Thx for playing. Text adventures can be really hard, they aren't very intuitive from a UI perspective.
Initially, you can [verb] [noun] (aka GO EAST or TALK BARTENDER).
Once a flyte battle is initiated (aka FLYTE GUARD), the format switches to [noun] [verb] [adjective(optional)] [insult] (aka FATHER LOOKS STUPID DWARF, which the game will translate as "Thy father appeareth like a fat-kidneyed dwarf!")
Hope this helps & thanks again for playing.