Ultimate Tutorial on How to Learn Grandese - Part 1

It's simple. With the Grandese making their selves at home in JetPunkLand, it is necessary to communicate with them. Also, learning a language truly unique to JetPunk and Canada might be a better alternative to English.

In the early 1800's, a man named GrandOldMan was elected mayor of a city in British Columbia, known today as GrandOldCapital. It is important to recognize that GrandOldMan, or GOM, had very spread out relatives. Some were in France, others in Italy, a couple in Spain, an uncle in Germany. As a child, the young male was eager to learn the languages of them, an event he achieved at only eight years of age. 

However, he found himself speaking random languages all in one sentence! After 5 years of trying to rid himself of this habit, he decided it was time to give up as a teenager. By this time, a couple of friends wanted to know how to talk in mixed languages, so every afternoon at 4:00 P.M., GOM would tutor his friends. Although things were going smoothly, his friends decided that some words were much too hard so they slowly transitioned to having even words be mixtures of languages.

Note that none of Grandese was made up as a Conlang, it was all natural. It was nature that drove him and his friends to slowly transition to having four fifths of words be non-existent in any other language. So in the early 1800's, Grandese quickly spread about GrandOldCapital. Streets flourished with diverse ethnicity, shops were filled to the brim with goods, and the economy was the second best in all of British Columbia, directly after Vancouver.

A great place to get started! Like most language translations, some words don't just evenly translate. When GOM wanted respect from his citizens, he would say "knee" for kneel, or spelled as "Ni" in Grandese. This resulted in almost every greeting in Grandese starting with "Ni". For example, in The Battle of Seattle, a soldier says "Niól", translated to "Sir!" if taken into context. The context is important, because the "ól" is used when talking to authority figures, or to say "Sir" or "Ma'am". The reason "Niól" translates is because when Americans say "Sir!" they mostly mean it as a greeting.

To greet to someone that you believe is your equal, you say "Nivi'a!", because "Ivi'a" means "We" in Grandese. If you wish to greet someone who is below you, simply say "Ni". Despite all of this, over the past few centuries the informal way of saying "Niklo" is used to everyone, as "Klo" means "Person". These words show the great importance of social classes in Grandese society.

On the other hand, saying "goodbye" is a bit easier. The word "fahrajé" is used to say "good" or "well" or other adjectives closely related. However, it also can be used in combination with some words to make different nouns or verbs (high-level Grandese I'll explain in Part 3). If "fahrajé" is simply used on its own, than it is to say goodbye. Here are some other words to know:

I: Vu

You: Vi

They: Vivi

Us: Ivi'i

We: Ivi'a

Is/Are/Of/Can/Do/Etc.: Si

No/Not/But/Before Negative Adjective/Anything Bad: Mal

Know: Ploux

Where: Sight

Nowhere: Sightmal

What: Phe

Thanks/Right/True: Fa

(Apostrophe goes before any time reference)

Now: 'Ræt

Soon/Later: 'Malræt

Earlier: 'Siræt

Cannot/Is not/Are not/Do not/Etc.: Malsi

Speak: Grand ploux

Grandese: Grandese

English: Famalgrandese

And: Rec

It: It

That: Vi'it

I hope this helped you learn the beautiful language of Grandese! There will be two more parts in the future, and soon you'll transition from "Vu malsi grand ploux Grandese, mal Vu grand ploux Famalgrandese" to "Vu si grand ploux Grandese rec Famalgrandese".