Pig Latin is a language very similar to English. There are a few easy rules to remember when translating English into Pig Latin.
If the word starts with one or more consonants, take off all letters until you reach the first vowel. Attack these to the end of the word you're left with. Finally, add the suffix -ay to your word. Examples:
Boat - Oatbay
Thing - Ingthay
Weather - Eatherway
You - Ouyay
Thread - Eadthray
If the word starts with a vowel, you only add the suffix -ay. Examples:
After - Afteray
Out - Outay
Is - Isay
If you encounter a word that starts with a vowel, but the ending of the word doesn't allow adding -ay, you add an apostrofe before adding -ay.
Expensive -Expensiveay
Expensive - Expesive'ay
Arena -Arenaay
Arena - Arena'ay
Amoeba -Amoebaay
Amoeba - Amoeba'ay
Finally, there's the two single-letter words English has. There is some freedom with these two words. Common ways to spell include:
Staying the same:
I - I
A - A
Standard:
I - I'ay
A - A'ay
Simple (I only):
I - Iay (prounounced as yay)
Added consonant:
I - I'yay/I'way/I'hay/I'bay/I'say
A - A'yay/A'way/A'hay/A'bay/A'say
Eahyay, isthay a'ay okejay eadthray. Utbay ere'sthay only'ay a'ay ewfay eadsthray inay isthay oardbay, osay I'ay oughtthay I'day oday a'ay okejay one'ay.
