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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. | 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 | 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 == | == Base language == |
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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.
Conjunctions:
- And
- But '
- Or '
- Nor '
- yet '
- so '
- for '
Colors:
- black '
- blue Ae
- green Ei
- orange '
- red Ea
- white Ih
- brown Eatu
- purple '
- yellow Ai
Expressions:
Excuse me '!
Goodbye '
Good day
Good night
Hello!/Well met! '
Good day! (Hello!) Ae
Good evening/ Good night!
Of course, certainly '
Thank you '
You're welcome '
I'm sorry '
I speak elven. .
Do you speak elven? '
I do not speak , but I want to learn. '
Verbs:
Ei
to attack nofaylas | to leave ayzavas |
to be able to | to like, to enjoy |
to bless | to listen |
to buy | to lose |
to call | to love |
to cast | to read |
to come | to remember |
to create | to rest |
to die | to return |
to drink | to save |
to eat | to say |
to excuse | to see |
to feel | to sell |
to finish | to sing |
to forget | to sit |
to fly | to speak |
to give | to stand |
to go, to walk | to take |
to hate | to travel |
to heal | to think |
to help | to understand Ei |
to hit | to want, to need, to desire |
to hope | to watch, to guard |
to journey | to win |
to kill | to write |
to know | to run |
to learn |
Grammar
Singular | Plural |
- house | - houses |
- battle | - battles |
- field | - fields |
- way | - ways |
Single/Plural:
.
Present Indicative tense
Singular verbs:
- I guard '
- You guard
- He/She/It guards '
Plural verbs, add -u to the stem:
- We guard
- You guard
- They guard
Present Perfect tense:
In the present perfect tense,
- I guarded '
- You guarded '
- He guarded '
- She guarded '
- We guarded '
- You guarded '
- They guarded '
Future imperfect:
- I will guard '
- You will guard '
- He/She/It will guard '
- We will guard
- You (pl) will guard '
- They will guard '
Converting a verb to a noun:
Take the stem and
Examples:
- ' (to give) becomes ' (giving)
- ' (to hope) becomes ' (hope, or hoping)
There is no distinction
The verb "to be".
The only irregular verb
- I am good. .
- You are good. .
- He is good. .
- She is good. .
- We are good. .
- You are good. .
- They are good. .
Pronouns
1st Person:
- I - '
- We - '
2nd Person:
- You - '
- You -'
3rd Person:
- He/She - '
- They -
Indirect pronouns:
- me 'Ei
- you '
- him '
- her '
- us '
- you (pl) '
- them '
Indirect pronouns with prepositions:
- from me '
- from you '
- from him '
- from her '
- from us '
- from you '
- from them '
Showing possession:
The language does not use the verb .
You can make statements of possesion by adding the proper personal ending to the root "'", as below:
- I have (literally: There is to me):
- You have (There is to you):
- He/It has (There is to him/it):
- She has (There is to her):
- We have (There is to us):
- You have (pl) (There is to you):
- They have (There is to them):
To make these negative,
- I don't have
- You don't have
- He/it doesn't have
- She doesn't have
- We don't have
- You don't have (pl)
- They don't have
Misc Notes
- The accent is always on the first sylable unless otherwise noted.
- Adjectives come after the nouns: friendly stranger
- The preposition "from" is, and it is used in much the same was as the word "the", .
Grammar and word information to plug into the formatted bits above
Pronouns
English Sylvan
She (her) . Fea (Bea)
He (him) . Fena (Bena)
It . Voa (Boa)
We (us) . Mea (?) You . Mab They (f) . Feab They (m) . Fenab
Possessive
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"
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 wowel 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!