Simple Grammar

Examples of Simplicity

Verb System
In order to illustrate the simple verb system in Ayola, the verbs 'to eat' and 'to leave' are conjugated both in French ('manger','partir') and Ayola ('mandjare', 'departare')for each personal pronoun (I, you, he/she, etc.). Note that in French both of these verbs have different endings for each person and that the present perfect of them is formed by using two different helping verbs, namely 'avoir' ('to have') and 'etre' ('to be'). Note that, in contrast, in Ayola there is a single ending for all persons and the present perfect is formed by the addition of a single suffix.

French	Ayola	French	Ayola
Present Tense	Present Tense	Passé Composé	Present Perfect
je mange	myo mandjats	j'ai mangé	myo mandjits
tu manges	vu mandjats	tu as mangé	vu mandjits
il/elle mange	dya mandjas	il/elle a mangé	dya mandjits
nous mangeons	moy mandjats	nous avons mangé	moy mandjits
vouz mangez	voy mandjats	vous avez mangé	voy mandjits
ils/elles mangent	dyoy mandjats	ils/elles avaient mangé	dyoy mandjits

French	Ayola	French	Ayola
Present Tense	Present Tense	Passé Composé	Present Perfect
je pars	myo departats	je suis parti	myo departits
tu pars	vu departats	tu est parti	vu departits
il/elle part	dyo departats	il/elle est parti/é	dyo departits
nous partons	moy departats	nous sommes partis	moy departits
vouz partez	voy departats	vous etês partis	voy departits
ils/elles partent	dyoy departats	ils/elles sont partis	dyoy departits

Noun System
In order to illustrate the simplicity of nouns in Ayola three nouns from each of the three gender classes are shown in German with their equivalents in Ayola. Note the arbitrariness of the gender assignments in German and the fact that Ayola has no gender at all.

German		Ayola
Nominative
Masculine
der Stuhl (the chair)		la sedyo
der Tisch (the table)		la tablo
der Finger (the finger)		la fingro
Feminine
die Tasse (the cup)		la taso
die Feder (the pen)		la kaneto
die Vand (the wall)		la muro
Neuter
das Fenster (the window)		la fenestro
das Buch (the book)		la libro
das Telefon (the telephone)		la telefono

In order to illustrate the simple noun and accompanying adjective system in Ayola the noun phrase 'der gute Name' ('the good name') is declined in German and its equivalent shown in Ayola. Note that in German there are different multiple forms of the article, adjective, and noun for the various cases and numbers. Note that, in contrast, in Ayola the only inflection is the plural inflection of the noun.

	German	Ayola

Singular	Nominative
	der gute Name (the good name)	la bona namo
	Accusative
	den guten Namen (the good name)	la bona namo
	Dative
	dem guten Namen (the good name)	la bona namo
	Genitive
	des guten Namens (the good name)	la bona namo

Plural	Nominative
	die guten Namen (the good name)	la bona namoy
	Accusative
	die guten Namen (the good name)	la bona namoy
	Dative
	den guten Namen (the good name)	la bona namoy
	Genitive
	der guten Namen (the good name)	la bona namoy