Modern Ravenish/Phrasebook

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Basic phrases

Greetings

  • Hello;
    • hail, sal? (epicene singular)
    • hailt, salt? (epicene plural)
  • Hi;
    • hail (epicene singular)
    • hailt (epicene plural)
  • Welcome - viljaken (as a verb - viljakeman)

Introductions

Names

(Up to date)

  • What is your name?;
    • hat sinun nan iri? (to 1, informal)
    • hat te nan iri? (to 1, formal)
    • hat te nan irut? (to 2+)
  • My name is [];
    • minun nan ymmi [name in acc.]
  • I am [];
    • minä ymmi [name in acc.]
Location
Origins

(Up to date)

    • Where are you from? - hvatro kymiri? (Sing.)
    • Where are you from? - hvatro kymit? (Pl.)
I'm from...

(Up to date)

  • I'm from [] - kemo fran [place in acc.]

Status

(Up to date) How are you?;

  • ho tu? (to 1)
  • ho tut? (to 2+)
Responses
  • I'm good - vela ma. (Lit. - I'm well capable)
  • I'm bad/not good - unvela ma. (Lit. - I'm unwell capable; I'm quite incapable)
  • and you? - , ja tu?

Love

  • I love you;
    • Epicene (Unknown)
      • (muk) frijo tük (to unknown)
      • (muk) frijo tükär (to Masc.)
      • (muk) frijo tükö (to Fem.)
      • (muk) frijo tükän (to Neut.)
    • Masculine
      • (mukar) frijo tük (to unknown)
      • (mukar) frijo tükär (to masc.)
      • (mukar) frijo tükö (to fem.)
      • (mukar) frijo tükän (to neut.)
    • Feminine
      • (muko) frijo tük (to unknown)
      • (muko) frijo tükär (to masc.)
      • (muko) frijo tükö (to fem.)
      • (muko) frijo tükän (to neut.)
    • Neuter
      • (mukan) frijo tük (to unknown)
      • (mukan) frijo tükär (to masc.)
      • (mukan) frijo tükö (to fem.)
      • (mukan) frijo tükän (to neut.)
  • All of these are singular to singular, polygamy is a concept that is not seen as necessarily 'bad', but it's not something the tiud (speakers of tiudiskon) people do.

Commands

  • Help!;
    • help! (2nd sing.)
    • helpadir (2nd dual)
    • hilpid! (2nd plur.)

Questions

Ordering

  • Would you like some []? - (tuk) [Thing in dative] viliir? (sing.)
  • Would you like some []? - (tuk) [Thing in dative] viliidir? (dual)
  • Would you like some []? - (tuk) [Thing in dative] viliid? (pl.)
  • Just a little - liitil

Conlanging

  • Conlang (noun) - steupasprek
  • Conlang (verb) - steupasprekan

Earth

Countries

Countries are usually neuter, your home and birth countries are feminine though, a notable exception is Finland, which is always Feminine.

  • Finland - suomi

Peoples

Ethnicities

Communities

Religions

  • faith - -usko (from Finnish)
  • Germanic paganism - ansusko (áss faith)
  • Judaism - juudusko (Jew faith)
  • Christianity - gudsunusko (God-son faith)

Conworlds

langs

  • Mine
    • Ireumidd - jerumidisko
  • Friend's
    • Hüüŋur - huungurisko
    • Alfian - alfirisko
    • Uzennish - itsenisko

Profanities

  • From Finnish
    • hell/damn - helvetti (From Finnish helvetti)
    • what the hell? - (Mildly vulgar) mitä helvettja?
    • What the heck? - (childish) mitä hittoa?
    • oh fuck! - voi kürpä!
    • cock (penis) - (offensive) kürpä
    • fuck (interjection/intensifier) - vittu