Here's a rather brief reference listing all the endings, articles, and the like based on the most recent version of the long description. This page is a bit out of date and will be revised shortly Noun/verb/adjective endings; -ar ---> singular Masculine -a ---> singular feminine -an ---> Singular ending [uncertain gender] -oth (-oþ)---> ordinary [mixed gender] plural -en ---> "racial" or "generalization" plural -aen (-æn) --->Masculine plural. -ae (-æ)--->Feminine plural -ir ---> Adjectival ending. Also the possessive ending -il ---> Verb ending. Pronouns: Third person pronouns are simply the noun endings Second person pronouns are roor- preceding a noun ending First person pronouns are Er (I) and þrin/thrin (us). Tense Endings: The following are appended to the pronouns to denote tense: -ad ---> past [was] -ith (-iþ) ---> future [will] -en OR -er---> present [is] Articles: Tal - Subject [The tal boy hit the ball] Ral - the object when the subject has performed some action on or to the object [the boy hit the ral ball OR He spoke to the ral weasel] Thil- a feeling or opinion expressed about the subject [I think the thil weasel is evil. OR he loves thil her] Tor - that, "id est", a statement of fact [we all know that [the] tor weasels are evil] Ort - with, using, by means of [the boy hit the ball with the ort bat. OR He rode here on a ort fast horse.] Eld - against, opposed [The Elves fight the eld Dwarves (actually, english speakers would just say "Elves fight Dwarves")] Ril - about, concerning [The book is about [the] ril Elves OR She said that [the] ril weasels are evil] Tir - alongside, with, in the same place as [The moon is in the sky with the tir stars] Nef - against, by, next to, close enough to be touching [The tree grows beside the nef river] Eth - above, over [I looked up and saw the eth clouds] Nil - amidst, in [The fishes are swimming in the nil water] Nir - beneath, under Ald - upon, down on [The mother sees the ald child. OR The sun shines upon the ald earth] Hwil - a place or thing being departed from or left behind [I left the hwil mountains OR He is no longer a hwil fool] Norn - a destination, a goal or an aspiration [he walked to the norn river OR I want to become a norn famous actor] Other little stuff: Fil = the negative Ila = and, also Hwelan = but -ariny- = the diminutive; added to the end of a word. |