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Emoji Language Grammar Cheatsheet

A short summary of Emoji Language grammar that you can print on a single sheet of paper:

Word order (always): verb-subject-object ðŸĨĄ 👆 📕 "I take the book."
Plural: reduplication 🏠🏠 "houses"
Specific quantities: number prefix 7ïļâƒĢ👞👞 "seven angels"
Complex words: compounding ðŸŦ🏭 "chocolate factory"
Personal
pronouns:
first person 👆, 👆👆 "I", "we"
second person 👇, 👇👇 "you"
third person 👉, 👉👉 "he/she/it", "they"
Reflexive pronouns: "self" prefix ðŸĪģ👆 "myself" …
Demonstrative
pronouns:
proximal ðŸĪŒ, ðŸĪŒðŸĪŒ "this", "these"
distal 👈, 👈👈 "that", "those"
Possession: pronoun as prefix 👆👆📕📕 "our books"
Location/direction: locative prefixes 📍ðŸŦ, ↩ïļðŸ›ïļ "at school", "to bed"
Manner/tool: instrumental prefix ➕🖊ïļ "with the pen"
Benefit/beneficiary: benfeactive prefix 💧 💁ðŸŠīðŸŠī "water for the plants"
Analogy: equative prefix ⚖ïļðŸĶ "like a bird"
Tenses: past suffix ðŸšķ⮅ïļ 👆 "I went"
future suffix ðŸšķ➡ïļ 👆 "I will go"
Negation: negation prefix ❌👀 👆 👉 "I don't see it"
Questions: interrogative prefix â”ðŸâžĄïļ 👇 "Will you come?"
😋 👇 ❔ðŸĨ— "What salad…?"
Commands: imperative prefix ❕🔒 👇 🚊 "Shut the door!"
Logic: cumulative conjunction 🍎🍎 ➕ 🍊🍊 "apples and oranges"
alternative conjunction ☕ 🔘 ðŸĩ "coffee or tea"
illative conjunctions ðŸĪ” â–ķïļ âœģïļ "cogito ergo sum"
adversative conjunction 🙁 ‾ïļ ✅ "sad but true"
Comparison: comparative suffixes ðŸ’Ļ🔞🏃 👆 "I run faster"
Moods: subjunctive prefix ðŸ”Ū📖 👆 📕 "I would read the book"
permissive, obligative 💁📖, ⛓ïļðŸ“– "may read", "must read"
abilitive, desiderative 💊📖, ðŸĪĪ📖 "can read", "want to read"
Relative clauses: surrounded by ➰/âžŋ 🐈 ➰ 👀 👆 ➰ "the cat I see" (âžŋ = ACC)
Content clauses: surrounded by ðŸ”ģ 👀 👆 ðŸ”ģ 📖 👇 ðŸ”ģ "I see you reading"
Direct speech: quotation marks ✌…✌ "…"

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