With the completion of the dictionary audit, I decided that I am going to hold off on grammar for another month. Maybe it will come before, but I'm just happy to have it done. So here are some shiny new words.
azik – n. abortion, abandonment
A straightforward …
abik – n. separated individual, one who has been cut off from the group
A straightforward noun
abil – v. collect, gather
A straightforward verb
ables – n. collection
A straightforward noun
abis – v. separate, segregate
A straightforward verb
abos – …
clao – v. work, labor
This verb refers to the physical act of working or doing something physical, not necessarily speaking of one’s career.
eclaos – adj. hard-working, ambitious
A straightforward adjective
imthiclao – v. sabotage
A pretty straightforward v…
Comparing things in Borelian requires a bit of creativity with the use of the postpositions, “kox,” “lux,” and “rab.”
The literal translation for the “greater than” comparative is “Over your thing, my th…
Borelian verbs attach personal pronouns for both subject and object. The subject is who is doing a thing. The object, if applicable, is who is receiving a thing. A few rules will be noted:
Pronouns always attach as subject first and then object.
Today's short lesson will be on the passive infix. Verbs are typically either active or passive.
Active: I hit the ball.
Passive: The ball was hit by me.
The passive voice is more prevalent than one might expect in Borelian society as it adds yet another …
This month we have the introduction of the prefix “dwi-” (or just “dw-” before a vowel). This prefix attaches to a noun and forces it to become a verb.
Understand, however, that this phenomenon is considered very awkward, even if grammatically correct, since most Borelix…
Circumfixes tell us when an action happened. They are all that is required when combining two pronouns or nouns, or a noun or pronoun and adjective.
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Ancient Past |
General Past |
Near Past |
Now |
N… |
This is going to be a fairly long post, but it will cover the basics of Borelian verbs, what you need to know as we get into each part individually.
We'll start with the easy stuff.
Class I: Single Letter Verbs
This is a very small classification of verbs and is sometim…
I know I promised it a while ago, but here is a nice word list for you to study and learn, to describe the world around you and practice some basic, simple sentences.
Basic Words
Anatomy
Avin – head
Ảvin – face
Sủn – Arm
Del – Leg
Zothin – Horn
Crim – Blood
…Negation is fairly straightforward, though it has its quirks. For a standard negation, simply change the first circumfix particle of the verb by adding “d-” or “da-” if a consonant. For example.
O Morjak in ik o.
Morjak is the priest.
Do Morjak in ik o.
Morjak is not the priest.
W…
I know that there isn't much you can do with the sparse words and grammar I've given you, so to distract you from my laziness and slight ineptitude, I've decided to launch some tongue twisters on you, both for the fun of it and to reinforce some of the points of lenition and appropriate pronunciatio…
I know it's been a while. If you don't know that the world has gotten crazy (regardless of your views of it), then you've been living under a rock and I kind of want to join you. Hopefully things will now get back on track.
In the last post, I gave you some basic first words. Numbers, colors…
Since the last post could feel overwhelming with all the rules and such, I decided that this post would be a little easier and more along the lines of "first words" that you can use to impress your friends, I guess.
Numbers (Ul Nis)
0 - Da
1 - Tev
2 - Si
3 - Wol
4 - Bar
5 - Bri
Colors …
Despite the loss of tones in Modern Borelian, lenition still helps it retain its original, more melodic qualities. Lenition helps to avoid awkward consonant clusters when words run into each other. It is believed that this modern lenition has to do with grammatical genders that are also no longer …
Modern Borelian has five vowels:
A E I O U
These vowels make seven sounds:
A = father
Ả = cat
E = pet
I = kit
O = poke
U = coop
Ủ = cut
These diacritics are used only for beginners to distinguish vowel sounds and are not found in any common texts.
Consonants
Moder…
The modern Borelian seen in The Timekeeper Chronicles is much easier and much simpler than Old Borelian, though Old Borelian is still used in some modern art forms and most legal matters.
Old Borelian is the first unified Borelian language, consisting of elements from North Borlex, East Bral, and…
Well, they're actually pictures, but whatever.
After the new year, I am going to go full on geek and start putting out the series on how to speak Borelian. Borelians, if you are just passing through and entirely ignorant of the Timekeeper Chronicles, are an alien race with poisonous skin and a…
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