Knašta/Chinese Characters

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Many written works in Knašta use certain Chinese characters. Most are used to represent affixes, however there are a few used to represent nouns, pronouns, and verbs. The table below contains a list of Chinese characters used in Knašta.

Character(s) Pronunciation Meaning Example Notes
ken [kɛn] Province, State Flaxilþřand県 (Flaxilthrand province)
šý [ʃi] City Flaxilþřand市 (City of Flaxilthrand)
šů [ʃu] Region Oxídentsí州 (Western region)
pysťo [paɪstjo] Country Kořstekístón国 (The country of Corstekistan)
paþa [paθa] Way, path 道maršatsjon (How to walk)
ní [ni] No, not 不 ǰis al ídé 的 bots (It's not a good idea)
éja [eja] Yes 是, ǰin ẁakoàtsjon (Yes, I agree)
ota [oɾa] Up, high DŽis 不上 oleš (It's down there)
réjetsí [ɾejɛts] None, nothing Aveskkatsa pîní没 (We have no bread)
alí [ali] Any 不aveskkatsa alímentsí点 (We don't have any food)
til [tɪl] Future tense marker 会gróþkatsí oleš (I'm going to go there)
sen [sɛn] Past tense marker 了fétsakatsí lot (I did it)
了了 són [sɑn] Past perfect tense marker 了了trůvinskakatsí lot (I've found it)
link [lɪŋk] Present progressive tense marker Gróþkatsí在 omagazatí (I'm going to the store)
sin [sɪn] Plural Ňos们 (People) Rare
tempesťa [tɛmpɛstja] Time Kwo 会ǰis vošní的 时arívítkatsjon? (When will you arrive?)
kwy [kwaɪ] (as a word), rézatí [ɾezaɾi] (as a prefix) Why Kw'is vošní的 为fétsatsjon por drast (Why did you do that?)
dos [doz] (as a word), ins [ɪns] (as a sufix) Of (as a word), genitive marker (as a suffix) DŽis 的 kas (It's cheesy), Jo的 kindęsin (My children)
joj [joɪ], jo [jo] I, me 不œrtanés 我 (Don't hurt me) Rare
vošní [vɑʃne] You 你 不 kanel (You can't) Rare
kêta [kɑ̃ta] Subject marker Tokjo者 有 ňossin多 (There are many people in Tokyo)
mnoho [mnoho] Many Íl avesk aržentsísin多 (He has lots of money)
pjotsí [pjots] Few Íl 了donek jo alímentsí少 (He gave me little food)
kelk [kɛk] Some, somewhat DŽis 尐不facílja (It's somewhat difficult)
lešťa [lɛʃtja] There is, there are 了有 drý nékosin orœma (There were three cats in the room)