Work Text:
Although Grace can comprehend fluent Eridian, the words he can speak without his keyboard are limited by his single set of vocal chords. To make it seem realistic, we limited him to less than 200 words - about the same vocabulary as a two year old. All the words he can say are simple, non-compound words, and as stated in the book, "the oldest words in a language are usually the shortest."
Family nouns
- Parent
- Best friend (family/cluster member - Rocky told Grace it meant best friend, because they weren't super concerned with precision, but yes, Grace has been declaring Rocky is his family.)
- New friend
- Mate
- Rocky (simplified - short forms of names are easier to say, but less formal. You have to be invited to use them.)
- Grace (simplified)
- Mica (simplified)
- Adrian (simplified)
- Home
- Erid (simplified)
Needs
- Food/eat/hungry
- Sleep
- Help
- Hurt
- Sick
- Broken
- Warm/cold
- Gentle
- Stop
- Scared/scary
Feelings
- Happy
- Sad
- Love
- Alone
Misc
- Hello
- Sorry (apology)
- Yes/no/not
- Numbers/years
- And
- Air
- Box
- Gift
- Thing
- This
- That
Adjectives/adverbs
- Good/bad
- Big/small
- Many/little
- All
- Always
- Special
- Hard
Verbs
- Is/am
- Come
- Bring
- Fix
- Need
- Have
- Understand
- Hear
- Find
- Go/gone
- Meet
- Speak
- Teach
- Play
Question words
- If
- What
- How
Prepositions
- For
- From
- About
- In