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Mini: How to order food at a restaurant Ordering food at a restaurant is basically asking for things. And, of course, understanding what the waiter is telling you: di a menu - This is the menu - Here’s the menu. tu i vole manja a ke? - What do you want to eat? tu e redi? - Are you ready? Notice the second sentence. In Mini you can just chain verbs, no need for any intermediate words. They just…
Mini: How to point out the position of things Let’s talk prepositions and words related to position. Let’s start with a simple example: poma e en mesa - The apple is on the table. Prepositions are just like any other word in Mini (they are verbs, nouns, and any other type at the same time), therefore we need to mark that it is being used as a preposition. For that we use the particle “e” then we…
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Mini: How to ask about words you don’t know These two questions are always useful when learning a new language: tu i dire a … e ke en mini? - How do you say … in Mini? … i sinifi a ke? - What does … mean? Let’s take a look at the literal translation: tu i dire a … e ke en mini? - You say … how in Mini? … i sinifi a ke? - … means what? The first question is composed as follows: tu: You. Subject.…
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Mini: How to chat about places you want to or have visited Do you travel a lot? Do you want to travel a lot? Which countries have you visited or even lived in? Let’s start with a simple question: tu i favo safari? - Do you like to travel? This question is using something called chaining in Mini. After marking the verb with the particle “i”, one can just keep adding verbs without any extra markers.…
Mini: How to talk about your place of origin So, where are you from? You have to come from somewhere: tu i veni e de ke? - Where are you from? Translating word for word we would have “you come from what?”. You can be fancy about it and add “loke”: tu i veni e de ke loke? - Where are you from? - You come from what place? I was born in México so I would answer mi i veni de Meksiko - I’m from México.…
Mini: How to talk about languages How do you manage to find Mini speakers in the wild? By asking them of course: tu i pale a mini? - Do you speak Mini? mi i pale a mini - I speak Mini. Ja - Yes. No. With this construct we can ask about any language: tu i pale a Engli? - Do you speak English? si i pale a Espaniol? - Does she speak Spanish? si-ale i pale a Italia-linga? - Do they speak Italian?…
Mini: How to say hi and ask others for their name Mini uses one word for salutations: salu - Hi - Bye. There are also other ways to say “hi”: bon maten - Good morning. bon afa-semi-dia - Good afternoon. bon eve - Good evening - Good night. bon dia - Good day. Mini is all about simplicity, so we usually just use “salu”. To ask someone their name we say tu name a ke? - What is your name? Notice that…
How to Mini The sole purpose of these lessons is to get the reader to hit the floor running with the Mini language. Mini is so easy that you can take a look at the grammar and start using the language right away with a dictionary in hand. That’s it. No complex grammar structures, no exceptions nor specific cases, no convoluted rules that apply sometimes and sometimes don’t. Just your ideas…
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On rationalizing the denominator It is a tradition in elementary schools to transform a quotient like 1/√2 into another one in which the square root sign does not appear in the denominator. As far as we are concerned, doing this is not particularly useful in general. It may be useful in special cases, but neither more nor less than other manipulations with quotients, to be determined ad hoc as the…
A translation of The wolf and the lion by Aesop to Mini Lupo an leon Lupo i de ave robare a ovi an si i de en pota a si go si nida go-i manja a si. Pero si ajenda de-i muta e mui ven si i de enkonte a leon, ke, en-i dona a no rason, i de toma a ovi de si. Lupo i de go a sekura fara, an den i de dire e en duka voka: “Tu i no ave a dereko go-i toma a mi kosa sama da!” Leon i de mira e baka, pero…
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A translation of The father and his sons by Aesop to Mini Viro-paren an si fili Viro i de ave a mui fili ke i sono-bata o tuju inta si-ale, an, tamen si-viro i de tenta, si-viro i de no kan fini-make ke si-ale i viva o tuju en pase. Den, si-viro i de deside en-savi a si-ale de si loko kon di metodo. Si-viro i de dire a si-ale ke si-ale i kapa a paketa de baton, den si-viro i de invite a kada de…
The Tono language Tono is a constructed language. Version: 6. Stability: Approaching stability. Contents: Letters . Pronunciation . Sentences . Context and modifiers . Modifying nouns . Context . Modifiers as adverbs of verbs and sentences . Modifiers as tense, aspect, mood of verbs . Modifiers as prepositions . Modifiers as conjunctions . Mood . Set words . Questions . Numbers . Punctuation .…
Go performance recipes This is a list of recipes to improve the performance of Go code that I have used or encountered whilst working on projects. I keep this list updated. Contents: Recipes . Use strings.Builder to concatenate many strings (3h9) . Set the size of the backing array on strings.Builder (a85) . Use reflect.TypeOf instead of the fmt package for a string representation of a type (71t)…
Mini: Go and its many uses The word “go” has many uses in the Mini language: It means “to”, “for”, “towards”: mi i vole savi a ke i pasa go Tom. - I want to know what happened to Tom. tu i da sujesi a ke go Tom? - What would you recommend to Tom? joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola. - The…
150 Canonical sentences in Mini This list contains the sentences described in “150 Canonical Sentences For Identifying Semantic Primes And The Core Lexicogrammar Of Any Language” by Cliff Goddard, Anna Wierzbicka but translated to Mini. They use, basically, the whole grammar of the language and they are good practice for any learners. ke man i de make a si? - Who did it? some man i de toma a si.…
Mini flag and imagery Mini flag. SVG . Mini flag, vertical, banner. SVG . Mini logo, transparent background. SVG . Notes The Mini flag was chosen through voting by the community. The original Mini logo designed by S.C. Gruget is under CC BY-SA 4.0 . It can also be found on the Mini main site . The flags, therefore, are also CC BY-SA 4.0 but by me. Feel free to use them. Mini resources .
