New words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hi | hello |
| salam | peaceful greeting |
| ok | ok |
| ya | yes |
| no | no |
| bai | goodbye |
Where the stress goes
The second-to-last syllable, in every word, always. A word with one syllable takes it there — hi, ok, ya, no, bai are all one syllable, so there is nothing to decide. salam has two: SA-lam.
A vowel pair counts as one syllable, so bai is one and not two. There is no exception anywhere in the language and no word has to be learned with its stress. The rule.
Your first conversation
— Hi! Ok? — Ya, ok! Bai!
Literally: Hello! Ok? — Yes, ok! Goodbye!
That is a complete, correct Amadunia exchange. There is nothing hidden in it: no conjugation to learn, no gendered form to choose, no article to place.
Not one of those four lines is a full sentence, and none needs to be: any phrase may stand alone when what it answers is clear. That is the rule from the first line of the first lesson, and the same page grants the commands you will meet in Lesson 10.
Two ways to greet
hi is the everyday greeting — quick, neutral, usable with anyone.
salam carries the older sense of wishing peace. Use it when you want the greeting to mean something.
— Salam! — Salam! Ok? — Ya, ok.
Saying no
no answers exactly as ya does, in the same slot:
— Ok? — No.
Practice
Say these out loud. Every letter has one sound, so read them exactly as written.
- Hi!
- Salam! Ok?
- Ya, ok! Bai!
- Hi! … No. … Bai!
What you can already say
With six words you can open a conversation, ask how someone is, answer either way, and close. That is the whole point of the design.
Next lesson: water, food and home — the first nouns, the first verbs, and the subject-verb-object order they stand in.
That line read “pronouns and the verb ama — waiting on the pronoun and word-order decisions” until September 5, 2026. It was written on the first day, before either decision existed; both were settled on September 2 and pronouns got a lesson of their own at 09. The first sentence of the course pointed at a lesson that was never written and at questions that had been answered for three days.