Pig Latin
Most words in Pig Latin end in "ay." Use the rules below to translate normal English
into Pig Latin.
1. If a word starts with a constant and a vowel, put the last letter of the word at the beginning of the word and add "ay."
Example: Happy = Yhappy + ay = Yhappay
2. If a word starts with two constants move the two constants to the end of the word and add "ay."
Example: Child = Ildch + ay = Ildchay
3. If a word starts with a vowel add the word "way" at the end of the word.
Example: Awesome = Awesome +way = Awesomeway
Putting It All Together
The sentence "Pig Latin is hard to speak." is written below in Pig Latin:
Gpiay Nlatiay isway dharay otay eakspay.
Notice how "Gpiay" is actually "Pig." Because the last character of pig is moved
to the front, with "ay" added to the end, it makes Pig Latin very hard to read.
Decoding Pig Latin
Because Pig Latin is a method for translating words of the English language into a
different language you can make up a code book for each commonly used word. Write
your code book like a foreign language dictionary:
Pig Latin Plain English
airway air
ecoday code
phelay help Phelay emay otay ecoday.
emay me
otay to
ethay the
etc...