Sylvan (Titanian)

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Base
Common Nanshilae
acceptable
acorn Mia
adult
adventure
adventurer
afraid
after Sali
agile
alcohol
all Beleb
ally
alone Mim
also
although
And O
anger, wrath
angry
animal Silumni
any
arm Mieme
armed
armor
arrow
as
assassin
aunt
autumn Tu
back (of torso )
bad Ukkutae
balance
bandit
bartender
battle
beautiful
beer
behind (preposition)
before Suli
between Toot
big Mil
blade
book Kutaeminbeb
border
boring
both
boy
bow
branch Mie
brave
bright
broken Ukt
brother
bush
But Ka
by, near
chest, container
chest, torso
child Mirfae
city Milvonkel
cold Vuk
comfortable
correct
Council
cousin
Damn!
danger
dangerous
dark Lu
darkness
daughter
day Al
death Kutae
defense
dew
dragon Dar
drink
dry Kele
dwarf, dwarven
earth Vo
eight
either
Elf (sing.), Elven
elven (language)
eternity Saliosuli
ever
exciting
expensive
Face Sein
Fall
family
fast
father Fenmaer
female Fe
field
finger Minsei
fire Kut
fish
five
flower Se
food Ela
foot Mivormin
for He
forest Kel
forever Saliysuli
forsaken
four
friend
friendly
from Ye
fruit Mir
full of
full
fun Sile
gem
girl
god, deity
gold (metal?) Lirn
gold (color?) Vorai
good Faele
goodbye
grass Ne
grass (tall) Na
gratitude, thanks
grove Ke
hair
half
hand Miemin
happy
haven, safe place
haven, safe place
haven, safe place
He/She
healthy
heart
her
here Vakel
hers
Hey!
high vele
hill/mountain
him
his/its
house of
house Kal
house (noble) Kral
How
human
hungry Elaf
husband
I me
if
in Pe
inner
in the
journey
keep (small castle)
king Fenler
kingdom (f) Rie
kingdom (m) Rien
Land of...
last
leaf Min
leg Mivome
left (direction)
less Nu
library Kalvarkutaeminbebib
life Fae
light Li
little ("a little bit")
long
Look out!
Low volo
magic Fer
magical
male Fen
many Beb
maybe/perhaps
me be
metal Vor
mine
missing
moon Luvese
more No
mortal Kutarirfe
most
mother Femaer
mother-in-law
much/many
music Selui
name Yal
neice
neice
neither
nephew
nephew
never
new Sear
next
night Ul
nine
No Ho
Nor
Not U
now
nut Miu
ocean Elb
of var
off vur
Oh no! Ai ho!
OK!
old Satuku
on ver
once
on the
one
Or I
Orc
Order
ours
out Po
outer
outside Velvo
over Vel
passage
pattern Liverel
petal Sei
pleasant, nice
pollen Fealeai
poor
potion
powerful
queen Feler
quickly
rain Siluelve
raven
re- (to do again) je-
rich
right (direction)
river Siluel
road, i.e. way of passage
root Mivo
Sea
season
seed Sea
seven
Shaahesk
shadow
she fea
shield
short
sick
silver (metal?) Lir
silver (color?) Vorih
sister
six
sky Ve
slow
slowly
small Il
smart
snow
so
something
son
song Salif
sorceress (unseelie) Ferfe or Ferife
sorceress (seelie) Fefer or Feferi
Sorcery Ferfae or Faefer
sound Seluin
spice
Spring Le
star Vese
stranger
stem Sep
stone Von
stronghold, castle
stupid
Summer La
sun Veli
sword Mie'Lorvor
tavern, inn faav
teacher/mentor
ten
than
thank you
that, which
the -s (added to the end of the word)
theirs
them
there
They
thing
thirsty Elef
this
thorn lo
three
time Silualbe
time (long) Siluelvaralbe
tired
To Y
Toe Mivosei
Tomorrow Salali
tourist
town,
trade (noun)
traveler
tree Mi
Twilight Alul
two
ugly
uncle
undead
under Vol
us
very
wall
watcher, guard
water El
way
We
weak
weapon lor
Welcome
Wet Ele
What
When
Where
whether
while
Who
Why
wife
wind
wine sileel
Winter Uk
with neal
Wizard Ferivar Kutaeminbeb
Wizard (shortened) Ferivar'Kaebeb
wizardry Fer var Kutaeminbed
woman
(adult female)
wonderful
wrong
year lele
Yes Hi
yesterday saluli
yet
you (pl) ba
you ma
young sear
yours (pl)
yours

New work in progress

This is not official avlis lore yet and has no team approval. Please don't use this IG yet. This language I'm hoping will act as the Titanian variant of the sylvan language. After a fair bit of discussion and forum searching I've got a road map to go by. The language on this page will be largely unused IG outside perhaps of events involving the Titanian nobility and court yet will be a crucial basis of other fey languages on avlis. The other languages I am making are Avlissian Sylvan (The language of centaurs, druids and all sentient forest beings if they have the leftover INT to learn it) and Fairy Common (the language all fey speak after their racial language).

Titanian sylvan will probably only be used in game as the language of the Titanian nobility and the titanian court. From a game mechanics perspective it will be the language the titanian subrace languages will be derived from. Any other likely speakers of this will probably be selecting one of the other languages instead. Opinions welcome in the discussion area. I just put all this out here so it wouldnt be missed. (xiaou)

Base language

The fey of Avlis not created by O'Ma were created by a goddess named Titania.

