07 — Examples & Phrases
The language lives in use. These are the first sentences.
Core Phrases
| LEKA | English |
| Ke tu va? | How are you? / Who are you? |
| Mu me tem. | We are community. |
| Tem me lu. Lu me tem. | Community is home. Home is community. |
| Kasa-me kasa-tu. | My house is your house. |
| Kasamu me uchi.* | The collective house is our home. |
| Eri ta iku. | That one (distant) went. |
v0.9 — New Phrases (Conjunctions)
| LEKA | English |
| Ya. | Yes. |
| Ya, me ama tu. | Yes, I love you. |
| Me ama tu anu me ama tem. | I love you and I love the community. |
| Me su kuru, ma me no parla. | I will come, but I won't speak. |
| Tu su iku oru tormi? | Will you go or sleep? |
| Me kuru kon tu. | I come with you. |
| Me no iku hetu me tormi. | I'm not going because I'm sleeping. |
| *Me ama tu. | I truly love you. (emphatic click) |
| Me ama tu, ma me no parla hetu. | I love you, but I won't speak the reason. |
Possession in Use
| LEKA | English |
| kasa-me | my house |
| kasa-tu | your house |
| kasa-mu | our house (us few) |
| kasamu* | THE community's house |
| kasa-tu-n | y'all's house |
The Click in Use
| LEKA | English |
| *Me ama tu. | I truly love you. |
| *mata | Mother (as invocation) |
| *kami | Addressing the spirits |
| *tem | Addressing the community itself |
| kanamu* | The people's song |
| temmu* | The whole community as one |
Numbers in Use
| LEKA | Meaning |
| eka tri | 13 |
| lima sata | 500 |
| eka tri sen | 13,000 |
| eka tri milu lima sata | 13,500,000 |
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