Grammar

Yai's grammar was designed to be simple, flexible and easy to learn.

Sentence Structure
There are three basic structure models in Yai:

SVO: Subject, Verb, Object.

SOV: Subject, Object, Verb. (common)

VSO: Verb, Subject, Object. (Used frecuently in questions).

Examples;

SVO: Ne çit ringói - I eat apples.

SOV: Ne ringói çit - I apples eat.

VSO: Çit'da Ne ringói? - I (am) eating apples?

Verbs
Verbs in Yai are always the same; they don't have conjugations, but are modified by subfixes called VMS.

Present: Ne çâp pâng - I cut (an) onion.

Present continous: -'an: Ne pâng çap'an - I'm cutting an aple

Past: Be-  : Ne be'çâp pâng - I cut (an) onion (past)

Future: Wéi-: Ne wéi'çâp pâng - I will cut (an) onion.

Questions
To make question just add  'dê  to the verb:

De Tom wa - You are Tom

De Tom wa'dê? - Are you Tom?