"Ñuha kepa issa."
Translation:He is my father.
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Who knew a completely made up language would be so different from English? Like not even the same word order.
This language doesn't appear to differentiate between "it," "he," and "she." It only conjugates a verb with the implication of a third person pronoun. So, just use "it" to keep it simple. In my opinion, it works better if you try to translate these sentences like this:
<h1>"Ābra muña issa."</h1>"The woman, a mother is it." ...or, "The woman is a mother."
<h1>"Hontesse kirini issi."</h1>"The birds, happy are they." ...or, "The birds are happy."
<h1>"Ñuha kepa issa."</h1>"My father, ... is it." ...or, "It's my father."
Yes.
Ñuha : my
Kepa : father
Issa : he/she/it is
(Ñuha) [kepa] {issa}.
{He is} (my) [father].
He is my father.
The words aren't "backwards". They're just in a different order than what you're used to. Take Japanese for an example.
彼は私の父です。
He my father is.
This might seem like Japanese people are talking backwards, but to them it's just how you say a sentence. To them, English seems backwards. Now look at High Valyrian.
Ñuha kepa issa.
My father he is.
He is my father.
It's basically the same as in English, you just put the verb (issa) at the end instead of in the middle.
Some people who are native speakers to something other than English might say the same for English. Just get used to it.
You learn by example—the word order appears to be SOV, subject-object-verb.
Ñuha kepa issa.
My father he is.
He is my father.
Ābra muña issa.
Woman mother she is.
The woman is a mother.
Ñuha : my
Kepa : father
Issa : he/she/it is
(Ñuha) [kepa] {issa}.
{He is} (my) [father].
The order the words come in is kind of weird (verb at the end), but it's easy once you get used to it.
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Couldn't "nuha kepa" be the subject instead of the object? As in: -Sparo kepa rova issa? -Nuha kepa (rova) issa I put "My father is" and was marked wrong.