Colors:

  • black '
  • blue Ae
  • green Ei
  • orange '
  • red Ea
  • white Ih
  • brown Eatu
  • purple '
  • yellow Ai



Pronouns

1st Person:

  • I - '
  • We - '

2nd Person:

  • You - '
  • You -'

3rd Person:

  • He/She - Fena/Fea
  • They -


Indirect pronouns:
  • me Ei
  • you '
  • him Bena
  • her Bea
  • us '
  • you (pl) Mab
  • them(f) Feab
  • them(m) Fenab


Indirect pronouns with prepositions:
  • from me '
  • from you '
  • from him '
  • from her '
  • from us '
  • from you '
  • from them '

Showing possession:

  • My (Mine) Mel (Bel)
  • Your (Yours) Mal (Bal)
  • Her (Hers) Feal (Beal)
  • His (His) Fenal (Benal)
  • Its Voal (Boal)


  • Our (Ours) Meal (?)
  • Your (Yours) Mabel (Babel)
  • Theirs (f) Feabel (Beabel)
  • Theirs (m) Fenabel (Benabel)

Examples "My tree" would be "Mel mi" "The tree is mine" would be "Mis feli bel"


Grammar and word information to plug into the formatted bits above

Pronouns

  • English Sylvan
  • It Voa (Boa)
  • We (us) Mea (?)
  • You Mab


Questionary words (words you use in questions)

  • Who Ge
  • What Goo
  • Where Gav
  • When Gal
  • Why Gle
  • How Gef

To ask a question without using a question-word, like "Do you dance?", you merely exchange the first letter of the verb into a "G". So the above question would be "Ma Gilu?", which is basically "You dance?"

Verbs Most of the verbs are regular and follow a set pattern. To change the verb to another time, merely add the correct vowel to the end of the word. It's pretty easy, just watch:

Examples:

  • To Be Fel
  • Is FelI
  • Was FelO
  • Has Been FelU
  • Will Be FelA
  • Being FelIR
  • To Have Miril
  • Has MirilI
  • Had MirilO
  • Have Had MirilU
  • Will Have MirilA
  • Having MirilIR

Plurality Sylvan has a bit more complex plurality rules than English. While English has singular and plural forms, Sylvan has singular, dual and plural. Which means that you have separate versions of "A tree", "Two trees" and "Many trees".

Singular: As written. "A tree" is merely "Mi", as listed in the dictionary.

Dual: A "-p" is added to the end of the word. "A petal" is "Sei", while "Two petals" becomes "Seip". If the word ends in "p", you add "-ip" instrad. This is also the case if the last two letters are already consonants.

Plural:A "-b" is added to the end of the word. "Trees" becomes "Mib". If the word ends on a "b", you add "-ib" instead. This is also the case if the last two letters are already consonants.

Numbers The fey numeric system is based not upon ten, like ours is, but upon five. This means that they count like this: One, two, three, four, five, eleven, twelwe, thirteen, fourteen, etc, so what they call 'eleven' equals what we call six.

The naming system for the numbers is very simple. The numbers one to five have names. The next five numbers have the same names but with a prefix. This prefix changes each five numbers, just like we go from 'twenty' to 'thirty' to 'forty' every ten numbers. Clumsily explained, but perhaps it gets easier to understand by looking at the list:

  • 1 Mimo
  • 2 Mimeb
  • 3 Sesa
  • 4 Sesob
  • 5 Seib
  • 6 NeMimo
  • 7 NeMimob
  • 8 NeSesa
  • 9 NeSesob
  • 10 NeSeib
  • 11 NaMimo
  • 16 NoMimo
  • 21 VeMimo
  • 26 VoMimo
  • 31 LeMimo
  • 36 LoMimo
  • 41 LuMimo
  • 46 LaMimo
  • Sylvan English
  • Faele Searal ... Good morning
  • Veli'ir po o siluelves usilu ... It's sunny outside and the rain's stopped
  • Gav ma siluir? ... Where are you going?
  • Mirali be elas i me miralkut ba! ... Give me the food or I'll kill you!
  • Me sileir! ... I'm having fun!
  • Me u mirili sielvor'var'Vekut. ... I don't have a computer.
  • Fena miralo be minseis! ... He gave me the finger!
  • Mel yal feli Kiira ... My name is Kiira
  • Me mirili NoMimo leleb ... I'm sixteen years old
  • Ma miralkuto bena ma silumni! ... You killed him you bastard!
  • Jemirili re mel volieb ... Give me back my undies
  • Ge milyro ba? ... Who invited you?
  • Giril ma no sileel? ... Do you have any more wine?
  • Ysili Uvonkel! Re feli Feler! ... Step aside! I’m Queen!
  • Galni ma Sylvani? ... Do you speak Sylvan?
  • Ho, me usieli. ... No, I don’t.


SONGS

  • And here we have some songs which are often sung by the fey, complete with translations. Enjoy.
  • Salifes var Fae
  • Silyri y rea, silyri y rea,
  • y silur, sile o selui.
  • Silyri silui neal rea, silyri silui neal rea,
  • mea silu y kutae var silualbe.
  • The song of Life
  • Come to us, come to us,
  • to dancing, fun and song.
  • Come dance with us, come dance with us,
  • to dance to end of time.


  • Salif var Marivuki'ir
  • Ysili uvonkel! Ysili uvonkel!
  • Jesilyr y vo o voel, volo silumni!
  • Ma usilui neal rea! Ma usali neal rea!
  • Mea marivuki ma saliysuli!
  • Song of rejection
  • Go away! Go away!
  • Return to earth and mud, low animal!
  • You do not (cannot) dance with us! You do not dance with us!
  • We reject you forever!