Middle Ravenish/Phrasebook

Note that these are Formal þiudiskon word forms, see the lang page for differences between Formal and colloquial.

Basic phrases

Greetings

• Hello;
  • hailar, sälir? (masc. sing.)
  • hailai, sälijäi? (masc. plur.)
  • hailo, sälii? (fem. sing.)
  • hailar, sälijär? (fem. plur.)
  • hailan, sälïn? (neut. sing. (for non-binary or unknown gender))
  • hailo, sälijö? (neut. plur. (mixed groups, non-binary, unknown gender))

• Hi;
  • hailaz (masc. sing.)
  • hailai (masc. plur.)
  • hailo (fem. sing.)
  • hailaz (fem. plur.)
  • hailan (neut. sing. (for non-binary or unknown gender))
  • hailo (neut. plur. (mixed groups, non-binary, unknown gender))

• Welcome - wiljakwëmoo (as a verb - wiljakwëmanan

Introductions

Names

• What is your name? - hwat tukar namoo isti?
• My name is [] - mukar isti namoo []
• I am [] - mïk ïmmi []

Location

• Where are you from? - {hwaþroo kwïmizi?}
• I'm from [] - {kwemöö fram [place in dative]}

Status

How are you?;

• hwo tïk? (to 1)
• hwo ïnkṿ? (to 2)
• hwo ïrv? (to 3+)

Responses

• I'm good - {velän mag}.
• I'm bad/not good - un{vëlan} {mag}.
• and you? - , jahṿ tïk?

Love

• I love you - (mïk) tuk {frijosi}

Commands

• Help!;
  • {help! (2nd sing.)
  • helpädir! (2nd dual)
  • hilpid! (2nd plur.)}

Ordering

• Would you like some []? - (tïk) {wunskijais} [Thing in dative]?
• Just a little;
  • {liitilaz (masc nouns)
  • liitilo (fem nouns)
  • liitilan (neut. nouns)}

Profanities

Loaned

Finnish

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

Conlanging

basic phrases

• Conlang (noun) - steïpäräzdö
• Conlang (verb) - steïpäsprekänän