๐ฃ๏ธ๐ The Emoji Language Beginners Guide
The Emoji Language is a constructed language that turns emoji into a fully expressive visual language capable of expressing any concept through emoji. The language is designed to be as intuitive to learn as possible for anyone in the world through its simple grammar and immediately recognizable vocabulary. It can be written in any direction, but the standard is left to right.
Nouns and Verbs
All words in the emoji language are made up of two individual emoji. Words mean exactly what their constituent emoji depict. When a word is composed of two different emoji, the second acts to describe the first, or the word may depict a clear concept by the logical juxtaposition of the two emoji. Many words can be a noun or a verb depending on context.
๐๐ โ car / to drive
๐ ๐ โ house / to live
๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธ โ person walking / to walk / to go
๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ โ person running / to run
๐๏ธ๐๏ธ โ eye / to see
๐ณ๐ โ lemon tree
๐งโโ๏ธ๐ซ โ cardiologist
๐ฅง๐ โ apple pie
๐๐ โ to want
๐๐ฆ โ to become / to change
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives and adverbs are formed using an emoji + a heart (๐งก๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ค). The heart means that the word means a core attribute of the first emoji. The color of the heart is up to the user and doesnโt carry any true grammatical meaning other than stylistic. Descriptive words always come directly after the word they modify.
๐๐ โ happy / happily
๐๐ โ good / well
๐๐ โ big / in a big manner
๐ฆ๐งก โ brave / bravely (lion like)
๐๐ โ lucky / luckily
๐ค๐ โ robotic / robotically
๐งโ๐จ๐ โ artistic / artistically
๐๐ โ lunar (moon like)
๐๐๐๐งก โ fast car / to drive quickly
๐ญ๐ญโ๐ โ more candy
๐ญ๐ญ๐ง ๐โ smart idea / think intelligently
Pronouns
There are six pronouns made using shadow emoji and various hands. They do not change when they are the subject or object of a sentence.
๐ค๐โ I, me, my
๐ค๐โ you, you
๐ค๐โ he, him, his / she, her, hers / they, them, theirs (singular)
๐ฅ๐ โ we, us, our
๐ฅ๐โ you (plural), you all
๐ฅ๐โ they, them, theirs (plural)
Sentence Structure and Tenses
The sentence structure of the emoji language is strictly Subject + Verb + Object. All sentences in the emoji language must include a tense marker word which separates the subject from the predicate. There are 9 tenses in total, but the most common are past, present, and future.
๐๐ โ present
๐โณ โ past
๐๐ฎ โ future
๐โจ โ conditional
๐๐ฏ โ habitual
๐โ๏ธ โ imperative
๐โณ๐โณ โ past perfect
๐๐ฎ๐โณ โ future perfect
๐โจ๐โณ โ conditional perfect
A basic sentence is formed with the subject, a tense marker, and a verb. Sentence structure is the same regardless of tense.
๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ โ The man is speaking. / The man speaks.
๐๐๐โณ๐๐งก โ The pizza was delicious.
โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ โ The plane will take off.
๐ฅ๐๐โจ๐โณ๐๐ โ We would have called.
Direct and Indirect Objects
Direct and indirect objects are introduced with the preposition โก๏ธโก๏ธ meaning โtoโ, โtowards,โ or โat.โ The direct object always comes before the indirect object.
๐ถ๐ถ ๐โณ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐๐ โ The dog saw the cat.
๐ค๐๐๐๐คฒ๐จโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐๐๐ถ๐ โ You need new shoes.
๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ โค๏ธโค๏ธ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ถ๏ธ๐งก๐ถ๏ธ๐งกโ They love really spicy tacos.
๐งโ๐ณ๐งโ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐๐ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐๐โ The chef will give the cat a fish.
๐งโ๐จ๐งโ๐จ ๐โณ ๐๏ธ๐จ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐ผ๏ธ๐ผ๏ธ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐ค๐ โ The artist painted me a picture.
๐ค๐๐โณ๐ช๐จโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐พ๐พโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐ถ๐ถ โ I threw the ball to the dog.
Possession
Possession is marked by putting the possessor directly after the noun being possessed. When two nouns are in a row, you can think that the first is โofโ the second.
๐๐ ๐ค๐ โ My tractor
๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ โ Your house
๐ฆด๐ฆด๐ถ๐ถ โ The dogโs bone
๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฉโ The womenโs shoes
Negation
To negate a sentence, put โโ before the tense marker word.
๐ค๐ โโ ๐๐ ๐๐ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐ฅฆ๐ฅฆโ I do not like broccoli.
๐ง๐ง โโ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ฝ๏ธ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐ง ๐ง โ The zombie doesnโt want to eat brains.
๐ฅ๐ โโ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ช ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ โก๏ธโก๏ธ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธโ We canโt see the movie.
Prepositions
These are formed using combinations of arrow emoji. Some grammatical words can have more than one function depending on context.
Prepositions give information on how things relate to each other in space and time.
โก๏ธโก๏ธ โ to / towards / at
โฌ ๏ธโฌ ๏ธ โ from / away from
โ๏ธโ๏ธ โ over / above
โ๏ธโ๏ธ โ under / below
๐๐ โ across
๐ชโฌ ๏ธ โ in
๐ชโก๏ธโ out
๐บ๏ธโคต๏ธโ at (location)
๐โคต๏ธโ at / during (time)
โก๏ธ๐ โ before / until
๐โก๏ธ โ after / since
๐คโก๏ธ โ with
โ๏ธโก๏ธ โ for
ใฐ๏ธโก๏ธ โ like
๐ฝโก๏ธโ unlike
โโก๏ธ โ except / not to
๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐โณโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโฐ๏ธโฐ๏ธ โ The eagle flew over the mountains.
