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 | ðĨĄ ð ð | "I take the book." |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plural: | reduplication | ð ð | "houses" |
| Specific quantities: | number prefix | 7ïļâĢðžðž | "seven angels" |
| Complex words: | compounding | ðŦð | "chocolate factory" |
| Personal pronouns: |
first person | ð, ðð | "I", "we" |
| second person | ð, ðð | "you" | |
| third person | ð, ðð | "he/she/it", "they" | |
| Reflexive pronouns: | "self" prefix | ðĪģð … | "myself" … |
| Demonstrative pronouns: |
proximal | ðĪ, ðĪðĪ | "this", "these" |
| distal | ð, ðð | "that", "those" | |
| Possession: | pronoun as prefix | ðððð | "our books" |
| Location/direction: | locative prefixes | ððŦ, âŠïļðïļ | "at school", "to bed" |
| Manner/tool: | instrumental prefix | âðïļ | "with the pen" |
| Benefit/beneficiary: | benfeactive prefix | ð§ ððŠīðŠī | "water for the plants" |
| Analogy: | equative prefix | âïļðĶ | "like a bird" |
| Tenses: | past suffix | ðķ⎠ïļ ð | "I went" |
| future suffix | ðķâĄïļ ð | "I will go" | |
| Negation: | negation prefix | âð ð ð | "I don't see it" |
| Questions: | interrogative prefix | âðâĄïļ ð | "Will you come?" |
| ð ð âðĨ | "What salad…?" | ||
| Commands: | imperative prefix | âð ð ðŠ | "Shut the door!" |
| Logic: | cumulative conjunction | ðð â ðð | "apples and oranges" |
| alternative conjunction | â ð ðĩ | "coffee or tea" | |
| illative conjunctions | ðĪ âķïļ âģïļ | "cogito ergo sum" | |
| adversative conjunction | ð âžïļ â | "sad but true" | |
| Comparison: | comparative suffixes | ðĻðžð ð | "I run faster" |
| Moods: | subjunctive prefix | ðŪð ð ð | "I would read the book" |
| permissive, obligative | ðð, âïļð | "may read", "must read" | |
| abilitive, desiderative | ðŠð, ðĪĪð | "can read", "want to read" | |
| Relative clauses: | surrounded by â°/âŋ | ð â° ð ð â° | "the cat I see" (âŋ = ACC) |
| Content clauses: | surrounded by ðģ | ð ð ðģ ð ð ðģ | "I see you reading" |
| Direct speech: | quotation marks | â…â | "…" |
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