| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| I am | kda |
| You are (informal) | too This is how you'd talk to somebody your age, somebody that's of lower status, or someone younger than you |
| You are (formal) | toon This is how you'd speak to somebody who is older than you, or of higher status |
| He is | tpin po |
| She is | tping po |
| We are | kdong |
| Y'all are (informal) | toong How you'd refer to a group of peers, younger-people, or people of lesser status than you |
| Y'all are (formal) | toon go How you'd refer to a group of people who you'd like to respect, are older than you, or are of higher status |
| They all are (masc) | tpinong pa How'd you speak about a group of exclusively men |
| They all are (fem) | tping pa How you'd refer to a group of all females, or a mixed gender group |
| I'm a pilot | nin Φpilaeti kda Reminder: TingLing is an SOV language. If a does "b" to c, we actually say that a c "b" |
| He's a chef | tpin kpt'tae po |
| They're all (some) waiters | nining kpdongae pa |
| You all (formal) are the artists | ong pkong toon go |
| She's a nurse | tping nin Φnuhu po A reminder that the language is SOV, meaning that this directly translates to "she a nurse is"; this is because what is doing the action comes first, then what the do-er is doing something to, then what the do-er is doing. |
| (Mrs) pingkpbi tpononoo is a woman (she is older than you). | kilopujan βpingkpbi nin koo po "Mrs. Pingkpbi" can also be referred to as "she", so we conjugate the verb as such. |
| I'm the engineer. | o Φonjinio kda |
| I'm a chair | nin pongtongo kda |
| It's a plate | tpin po nin ton Because all things need to be gendered when it comes to TingLing pronouns, "it" is replaced by "he". |
| It's a shirt, and it's a plate | tpin paekongo po koto tpin nin ton po |
| I'm a doctor, and he's a nurse. | nin kpkutingae kda koto tpin nin Φnuhu po |
| They all (masc) are pilots, and they all (fem) are drivers | tpinong nining Φpilaeti pa koto tping nining kpoanae pa |
| We are the doctors, and they (masc) are the boys | ong kpkutingae kdong koto tpinong ong nongkinojing pa |