Sylvan (Avlissian)

Base Common Sylvan (Avlissian) acceptable oyfyhi teefaele adult megadokita adventure seecaeninia adventurer secoonileesh afraid peheekowai agile zereesoyota alcohol aylcosylia all bawleb ally heevairhodray also getambid although offankit And Vahod anger, wrath athanaka angry kaoshodanaka animal kosilumni any quoyzehier arm zereomieme armed imhodlornet armor kelsalisyeeni arrow heetizina as kemoota assassin rahodtzayseenorin aunt loodati back (of torso) eeklaava bad uktaaras balance mayzenibrota bandit gononvano bartender carmarayebermena battle raya beautiful tayeefehod beer habiryia behind (preposition) melehod big goodlemil blade chilehevahod border ganoilatera boring miseridomeh both staboostay boy yeledeleco bow keeashodproda brave hodementa bright vehodentair brother eehoktda bush seilmi But evalla by, near cerhodleyad chest, container nehodmika chest, torso tohodorsti child mirfaeyohod comfortable naenomoda correct nokihiana Council Mithoseantzethodae cousin vanlhodorinda Damn! Kathdshezah danger kutseenktnah dangerous kutseenkntalahi dark heesekhulu darkness heeluseh daughter jahodvata day yohomla defense hegenohininsa dew Talhodae drink yulnasto dwarf, dwarven Karakananohoda eight simshmoeta either zahod oohit zahodae Elf (sing.), Elven Nanshih elven (language) Nanshilaedi ever laysulomi exciting rigookarshahti expensive yookarhodae Fall stovatu family mespahiahodae fast mooharato father fenmeevutaer field Nanpohodae fire firikuta fish quithadahod five mayshidi flower sperotasey food tookallela for bespevelila forest Keyleritatha forsaken Karnanado four bahnihot friend zuhodoheevaire friendly zuhaverhodae from Yemu fruit piriarmutha full of Shohoto full Shadahoto gem oven toovorai girl javayhodeledela god, deity heemihod good faelteva goodbye faelohodogedteva gratitude, thanks nindfotaha grove keynoritathi hair sayradi half hitziyadi hand miemiyed happy kwanaia haven, safe place kelhodornatha (inside area) haven, safe place kelranosta (outside area of fields) haven, safe place kelshallani (outside area of forest) He/She Lohodo/Lahoda healthy neleebritfaelah heart Kichayodho her loaheeda here vakofoe hers sheeloahee Hey! Tss-eya! hill/mountain Dahurohod him loehahod his/its sheedloe house of Krhayta house Krahodhayt How Ayata human adomodoma hungry riayvalefa husband loeleesheehevitho I me if initi in Beti inner binaya in the binalaya journey enrosa keep (small castle) chorenamikvorthae Land of... Tannay last eeharanay leaf minolonovani left (direction) smeelti less pihotana little ("a little bit") cheesaikotzi long ereehaya Look out! kitsicki! magic fermaenaena magical fermanaenahat man feneesh maybe/perhaps eelaylai me ni mine sheelilay missing loevardi moon luevensani more eeday most yeetiray mother aymayhod mother-in-law aymayhodeehevith much/many heermayni neice vateekthodi (daughter of brother) neice vateektanhodi (daughter of sister) neither menegemili nephew hodvaneekta (son of brother) nephew hodvaneektana (son of sister) never nayholoma new heedaser next leebahay night Ulieulia (pronounced LOO-lee-ah) nine tayshihod No liho Nor honui now sahoavi Oh no! liho sahoavi! OK! sugoisteeva! old satokyuri on eelay once poamichini on the eelayle one hodi Or eeona Orc vleek Order Sederay ours sheelulay out heetzi outer heetzeeya passage aekinoti pleasant, nice pelalki poor hotokaynee potion Selestonethti powerful veleemeehezeeklori quickly meehirayti raven eerayvi rich keelaysalisulay right (direction) yemolayti road Derekayti safe kelmeegayti Sea Niriti season zaminayti seven sheeviayti Shaahesk Shaebifenti shadow tzelulthiti shield megenhodayti short ketlizirtay sick nolayfaeli sister feektanhod six shayshi slow lotitay slowly lotetitay small cheebiteni smart kokomatitay snow shelegaytitay so kasita something medeevary son ilvanhodi song sherlafi spice zenayatati Spring lehodaviviyale star kohavese stranger garthahothoda stronghold, castle chogwemikvonerae stupid tepaysha Summer lakaysa sun verethli sword milarevara tavern, inn feevay teacher/mentor merayhoda ten esrati than kemeo thank you dotleeli, dotleeli sheeliola (my gratitude) that, which Deea the Leea theirs sheatlemay them leemahodaeti there sheemo They Leema thing deevara thirsty Zeelemaho this zanahoda three loasheeto time zilmanutha tired aiyef tourist teeyarayto town, -stono trade (noun) sfidurayto traveler tabaiasoa tree meetzeth two shtaya ugly meecoahay uncle feelondo undead meeterani luleceto (sing.) meeteranen lulecetu (pl.) us lenunay very chomod wall kaytola watcher, guard fenlond water maimela way diroto We lye weak heelasti weapon neshetlorti Welcome Peelalay What nanaymay When Mitaynsu Where Eyehsa whether aylohta while besmanathi _____ Who darmenay Why liquamdi wife felaeleeshodaneehevithi wind kazayree wine seyeyi Winter hirukfya with nimeala woman (adult elven female) felaelleeshan wonderful hontaiala wrong shegzena Yes fenhi yet besto you (pl) tempa you tapa young teeriro yours (pl) shoolem yours sheelma

