Language Lessons - 1.2: Hierarchy

Preparation

The Concept of Hierarchy

Let us say you are trying to make a story with a sophisticated set of rankings:

  • Normal
  • Super
  • Ultra

But, how would we order them? This would probably be the first thing that comes to your mind, or at least mine for certain:

  1. Ultra
  2. Super
  3. Normal

The online community agrees with this, but also suggests adding "Hyper", so let us do that!

  1. Ultra
  2. Hyper
  3. Super
  4. Normal

🎉 Tada! That is an example of hierarchy!

Note that in this example, these choices were explicitly chosen for being actual prefixes, and even words in English forbye, although in a literary or aberrational schema, creating your own is completely fine and stylish.

To put it simply, this is how to use hierarchy in the Speedo language:

  1. No prefix: This word is left alone, unchanged; normal.

  2. Nai-: This word is actually referencing a remastered version of itself, increasing its functionality; super-.

  3. Moa-: This word is actually referencing an edited version of the remastered version of itself, patching up the special gaps that other upgrades could have objected this with, and tweaking them just a little; hyper-.

  4. Pel-: This word is actually referencing an apocalypsed version of the edited version of the remastered version of itself, hugely making aberrations for everything in its power, making it almost unstoppable; ultra-.

But, wait! Howbeit, notice how some of the prefixes say "the" instead of "a" or "an"? That means you have to stack the prefixes in order to define their references in this manner:

They stored several moa-nai-healing vials.

🎉 Tada, again! That is how to create hierarchy in the Speedo language!