PIG LATIN
Ello-hay nowballer-say and welcome…
Find your partner and give them a high five. Today we’re going full immersion. It’s your day to learn pig latin, or you might know it as ‘ig-pay atin-ay.’ Pig Latin is a pseudo-language which is widely known and used by English-speaking people, especially when they want to disguise something they are saying from non-Pig Latin speakers. Your partner and you will now have a special language you can communicate with for the rest of the snowball party. Once you learn the rules, no more english is to be used. To speak Pig Latin, move the consonant cluster from the start of the word to the end of the word; when words begin on a vowel, simply add "-yay", "-way", or "-ay" to the end instead. These are the basic rules, and while they're pretty simple, it can take a bit of practice to get used to them. If a word starts with a vowel, say yay at the end. for example, out is "outyay." If a word has two letters that make one sound at the beginning, like "which," then you would take that sound and put it at the end, so "which" would become "ichway.”
Learn how to form words beginning with consonants.
To form Pig Latin words from words beginning with a consonant (like hello) or a consonant cluster (like switch), simply move the consonant or consonant cluster from the start of the word to the end of the word. Then add the suffix "-ay" to the end of the word.[1]
Words beginning with consonants would change as follows: the word "hello" would become ello-hay, the word "duck" would become uck-day and the term "Pig Latin" would become ig-pay Atin-lay.
Words beginning with consonant clusters would change as follows: the word "switch" would become itch-sway, the word "glove" would become ove-glay and the term "fruit smoothie" would become uit-fray oothie-smay.
Learn how to form words beginning with vowels. To form Pig Latin words from words beginning with vowels, all you need to do is add "-yay" (some Pig-Latin speakers may add "-way" or "-ay") to the end of the word. You don't need to change any letters around, just say the word as normal then add "-yay" to the end.[1]
For example: the word "it" becomes it-yay, the word "egg" becomes egg-yay and the word "ultimate" becomes ultimate-yay.
This also holds true for the personal pronoun "I", which becomes I-yay.
Learn how to form words containing the letter "Y". Words with the letter "Y" can be tricky, as whether you treat the letter "Y" as a consonant or a vowel changes depending on the letter's location in a word.[1]
If a word starts with the letter "Y" it is treated like a consonant and is moved to the end of the word, as usual. For example, the word "yellow" becomes ellow-yay.
The normal rules apply if "Y" is the second letter in a two letter word, such as "my", which becomes y-may.
However, if the letter "Y" comes at the end of a consonant cluster, like in the word "rhythm", it is treated like a vowel and does not move to the end of the word. For example, "rhythm" becomes ythm-rhay.
Learn how to deal with compound words. Compound words work better in Pig Latin when they are split up, as it makes them less comprehensible to listeners.
For example, the word "bedroom" becomes ed-bay oom-ray rather than "edroom-bay", which is more obvious.
Another example is the word "toothbrush", which becomes ooth-tay ush-bray rather than "oothbrush-tay".
Here’s some phrases and examples to practice with:
English
Igpay Atinlay (Pig Latin)
I don't know
Iway on'tday nowkay
Please speak more slowly
Leasepay peaksay oremay lowlysay
Please say that again
Leasepay aysay atthay againway
Take some time to practice with your partner. Get to know each other but for the next 30 mins you can only ask questions and respond in pig latin. Remember this is a FULL immersion stop and remember, practice makes perfect. When you are feeling good and confident take a video of yourselves telling us something special that you learned about your new Snowball friend.