Cardinal directions in Mini Cardinal directions: nore - north. sude - south. ese - east. vese - west. nore-ese - northeast. nore-vese - northwest. sude-ese - southeast. sude-vese - southwest. kapo direto - cardinal directions. Notes Mini resources .
Learn Mini through quizzes The following are lessons for learning Mini through reading conversations and answering questions regarding those. Each lesson is small enough to do it in one go and after each one you can see the correct answers. They are made in Google Forms but you don’t need an account. After finishing a lesson, you can click “View accuracy” to see the answers or do it again if you…
Landforms in Mini Landforms and land features: bai - bay, gulf, cove. delta - delta. farina-monte - dune. fen - fen, swamp, bog, marsh. foreta - forest. ila - island. ila-junta - archipelago. ise-lan - iceberg. kalori-fonte - geyser. kanali - canal. kave - cave. kolina - hill. kula-foreta - tundra. kula-vali - fjord, fiord. lago - lake. lan-figura - landform. lan-tumo - cape. litora - shore,…
The human body in Mini Body: man bodi - human body. kapo - head. fore - forehead. oko - eye. mimi - ear. nase - nose. boka - mouth. neka - neck. kanda - shoulder. sina - chest. beli - stomach. rama - arm. mano - hand. diji - finger. noga - leg. kolenka - knee. talon - heel. pedi - foot. Notes Mini resources .
Curso de Mini: Gramática Mini es un lenguaje creado por S.C. Gruget. Su gramática es simple y está diseñada para ser fácil de aprender y usar. Este curso incluye todo lo que necesitas para empezar a usar el idioma. Para dudas y comentarios, puedes usar el diccionario o preguntar en Discord o Reddit . Contenido: Letras . Pronunciación . Oraciones y flexibilidad de palabras . Pronombres . Negación .…
Mini course: Grammar Mini is a constructed language created by S.C. Gruget. Its grammar is simple and is designed to be easy to learn and easy to use. This course includes everything you need to start using the language. If at any point you feel lost, you can use the dictionary or ask around in Discord . Let’s start: Contents: Letters . Pronunciation . Sentences and word flexibility . Pronouns .…
A translation of episode 11 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Mini translations . Mini resources .
Spelling and letter names in Mini If you need to spell a word in Mini, just add an “e” to the consonants and read the vowels the same way. For example “aero-pota” would be spelled: a, e, re, o, meno, pe, o, te, a. These are the names of all the Mini letters: a: a. b: be. d: de. e: e. f: fe. g: ge. i: i. j: je. k: ke. l: le. m: me. n: ne. o: o. p: pe. r: re. s: se. t: te. u: u. v: ve. If you need…
A translation of episode 10 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of episode 9 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of episode 8 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of episode 7 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of episode 6 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of episode 5 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of episode 4 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of episode 3 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of episode 2 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of the article Formication to Mini Muravi-senti Muravi-senti a senti ke i sama a mini inseto en-i retili en (u unda) pele ven nulo o vere e da. Si a besonde figura de junta de senti de-i savi sama pin-senti, ke i kon a ma medi pin-senti senti de-i savi sama pin an pin. Muravi-senti a mui note-dalili maladi-sino ke i ave a mui rason. Name i veni de “formica”, latin name go muravi.…
A translation of episode 1 of Pepper and Carrot to Mini Notes Original english version under Creative Commons by David Revoy . Next episode . Mini translations . Mini resources .
