Modern Ravenish/Phrasebook

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Basic phrases

Greetings

  • Hello;
    • hail, sal? (epicene singular)
    • haila, sala? (epicene plural)
    • hailar, salar? (masc. sing.)
    • hailai, salai? (masc. plur.)
    • hailo, salo? (fem. sing.)
    • hailaar, salaar? (fem. plur.)
    • hailan, salan? (neut. sing.)
    • hailo, salo? (neut. plur. (mixed groups, non-binary, unknown gender))
  • Hi;
    • hail (epicene singular)
    • haila (epicene plural)
    • hailar (masc. sing.)
    • hailai (masc. plur.)
    • hailo (fem. sing.)
    • hailaar (fem. plur.)
    • hailan (neut. sing.)
    • hailo (neut. plur. (mixed groups, non-binary, unknown gender))
  • Welcome - viljakem (as a verb - viljakeman)

Introductions

Names

  • What is your name?;
    • hat tukarn namar iri? (masc. adressee)
    • hat tukon namo iri? (fem. adressee)
    • hat tukann naman iri? (neut. adressee)
  • My name is [];
    • mukarn namar ummi [name in masc. acc.]
    • mukon namo ummi [name in fem. acc.]
    • mukann naman ummi [name in neut. acc.]
  • I am [];
    • mukar ummi [name in masc. acc.]
    • muko ummi [name in fem. acc.]
    • mukan ummi [name in neut. acc.]

Location

Origins
  • Masculine
    • Where are you from? - hatro tukar kumiri? (Sing.)
    • Where are you from? - hatro tukai kumid? (Pl.)
    • Where are you from? - hatro tukai kemadir? (Dual)
  • Feminine
    • Where are you from? - hatro tuko kumiri? (Sing.)
    • Where are you from? - hatro tukaar kumid? (Pl.)
    • Where are you from? - hatro tukaar kemadir? (Dual)
  • Neuter
    • Where are you from? - hatro tukan kumiri? (Sing.)
    • Where are you from? - hatro tuko kumid? (Pl.)
    • Where are you from? - hatro tuko kumadir? (Dual)
  • Epicene
    • Where are you from? - hatro (tuk) kumiri? (Sing.)
    • Where are you from? - hatro (tuk) kumid? (Pl.)
    • Where are you from? - hatro (tuk) kumadir? (Dual)
I'm from...
  • I'm from [] - mukar kemo fram [place in fem. acc.] (Masc. Speaker)
  • I'm from [] - muko kemo fram [place in fem. acc.] (Fem. Speaker)
  • I'm from [] - mukan kemo fram [place in fem. acc.] (Other Speaker (Non-binary, etc...))
  • I'm from [] - (muk) kemo fram [place in fem. acc.] (unspecified Speaker)
Finland
  • I'm from Finland - mukar kemo fram süömiö (Masc. Speaker)
  • I'm from Finland - muko kemo fram süömiö (Fem. Speaker)
  • I'm from Finland - mukan kemo fram süömiö (Other Speaker (Non-binary, etc...))
  • I'm from Finland - (muk) kemo fram süömiö (unspecified Speaker)

Status

How are you?;

  • ho tukar? (to 1 male)
  • ho tuko? (to 1 female)
  • ho tukan? (to 1 other)
  • ho tuk? (to 1 unknown)
  • ho tukai? (to 2+ males)
  • ho tukaar? (to 2+ females)
  • ho tuko? (to 2+ others/mixed groups)
  • ho tuka? (to 2+ unknowns)

Responses

  • I'm good - vela mag. (Lit. - I'm well capable)
  • I'm bad/not good - unvela mag. (Lit. - I'm unwell capable; I'm quite incapable)
  • and you? - , jah tuk?

Love

  • I love you;
    • Epicene (Unknown)
      • (muk) frijo tuk (to unknown)
      • (muk) frijo tukar (to unknown)
      • (muk) frijo tuko (to unknown)
      • (muk) frijo tukan (to unknown)
    • Masculine
      • (mukar) frijo tuk (to unknown)
      • (mukar) frijo tukar (to masc.)
      • (mukar) frijo tuko (to fem.)
      • (mukar) frijo tukan (to neut.)
    • Feminine
      • (muko) frijo tuk (to unknown)
      • (muko) frijo tukar (to masc.)
      • (muko) frijo tuko (to fem.)
      • (muko) frijo tukan (to neut.)
    • Neuter
      • (mukan) frijo tuk (to unknown)
      • (mukan) frijo tukar (to masc.)
      • (mukan) frijo tuko (to fem.)
      • (mukan) frijo tukan (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

Peoples

Ethnicities

Communities

Places

Earth

Countries

Countries are in neuter most of the time, your home country and birth country are in feminine though, a notable exception is Finland, which is always Feminine.

  • Finland - suomi

Profanities

Native

Loaned

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

Conlanging

basic phrases

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