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The heroines of "The Diary of a Cat" are "xia, a slow-tempo girl," "miifa, a caring girl," "yuule, a high-achieving student" and "feel, a childish girl."
They all are in Arna University. It's called a university, but it's more like a high school because they are 15 years old.

Today, a white cat came to the school.
He came into their classroom and took a seat as if he were a student.
They are talking to the cat during a break.


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This little girl with chestnut hair is "xia, the slow-tempo girl."
She came from Kateej which exists in the south of Arna, the capital city. Kateej is a seaside city and is a region with a warm climate.
People in Kateej are likely to be slow-tempo ones as "xia" is.



She's a sailor-suited school girl. There are sailor suits in Arbazard, too.
The drawings tell us the culture of Arbazard.
So anyway, I'm confused to see the Lunar alphabet.

NOTE: To be exact, what she wears is not the uniform of Arna University. The creator made her wear it so that readers will be able to distinguish between the four girls easily.


Let's romanize the Lunar alphabet at first. Take it easy.
You'll get used to the letters while romanizing them.

Romanized Arka
xia: tyu sil koksaim lenan sete? xom non fit est lex palue myu (xante



The mark like "8" represents a question mark.
What does the last letter mean? It's like the sun.



Close! It's not the sun but the moon. It's a full moon.
The mark means the speaker is in a gleeful mood.
A full moon is called "xante" in Arka, so you can transcribe it into "(xante."



Arka has marks that tell the way of speaking. It's interesting. They are like the mark ":)" and so on.
Well, the first sentence is "tyu sil koksaim lenan sete?" Hmm... the words are difficult.
But I believe you taught me "tyu" and "sil" on Lein's Lesson 1. "tyu" means "you," while "sil" is an adverb that makes the future tense.
No, I have only a vague recollection of them. Maybe I should look up "sil" in the dictionary.

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［noun］future
［adverb］will、will do
［verb］will be。A future copula。
［adjective］futural、would-be
［antonym］ses
19:Established Arka:sikt (later on)
【example】
amir sil a would-be husband

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"sil" is an adverb that makes the future tense like you said. It's written in ［adverb］.
It can be a noun, too. It means "future." You can expand your knowledge of words by checking other parts of speech.
Well, which part of speech does the word "sil" in "tyu sil koksaim lenan sete?" belong to?



Um... "tyu" isn't a verb, so "sil" cannot be an adverb.
Arka is an SVO language, so "tyu" must be a subject. That makes "sil" a verb, so I should read the third line of the definition field.
Hey Lein, What does "a future copula" mean?



In short, it's "will be."
"sil" is "will be."



I see. So, the sentence says "You will be something."
Hmm, what is he going to become? tyu sil koksaim lenan...
Oh, now I remember the word "lenan." You taught me about it on this lesson. I'm sure it means "our."
That means the sentence says "You will be our "koksaim"."



I bet you don't know what "koksaim" means.
It means a classmate.



So, the sentence says "You will be our classmate."



That's right!
Here's a question. Which part of "koksaim" represents "the same"?



According to the dictionary, an equality is "koksan," while a member of a club is "koksems." I think "kok" means "the same."



Good guess! Yes, "the same" is "kok."
You can guess what a morpheme means by looking at words around it. This is a good point of dictionaries.



The dictionary has words on physics, geoscience and climate. Interesting.
By the way, what does "sete" mean in "tyu sil koksaim lenan sete?"?

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［ending independence］［rente］kok
Old Arka

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Oh, the definition field is riddled with tags.
What does it mean?



It says "you use "sete" at the end of sentences," "docile girls use this word" and "the word meaning is the same as in "kok"."
Check the meaning of "yunk" and "milia" when you have time.
Well, what do you think does "kok" mean?

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［adjective］same
［independence］［interjection］likewise
［caser］be the same as
［ending independence］it is, isn't it? A confirmation
［conjunction］t is as as k
［math］congruence
［music］simile
［antonym］koot
13<Old Arka:koko. The meaning of independence comes from "do you have the same idea with me?".
【idiom】
im kok at the same time
【example】
ti siina miik kok? Do you like apples, don't you?
an kok ti et kai. I'm as tall as you.

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I found ［ending independence］.
Seems it means a confirmation.
So, "tyu sil koksaim lenan sete?" means "You will be our classmate, won't you?".
I get it. She said so because the cat came into their classroom.
Now I understand.



Good job!



Thanks.
I'm filled with a feeling of accomplishment.
By then, it's time for a break and after, I move on to the second sentence.