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 - viljakem (as a verb - viljakeman)

Introductions

Names

(Up to date)

  • What is your name?;
    • hat sinun nam iri? (to 1, informal)
    • hat te nam iri? (to 1, formal)
    • hat te nam irut? (to 2+)
  • My name is [];
    • minun nam 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 fram [place in acc.]

Status

(Up to date) How are you?;

  • ho sinä? (to 1)
  • ho te? (plural/singular polite)
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 sinä? (singular); , ja te?(plural/singular polite)

Love

  • I love you;
    • (minä) frijo sinut

Commands

  • Help!;
    • help! (2nd sing.)
    • hilpit! (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) - tekosprekava
  • Conlang (verb) - tekosprekaa (Kotus type 56*D/kaivaa, k-∅ gradation)

Earth

Countries

Countries are percieved as feminine due to the fact that they're parts of earth, this has no grammatical impact but a cultural one.

  • Finland - suomi

Peoples

Ethnicities

Communities

(up to date)

Religions

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

Conworlds

langs

  • Mine
    • Ireumidd - jerumit/jerumisk
  • Friend's
    • Mr >:-) (AlanVonHeinlein)
      • Huung - huungur/huungisk
      • Alfian - alfir/alfisk
    • iwaju (iwa)
      • Uzennish - itsen(isk)
      • Reglite - lili(isk)
      • Hoyoran - ojunik/ojunisk
    • Aenil (Ænil)
      • Uinnic - uunika/uunikaza/uunikisk
      • Anilosan - önirysi(isk)
    • Talking Pineapple
      • Hobmanistadi - hobmëin(isk)

Names in parentheses are the CWS usernames of the people.

(This will take significantly longer than all other sections as I get the creator's opinion on what it should be)

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