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Certain groups are held to less stringent rules in regards to speaking and using Hanian. Some are due to complexity, others are so you can learn at your own pace while still others are due to cultural reasons. If you are a child, ill / incapacitated or learning the language you're in one of the protected classes and can use the base form of things until you know your way around things better. There are many things you can do to help you while you learn.

Basic Use in words:

It's to be understood that people when they first learn Hanian may get confused by various rules and structure of the Language. A few words have basic forms of them which help both children and those newly learning the language from being overwhelmed. Learn these few words to help you plow through things till you get the hang of more concepts.

uy -
Use it for a, an, one and gender neutrality.

ar -
Use it as the for everything until you learn the more complex rules of it.

ve -
Use for am, is, be, being, are for everything until you know the rules.

tzo -
Basic respect title used for all people until you know the differences, specific positions, ranks, addresses, etc.

Basic pronouns:

o - I
to - you
ot - me

Remember this:

ay - feminine (she)
oy - masculine (he)
uy - gender neutral
pi - inanimate (it)

Greetings:

tosh - hello, hi, greetings
to ; shiid - goodbye

Yes, No, etc:

esh - yes
she - no
sle - not

Tricks to help while learning:

Not knowing a word:
If one does not know a word it's acceptable to point towards the thing or mimic the action and ask "muw".
One should do this "pointing" with one open palm faced towards a person or people doing actions.
Hand should be lower than them to assure no disrespect is conveyed.

Opposite:
If you don't know the opposite of something then simply put a "she" in front of the word you know.

Pronunciation:
If you don't know how to pronounce something then you may put an uu in it between the consonants that are giving you problems. Don't do this with names and titles of people or things which are considered holy obviously.

Punctuation:
Don't worry about all the various strange forms of punctuation you might find. Stick with nid for breaking sentences into manageable pieces, pha for ending sentences.

Informal:
Don't use informal words in polite society to refer to people. Use them only for things or with those you know well and those of like you (say you're all high school students). This is even true if you're learning the language. Children under age of 12 are exempt from this. So it's ok to call a soda pop or carbonated beverage bok, but you shouldn't answer yes by saying yep using the word "re."

Segment breaks:
If you don't know how the words break up yet you can skip the segment break (That thing --> ; <--- here ) when you write in Hanian. Many words don't have multiple meanings and it's unlikely you'll have to glyph your words later on. If you're writing a long text then put the whole thing in brackets ala [words here]. If it's just one word then you surround it by the segment break thing. Like this ;word; here. This is very helpful if you're among people who may speak and write in multiple languages. Not knowing breaks can be often a problem among those who learn spoken Hanian or those who may know segment breaks for most words but not all of them.

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