๐ฅ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฃ ๐บ๏ธโคต๏ธ ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ โ We will go fishing at the beach.
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐โคต๏ธโ๏ธโก๏ธ โ Our train leaves tomorrow.
๐ธ๐ธ๐โณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ชโฌ ๏ธ๐ ๐ โ A frog jumped in the house.
๐ถ๐ถ๐โณโฐ๐คโก๏ธ๐๐๐ โ The baby woke up before dawn.
๐งโ๐๐งโ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๏ธ๐๏ธ โ The student will take the metro across the city.
Conjunctions
Conjunctions connect words, phrases, and clauses. Dependent clauses introduced by conjunctions always have to go after the main clause.
โโก๏ธโ and
โโก๏ธโ but
โ๏ธโก๏ธ โ or
โจโก๏ธ โ because / since
๐โก๏ธโ therefore / so
๐คฒโก๏ธโ although
๐กโก๏ธโ if
โ๏ธโก๏ธ โ in order to / to
ใฐ๏ธโก๏ธโ like
๐ฐโก๏ธโ the same as
๐ค๐๐๐๐๐โก๏ธโก๏ธ๐๐โโก๏ธ๐๐ โ I like apples and oranges.
๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ช๐ช๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๏ธโ๏ธโก๏ธ๐ก๐ขโ We can go to the beach or the amusement park.
๐๐๐โณ๐ก๐กโจโก๏ธ๐๐๐โณ๐๏ธ๐๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐ฅ๐ฅโ The bull was angry because it saw red.
๐ฆธ๐ฆธ๐๐๐คฒ๐จโก๏ธโก๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโก๏ธ๐๐โก๏ธโก๏ธ๐๐โ The superhero needs help in order to save the world.
Relative Pronouns and Relative Adjectives
Relative pronouns and relative adjectives introduce clauses that give background information about the nouns in a sentence.
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ โ that / which
๐คโญ๏ธโ who
๐บ๏ธโญ๏ธโ where
๐โญ๏ธ โ when
โจโญ๏ธโ why
โ๏ธโญ๏ธ โ how
๐ค๐๐๐โค๏ธโค๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐ ๐ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐ค๐๐โณ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ โ I love the shoes that I saw.
๐ถ๐ถโโ๐๐๐ง ๐ง โจโญ๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐โณ๐ซ๐ซโ The dog doesnโt know why the butterfly flew away.
๐ฅ๐๐โณ๐๏ธ๐๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐บ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ โ We saw the castle where a vampire lives.
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Is also used to make comparisons, express desire, and report speech.
๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐โ๐โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ค๐ โ My bike is faster than your bike.
๐ค๐๐๐๐๐โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ โ I want you to be happy.
๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ๐โณ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐คด๐คดโโ๐๐๐คฒ๐คฒโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐ ๐ โ The genie said that the king doesnโt have any wishes.
Questions
To form yes or no questions, put โโ at the end of an affirmative statement.
๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๏ธ๐ฝ๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐ง๐ซโโ โ Do you like to eat blueberry waffles?
๐ถ๐ถ๐โณ๐ฅ๐ฅโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐๐ซ๐ค๐โโ โ Did the dog destroy my schoolwork?
To form other types of questions a question word goes in place of the information being requested. The word order of the sentence does not change.
โโ โ what?
โ๏ธโโ which?
๐คโโ who?
๐บ๏ธโ โ where?
๐โ โ when?
โจโ โ why?
โ๏ธโโ how?
#๏ธโฃโโ how much/many?
๐ฐโโ how much money?
๐ค๐๐โณ๐๏ธ๐๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธโโโโโ What did you see?
๐คโ๐โณ๐ฅ๐ฅโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐ช๐ช๐ฅ๐โโโ Who broke our window?
โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐๐ฐโโโโ How much is the watch?
Numbers
Numbers are the only exception to the โ2 emoji per word rule.โ Numbers can be expressed with emoji, or using normal text. Numbers always come after the word they modify.
๐๐๐๐3๏ธโฃ๐บ๏ธโคต๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ โ There are three volcanoes on the island.
๐ฅ๐๐โณ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ฝ๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐๐ง2๏ธโฃ โ We ate two cheese pizzas.
๐ค๐๐๐๐๏ธ๐๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ1,000,000๐บ๏ธโคต๏ธ๐๐ โ I see a million stars in the galaxy.
Punctuation
โซ๏ธโซ๏ธ, โโ, โ๏ธโ๏ธ go at the end of sentences, questions, and exclamations respectively. โซ๏ธโซ๏ธ is not mandatory at the end of paragraphs or standalone sentences.
๐ฅ๐๐๐โค๏ธโค๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ๐ซ๐ซโ๏ธโ๏ธโ We love chocolate!
๐ค๐๐โณ๐๐โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐ค๐โโ๐๐๐ฃ๏ธ๐โซ๏ธโซ๏ธ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐งโ๐๐งโ๐โโ
โ I heard that you don't speak the emoji language. Do you want to learn?
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The Emoji Language, 2026 - Ryan Zin