	getakewqge
in a houses	getakewqgawi
from a houses	getakakunq
with a house	gewakAwiweku

Pronouns

• (pronouns)

Examples

• He came from the house -> "wEna wawI gewinq" -> "އޭނަ އައީ ގެއިން"
• Take it to the house -> "mIti gewqSq genqgosqdI" "މީތި ގެއަށް ގެންގޮސްދީ"
• The roof of the house -> "gEge furALu" "ގޭގެ ފުރާޅު"
• The child is in the house -> "kuwqjA vI gEterEgawi" "ކުއްޖާ ވީ ގޭތެރޭގައި"
• Sitting room of a house -> "gewewqge siTinq rUmq"
• The roof of a house -> "gewewqge furALu"
• Take it to a house -> "mIti gewakaSq genqgosqdI"
• He came from a house -> "wEna wawI gewakunq"
• The child is in the house -> "kuwqjA vI gEterEgawi"
• The child hit the ball with a stick -> "kuwqjA bOLawigawi danqDiwakunq jehi"

Conjunctions

and

about translating the english word 'and'
1)
eg: cat and mouse
nouns: 
	buLA -> cat
	mIdA -> mouse

translates to :
buLalAwi mIdA
the and is actually the 'lAwi' part

1| buLA changes its suffix:
from buLA to buLa
2| add the 'and' to translated form 'lAwi'
buLalAwi
3| add translated word for mouse , mIdA
buLalAwi mIdA

but:
translating:
"cookie and milk"
nouns:
	cookie: bisqkOdu
	milk: kiru
yields:
bisqkOdAwi kiru

here, the 'and' is .. 'Awi', notice that its just a
diacritic and a letter followed by diacritic..

2)
several times, 'wadi' is also used as a literal replacement
for 'and'
eg:
cat and mouse
buLA wadi mIdA
cat  and  mouse

these both forms are acceptable.. 

something i must add..
there are several 
'lAwi' 'Awi' patterns, for example:
translating
i and him
i = waharenq
him = wEna
combined final translation:
waharenqnAwi wEna

here it's 'nAwi'
the pattern to select depends on the ending of the pronoun before it..

External links

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