A translation of the article Shi Pei Pu to Mini Shi Pei Pu Shi Pei Pu (Guanga: 时佩璞; 21 de monato 12, 1938 - 30 de monato 6, 2009) a de sina musika-teata kanti-man de Pekin. Si-viro i de veni a ninja ke i de kapa a seketa de Bernard Boursicot, labora-man en frans gove-pale-mudi, en 20 ano o sesi relate en ke kanti-man i de en-savi a viro ke si-viro a de feme. Si-viro i de dire ke si-viro i de ave a…
A translation of the article Smallpox demon to Mini Ruja-lati-maladi demon Ruja-lati-maladi demon (Nipon-linga: 疱瘡神, Hōsōshin) a demon ke e de keredo ke e de liabili go ruja-lati-maladi en semi-aje Nipon. En da dia, popula i de tenta pase-veni a furi de demon, u si-ale i de tenta dona-duka a demon ka si-ale i no ave a ota efeto terapi go ruja-lati-maladi. Tari En Nipon-linga, name hōsōshin u…
A translation of the article Sure-footedness to Mini Sure-pedi-neso Sure-pedi-neso a kan, besonde ven en-i kamina u en-i supa-go a monte, go-i go o sekura via duro base. So konditi i pone a nese en junta-labora de man an en kipa de poten sama an i dua a risiti-valu de base. Sure-pedi-neso man i go no lubi, an i go ave a bon kapo go tingi ven si e nese. En mui kamina jalan an monte ringo,…
A translation of the article 15-minute city to Mini 15 minute siti 15 minute siti a siti ajenda idea en ke da-ma de dia nese an uti-make, sama labora, basara, edu, sano-neso an ludi-neso e tila-kan de en-i kamina u kon bike en 15 minute de ani loke en siti. Di nea i vole bajo a karo nulo-ego-ereki, i en-savi a sano o apojo-kan en-i viva an i veni-ma-bon a kalite de viva go siti popula. En-i…
A translation of The ass and the lap dog by Aesop to Mini Tupe-kavalo an topi-noga dogi Uno, a de tupe-kavalo ke si-viro ego-man i de ego o an a topi-noga dogi. Di dogi e de favo an de-i risiti a mui amo-senti an ubuntu name de si-viro ego-man, an mini-peso de si-viro piato. Kada dia, dogi i da kuri enkonte a ego-man, en-i jumpa o ludi e rondo an tingi ke si-viro i linga a si-viro mano an fase.…
A translation of a 1988 australian newspaper ad about gun laws to Mini I pensa a si nun. U tu i kan risiti a 12 monato an i pensa a solo da. Se tu i ego a no akonto u no-obe-jura gun, an tu i make a nulo ante 17 de monato-12, tu i go fase a severe puni ke i kan kon a dire-abuso komun obe-jura-kapa, ofensa sentense an name “ofensa-man” de-i pubili en tu akonto vile kipa de tu viva. An tu i kan…
A translation of The ass and the grasshoppers by Aesop to Mini Tupe-kavalo an kirikiti Uno dia, tupe-kavalo i de en kamina e en kampo an si-viro i de deteki a some kirikiti ke i de en kanti o joli e en gadi kona de kampo. Si-viro i de ia kon mui puja a kanti de kirikiti. Si e de so joli kanti ke si-viro kore, ke i de amo a joli-neso, de-i fule kon arapan de en-i kanti sama si-ale i de kanti. “Si a…
A translation of The ass and its shadow by Aesop to Mini Tupe-kavalo an si osura Safari-man i de ave risiti-labora a tupe-kavalo ke i da pota a si-viro go fara peso de paisa. Ego-man de tupe-kavalo i de go kon safari-man, i en kamina e lado si-viro ka si i de en karo a tupe-kavalo an i en sino a jalan. Jalan i de lida via nulo-igi foli-lan ve sole i de luse o poten. Kalori i de veni e so poten ke…
Materiales para el idioma Mini Esta es una lista de materiales y recursos del idioma Mini. Algunos de mi autoría, otros por la comunidad. Curso de Mini: Gramática https://jprogr.github.io/curso-mini-gramatica . Diccionario Mini-Español https://jprogr.github.io/diccionario-mini-espanol . Tarjetas de estudio (flashcards) para Anki web , deck . Curso en Memrise…