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Avlissian Sylvan

The fey of Avlis were created by a god named O'Ma who got instructions from the fairy goddess Titania on how to make fey once he became a god.

Because the god Dru'El was fascinated by the spirit population that used to inhabit Avlis the language of his elven people to be the same language that was once spoken by the benevolent nature spirits that inhabited the world. He made due with whatever fragments could be found and filled in the rest himself. Thus, the elven language on Avlis today is a derivative of the spirit language and therefore differs greatly from elven languages on other worlds such as Krynn or Toril or Middle Earth. Likewise, while it bears some lineage parallels to the fey languages it is quite distinct compared to other languages in the O'Man Sylvan line.

The elven language of avlis, nanshilae, is the principal grammatical influence of Avlissian Sylvan, the racial languages of O'Man fey and the blended fey language fairy common. Avlissian Sylvan is the base language of the O'Man fey racial languages and is considered the "common" of sentient woodland creatures. This language is indistinguishable aside perhaps from accent, from the language of centaurs and is well known by nearly all druids. Rangers too would do well to know this language. While fey would broaden their horizons by knowing this language they have many linguistic pressures pulling them in opposing directions particularly since fey culture already provides a language of its own. So in reality among fey the most likely speakers of Avlissian Sylvan will be O'Man fey and low born Titanian Seelie fey who, due to their station, are unlikely to find the language of Titanian court practical.

Conjunctions:

• And Vahod
• But evalla
• Or eeona
• Nor honui
• yet besto
• so kasita
• for bespevelila

Colors:

• black seokora
• blue kaehola
• green yieroaka
• orange teeopooka
• red eadoma
• white ihyayobana
• brown eatooeosa
• purple oorogamina
• yellow aitehova

Expressions:

Excuse me Rebenkai

Goodbye oogootay

Good day faele al

Good night faele ul

Hello!/Well met! Soolna!

Good day! (Hello!) faele naia

Good evening/ Good night! soonul

Of course, certainly majibev

Thank you dotasho

You're welcome tapa creoso

I'm sorry me raika

I speak sylvan. me galni sylvani

Do you speak sylvan? ma galni sylvani?

I do not speak sylvan, but I want to learn. me galni ho sylvani, evalla me retzalth modera

Verbs:

Infinitives end in -asona. The rest of the word is called the "stem". Therefore, to guard fenlondasona stem is fenlond

to attack accesoasona	to leave ayzasona
to be able to aptoasona	to like, to enjoy hevasona
to bless bendecasona	to listen sematasona
to buy comprasona	to lose aybedasonaattack
to call lamadasona	to love aijousona
to cast lanzamasona	to read hikensona
to come veniasona	to remember zecorasona
to create creasona	to rest noomasona
to die saikasona	to return henkasona
to drink yulnastasona	to save nokoasona
to eat comersona	to say anoasona
to excuse rebenkasona	to see visitasona
to feel tezawasona	to sell sabakiasona
to finish shigarasona	to sing sherasona
to forget olvidasona	to sit saysasona
to fly haesona	to speak galnasona
to give miralasona	to stand kadasona
to go, to walk sanpasona	to take kahasona
to hate senatasona	to travel tabiasona
to heal refanasona	to think pensasona
to help oozasona	to understand mevinasona
to hit dafakasona	to want, to need, to desire retzalthasona
to hope mikomisona	to watch, to guard fenlondasona
to journey enrosona	to win zatherasona
to kill satsusona	to write ktooasona
to know sabesona	to run raytzasona
to learn moderasona

