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Iendawel xharöelau eloerta - What is the reason to learn ithkuil?

1) It’s fun!

2) Ithkuil deals with certain intricacies that are not required of you in a natural language. Let’s look at a sentence that to speakers of a natural language would not notice is vague.

“The boy’s book”

The sentence listed above can be said in multiple ways in Ithkuil.

ultánļ öqâlepʰ (The one he possesses but does not necessarily own; For example, he got from the library)

ultánļ öqîlepʰ (The book is the property of the boy)

ultánļ öqêlepʰ (The book is inherent to a boy as a hand is to him)

ultánļ öqôlepʰ (The boy feels the impacts of said book)

ultánļ öqëilepʰ (The boy authored the book)

ultánļ öqöilepʰ (The book that has a special subjective context relevant to the boy. This is seen in phrases found in romantic fiction such as "our song")


Krxhalëi eloertkʰa - Tools to learn Ithkuil
http://ithkuil.net/
http://selpahi.weebly.com/ithkuil/simple-phrases-for-beginners
http://selpahi.de/ithkuil/learning/collection.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ithkuil/comments/4or757/whats_the_best_way_to_get_started_with_ithkuil/

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