Can you help decipher this language? Below are 10 sentences in Toki Biket with an English translation. There is just one question for you to answer at the end...
toki biket todotobo I speak Michael’s language.
tokii bakdatena tododotobo We speak Magdalena’s language.
tekii baria tedotebe I will eat Mary’s meal.
banuet kusookubo bakdatena Magdalena loves Manuel.
bok bososobobi utu baria They taught Mary a lesson.
fon banban tesotebi biket isi kof Michael ate two bananas in the igloo.
toki biket tobobotobe You (pl.) will speak Michael’s language.
kon bokbok bodobobebodobobe I will be taught three lessons.
kusokubokusokubo banuet Manuel is loved.
ban tesosootebe bakdatena aka baria Magdalena and Mary will eat a banana.
Question: How do you say “you (masculine, singular) are taught” in Toki Biket?
If you think you have figured out the answer, please post it in the comment section below. Everybody has only one attempt. There will be a prize for the winner and the answer will be revealed in the comment section of this blog post one week from today, on Tuesday, 6 March 2012.
This language is actually an assignment that I had to do for my linguistics class where we had to create our own language. Certainly the most fun assignment we had to do! :-) The above photo is from something I was working on in linguistics on another day (not posed!).
