Using Gilkesh: Words and Phrases

I speak Gilkesh.
Durmi Gilkeshkaye. [lit. I speak by means of the Gilkesh language]

She speaks Gilkesh.
Duriti Gilkeshkaye.

I am speaking Gilkesh to Sarah.
Durmie Gilkeshkaye Saraya. [The verbal ending -e marks the present progressive tense.]

Does Sarah speak Gilkesh?
Duriti-ha Sarayu Gilkeshkaye? [The suffix -ha marks a yes-or-no question.]

I want to speak Gilkesh with you.
Ashmi duri Gilkeshkaye jum sa.

Grammar notes. Gilkesh has a total of four cases. Three of these appear here: nominative, mediative, and objective. The nominative case refers to the subject of the verb, and ends in -u (or -yu) in the singular. The mediative case generally refers to the person or thing that conveys the action, and ends in -e or -ye in the singular. The objective case refers to the direct object of a transitive verb, or to the person or thing that receives the action; the objective case ends in -a or -ya in the singular.

Note that Gilkesh grammar does not always interpret the role of "direct object" in the same way English (and other Indo-European languages) do. We'll discuss this more later.