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Writing Arka

The lemon pie is ready, Shion!
Let's eat it together-- Hey, what are you doing?



Oh, I'm writing my diary with Arka. I'm practicing writing Arka.
"im tur non axtes axlei. im fis non pelsat mil non eskat yu"



Ooookaaay...



What do you mean by that, Shion?



Huh? "I'm writing my diary. Today, I was caught in a shower. It was bothering."
Is there something wrong? I'm sure I chose appropriate words.



It's true that you chose appropriate words, but the sentence is a bit odd. And the grammar is wrong.
"pels" is "to bother someone," so the sentence means "I bothered someone."
"non nat pels" is right. You should be careful about the diction.



If you are in trouble, you should use an ending independence "sin." "mil esk sin" is right.
It rained when you were in trouble, so you should make "eskat" "esk."



You should put a comma after "im tur (fis)" (today).
There's no need to write "non" (I) in the subordinate clause. And I'd like to put "see" between the sentences.
Besides, "axtes" means "have written." If you want to say "I'm writing," you have to say "axtor." OK, the right sentence is below.
"im tur, non axtor axlei. see im fis, non nat pels mil esk sin."



Now I understand I was wrong, but I just can't take it.
My sentence wasn't bad. Actually, you understood what I wanted to tell, right?



Yeah, maybe. But your sentence means "I've finished writing my diary today. Today, I was caught in a shower. And I was so irritated that I bothered someone."
Actually, I thought you meant for that. Are you stressed?



No! Hmpf, OK, my sentence wasn't good.
I'm able to read Arka thanks to Lein's Lesson, but I can't write Arka well.
Hey, is there a good way to write Arka well?



The problem with writing is that you can't check the sentence you wrote is right by yourself.
It's not good that you memorize the wrong sentence you made.



I see.



You should use sentences from the dictionary. This is the best way to write good Arka.
Say you want to say "the sky was cloudy this morning, so I went to school with my umbrella."
You can find "esn" (umbrella) in Diaklel. Next, check the radio button named "example search," and search for what you're going to write.



I found a sentence which is similar to what I want to write.
"an pias esn man eskat sat." (I brought an umbrella because it looked like rain)



Then make a sentence based on it.
You're likely to make a right sentence.



OK. First, I should change "an" to "non" because I'm a girl.
I want to make a past tense, so I should write "piat," not "pias."
And girls tend to use "mil" instead of "man."



Good. You've made "non piat esn mil." Now you have to make the subordinate clause.



What's cloudy in Arka? ...Oh, it's "espte." And the dictionary says "this morning" is "tu faar."
tu at espte im fis. = fis at espte. It was cloudy today.
So, "mil tu at espte im tu faar" is right.
No, it was cloudy when I brought an umbrella, so the tense of the subordinate clause becomes the present tense in Arka.



Right. And the right sentence is "non piat esn mil tu et espte im tu faar."
It's very hard to write sentences from scratch, but it's not hard to do it if you use sentences from dictionary.



You should read the section of diction, too.
Both "diz" and "kahi" mean "crime." You can say "til diz" (have crime), but you can't say "na diz" (feel crime).



You should be careful about the combination of verbs and prepositions (casers).
"koa" is "to get on." So you would write "koa lop" (take a train), but it means "someone put something on a train."
"koa a lop" is right. You can check the combination of verbs and prepositions (casers) in Diaklel.



Seems I should read the novels, too. They do have a lot of sentences.



And you should be careful about the collocations. "To open umbrella" is "ar (hom) esn" in Arka.
Besides, you should be careful about the aspect of verbs.



I see. I should read a lot of examples in the dictionary and the novels to write good Arka.
What should I do when there's no example for a word in the dictionary?



Then you should search for a word that has a similar meaning, You can say "esk luna" (rain come), so it's narutal that you say "sae luna" (snow come) and "cate luna" (storm come).
You can find many examples and collocations in "esk" because it's more basic word than "sae" and "cate." Besides, "esk" shares its collocations with "sae" and "cate."



It means when you can't find a collocation in a word, you should check a similar basic word.



But you must be careful about what is not in common between "esk" and "cate."