Grammar

Singular	Plural If the word ends in a consonant, add "-en". If the word ends in a vowel, add "n".
Krahodhayt - house	Krahodhayten - houses
raya - battle	rayan - battles
Nanpohodae - field	Nanpohodaen - fields
diroto - way	diroton - ways

Present Indicative tense

Singular verbs, remove the as ending and use the stem by itself:

• I guard me fenlond

• You guard tapa fenlond

• He/She/It guards lohodo/lahoda/Voa (Boa) fenlond

Plural verbs, add -u to the stem:

• We (us) guard fenlondlyeu

• You guard fenlondmabu

• They guard fenlondfeabu (f) / -fenabu (m)

Present Perfect tense:

In the present perfect tense, it is not necessary to use the pronoun. Thus, I guarded, " me fenlondia ", can be " fenlondia". Accent is on the second syllable in this tense.

• I guarded fenlondme

• You guarded fenlondma

• He guarded fenlondloha

• She guarded fenlondlaho

• We guarded fenlondlye

• You guarded fenlondba

• They guarded fenlondfeab (fenlondfenab)

Future imperfect:

• I will guard me ea fenlond

• You will guard ma ea fenlond

• He/She/It will guard lohodo/lahoda/Voa (Boa) ea fenlond

• We will guard lye ea fenlond

• You (pl) will guard fenlondba

• They will guard fenlonfeab (fenlonfenab)

Converting a verb to a noun:

Take the stem and add the ' ith' ending. per nanshilae grammatical rules will allow some verbs to not follow this

Examples:

• miral (to give) becomes miralith (giving)
• mikomi (to hope) becomes mikomith (hope, or hoping)

There is no distinction in sylvan between the gerund (-ing ending) form of a verb turned into a noun and its non gerund form. Thus, hope and hoping are both mikomith and you must know the context of the sentence to figure out which is which.

The verb "to be".

The only irregular verb in the avlissian sylvan tongue is the verb "to be". In sylvan, the verb "to be" is implied in the present tense. lohodo/lahoda/voa fenlond

• I am good. me faelteva

• You are good. ma faelteva

• He is good. lahodo faelteva

• She is good. lahoda faelteva

• We are good. lye faelteva

• You are good. ba faelteva

• They are good. leemahodaeti faelteva

Pronouns

1st Person:

• I - me
• We - lye

2nd Person:

• You - ma
• You - ba

3rd Person:

• He/She - lahodo/lahoda
• They - leema

Indirect pronouns:

• me be

• you ma

• him ho

• her he

• us lye

• you (pl) ba

• them leemahodaeti

Indirect pronouns with prepositions:

• from me yem'be

• from you yem'ma

• from him yem'ho

• from her yem'he

• from us yem'lye

• from you yem'ba

• from them yem'leemahodaeti

Showing possession:

The sylvan language does not use the verb to have in the same way as most other languages. Instead of saying "I have", they are literally saying "There is to me". (shamo y be)

You can make statements of possession by adding the proper personal ending to the root " shamoybe'", as below:

• I have (literally: There is to me): shamoybe

• You have (There is to you): shamoyma

• He/It has (There is to him/it): shamoyho

• She has (There is to her): shamoyhe

• We have (There is to us): shamoylye

• You have (pl) (There is to you): shamoyba

• They have (There is to them): shamoyleemahodaeti

To make these negative, add the word no, " ho " in front of them.

• I don't have: ho shamoybe

• You don't have: ho shamoyma

• He/it doesn't have: ho shamoyho

• She doesn't have: ho shamoyhe

• We don't have: ho shamoylye

• You don't have (pl): ho shamoyba

• They don't have: ho shamoyleemahodaeti

Misc Notes

• The accent is always on the first syllable unless otherwise noted.
• Adjectives come after the nouns: friendly stranger
• The preposition "from" is yemu, and it is used in much the same was as the word "the", -s.