Frater

Around the World in Eighty Days -> Peri Geo intem oktadeka jur <- around earth in-time eighty day Jules Verne (This contains translation into Frater, marked with arrows -> . To help the reader understand how "minimalistic" constructed languages work, I am also including "backtranslations," marked with back arrows <- . This will keep you from constantly having to look up words in a dictionary. The tilde ~ shows where I have reversed the order of words to make the text easier to understand.)  I Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. -> Andro Fileas Fog es pas antrop ot grupsosial "Faktore", e person, na es ne kones, kontenne ili es antrop noble optik...

O stela, leban in sel, Ni abe foto e bel. Kia ni es - mi deman - Na, omo kristal leban? O stela, leban in sel, Ni abe foto e bel.

Frater has an alphabet of only eighteen letters. Here's a little experimenting:

(Last updated 2024-11-30) Introduction Much of Frater's vocabulary is taken from scientific terms. You can use these words to improve your scientific vocabulary in you own language. ANU "year" The Frater word ANU comes from the Latin word ANNUS meaning "year." In the original Latin, the word had two N's in it. In longer words the A changed to an E. And so you can find the word root in these English words: ANNUAL "every year." Annual plants need to be planted once every year. PERENNIAL "through the years" - Perennial plants only have to be planted once, and they come up every year after that.  BIENNIAL "every two years" - don't mix this one up with: BIANNUAL "twice a year." (BI means "two" in Frater also.) CENTENNIAL "hundred years." In Frater we also have ANU DANSA, meaning "leap year," and ANU NEO, meaning "new year." AUTO "self" AUTO comes from the Greek word mean...

Some translations of T-shirts I have seen: Admit it - Life would be so boring without me. -> aksep berita - bio abe interesne tak abene mi. Common sense is not a gift - It's a punishment, because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it. -> reson abe ne tauma - es puni, akaus ni nesesa abe relasion kon antroptuta, na abe ne ili. I hate when I go out in public, and the public is there. -> mi filo ne, temkia mi paso a plas kon antrop multi, e abe antrop multi. I'd grow my own food if I could find bacon seeds. -> mi kultur probable alimen auto, si mi inergo eureka sperma ot karnioleo. I may be left handed, but I'm always right. -> mi usa jurtuta mani destrane, sed mi abe jurtuta destra. I may look like I'm doing nothing, but in my head I'm quite busy. -> mi abe espresen, na mi akto nul, sed in sefal mi abe akto multi. I'm not getting old - I just can't remember stuff because my brain is full. -> mi esaribe ne paleo - mi memor ...

1.  In Frater, there is neither article, nor flexion, nor elision, nor affix, nor concord of tense, of mood, of gender, of number. 2.  The noun, the adjective, the verb and the adverb have the same root. 3.  The adjective is always placed after the noun with the exception of the cardinal numbers.  The comparative of equality is translated with JE (as... as); the comparative of superiority with PLUS (more... than); the comparative of inferiority with PLUSNE (less... than).  The superlative of superiority is translated with PLASUNI (the most); the superlative of inferiority with PLASUNINE (the least).  The absolute superlative is translated with TELE (very). 4.  The cardinal numbers are: UNI (1), BI (2), TRI (3), KUADRI (4), KUINTI (5), SES (6), SEP (7), OKTA (8), NONA (9), DEKA (10), SENTI (100), MIL (1000), MILION (1 000 000), MILIAR (1 000 000 000).  The cardinal numbers once placed after the nouns become ordinal numbers.  The multiplicative...

Last update 2021-12-17. This is a word-root dictionary. For the original dictionary see linguasistemfrater.mozello.com. Words marked "&" were added by the maintainer of linguasistemfrater.mozello.org. A at/to A! ah! ABANDON abandon ABARIS greed (avarice) ABDOMEN belly ABE have; ago, there is/are; -NE without ABREBI abbreviate ABRIKO apricot ABSOB absorb ABSOLU absolute; -NE concrete ADBERBI adverb ADMIRA admire ADOR adore ADULTER adultery AER air AGITA shake AGRES aggression AGRI field AGUILA eagle AJUR blue (azure) AKANTO thorn AKIRI buy AKSEP accept/recognize; -NE deny AKTI radiate AKTO do AKUSA accuse ALEGRO rejoice ALIMEN feed/food ALKOL alcohol AMON almond ANALIS analyze ANANA pineapple ANDRO man/husband (Andrew "manly") ANGEL messenger ANKE hip ANKORA anchor ANTE before ANTI against/oppose ANTROP person/human; -NE inhuman ANU year APELA call APERTEN belong to API be...

Last update 2025-12-21. Words marked with a + are words that I have added myself, so there may be other possible entries for these. Words marked with an & are words added by the maintainer of linguasistemfrater.mozello.com. A/AN - ABANDON abandon ABBREVIATE abrebi ABDOMEN abdomen ABLE inergo ABOUT peri ABOVE sur ABOVE ALL surtuta ABRAHAM Abram ABROAD eksnasion ("out of the country") ABSENT presenne (not-present) ABSOLUTE absolu ABSORB absob ABSTAIN gardiauto (guard-self) ABUNDANCE multi ABUSE insulta ACCEPT aksep ACCIDENT benine(not happy); aribeespekne (not-expect-arrival) ACCOMPANY pasokon (go-with) ACCOMPLISH komple ACCORD konser ACCORDING TO konser kon ACCORDINGLY sekuen ACCOUNT konta ACCUSE akusa ACCUSTOMED TO usa ACHIEVE komple ACID asid ACQUIRE akiri ACROSS dia ACT akto ACTINIUM metalak ACTION akto ACTIVE akto ACTIVITY stofakto ACTOR antropakto; androakto (male) ACTRESS gineakto ACTUAL fakto ADD plus ADDRESS dom ADDRESSEE antroppresep ADJECTIVE naturnam ADJUST fakt...