Aelder

Overview

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Nouns
All nouns in Aelder decline depending on its use in the sentence. The seven ways that it can decline are the Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive, Instrumental, Ablative and Locative cases. They are also declined depending on masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

Masculine Form

Nouns that are in the masculine form usually end in -or, -wyn, -er and -an.

OR / ER Nouns in this category deal with four legged beasts (-OR) or creatures/beings that evoke a symbol of authority and power (-ER). This ending is also the way to nominalize a verb into the doer of that action. For example, a person who kills is a killer. In Aelder, slaeycen --&gt; slaeycer. Another example

WYN / AN Nouns in this category deal with animate creatures, the majestic, as well as things mysterious to the Aelderfeohc. Examples of this are flying creatures, unknown persons, unknown concepts, darkness, spiritual creatures and things out of plain view.

Feminine Form

Nouns that are in the feminine form usually end in -a, -eol, -al, -hae, -ing, -ang, -ung and -ar.

A / HAE Feminine nouns in this category usually deal with genders, personalities and different labels used for people such as enemy (ghaella) or ally (cymhae).'

EOL / AL / AR Nouns in this category are usually locations and different social classes.

ING / ANG / UNG Nouns in this category are usually tools, weapons and abstract concepts.

Neuter Form

Nouns that are in the neuter form usually end in -e, -iy, -gh, -d, -th, -l, -s, -eng.

E / IY Nouns in this category deal with little creatures/beings.

D / L Nouns in this category deal with the elements and tangible materials as well as terrestrial and extraterrestrial bodies.

GH Nouns in this category deal with animals, food, organs and biological structures.

TH Nouns in this category deal with ancient things, plants and family.

S Nouns in this category deal with people and beings.

ENG Nouns in this category deal with relationships, structures and concrete concepts

Overview of Noun Declension

Here is an overview of the three genders and how each ending nested in the three genders is declined depending on the case.

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Pronouns
Personal Pronouns

Here is a quick summary table of the personal pronouns and their declensions.

Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns are used as a replacement for a noun or pronoun and may be used in the place of heoc, haet, eiy and eiyen in all cases.

Interrogative Pronouns These pronouns are used when asking questions. Do not use these interrogative pronouns as relative pronouns, i.e. I know the man who owns the house. There are separate pronouns for that.

Relative Pronouns These pronouns are used when connecting clauses.

Verbs
"To Be" - Saeyn

Permanent Characteristics

The most common verb in Aelder is saeyn, which is the infinitive for to be. It is irregular but follows the irregular pattern A, which will be explained later. This form of to be is used to describe permanent traits and origins of people and things. There is another form of to be that is used to describe temporal things, conditions, feelings and traits that change quickly (i.e.: health status).

Examples

1.) Eyeo eosc Gwendolyn ( I'm Gwendolyn)

2.) Theiy isc neot fuin heiy (They aren't from here)

3.) Heoc isc faella sindilsc (It's really fast)


 * ALL the singular forms of saeyn may be contracted to -sc and combined with the preceding word. ALL plural forms may be contracted to s and combined with the preceding word.

1.) Aelwen's beoran (We're ready)

2.) Yeih'sc neot neigh heiy (You're not here yet)

"To Be" - Baeyn

Temporal Conditions

This version of to be denotes conditions and temporal things that can quickly change (as in, does not take thousands of years). It is irregular but also follows the irregular pattern A, just like saeyn. Baeyn, unlike Saeyn, is used to describe temporal things, such as conditions, feelings and traits that change fairly quickly like being sick or being happy.

Examples

1.) Eyeo beosc cyrnisc (I am sick)

2.) Baesc yeih teruinisc? (Are you sad?)

3.) Eiy gaelwinda sindilsc maen bisc muilanisc neo (He was running quickly and is now tired)

First Declension (Present)

Present

The present is used like the present tense in English. Before adding endings, drop the -n from the infinitive from and add the ending.

The present form actually encompasses the present progressive (I am seeing) and present affirmative (I DO see it) as well.

Present Perfect

To form the present perfect simply employ the helping verb aevyn and the verb afterwards. Aevyn's declensions are shown first, then how to decline a verb in the present perfect.

Second Declension (Past)

Second Declension is used like the past tense in English. Before adding endings, drop the -n from the infinitive from and add the ending.

Third Declension (Future)

Third Declension is used like the future tense in English. Before adding endings, drop the -n from the infinitive from and add the ending. Another way to imply the future is to use the caeyn + infinitive structure, which is explained HERE.

Cae + infinitive

To use this form, simply attach the infinitive to the properly declined verb.

i.e.:

Eyeo cae ensedyn hwaet caet passerhyn (I'm going to decide whats going to happen or I'll decide what will happen)

Arwen caen viydryn bilfanges gheoit (We will meet the dragon today)

Numbers
Aelder makes use of eight sets of numbers each with a different usage. The sets are Cardinal, Ordinal, Multiplicative, Reproductive, Partitive, Distributive, Collective and Nominative. The Cardinal set is used to count sizes and amounts. The Ordinal set is used to count sequential order. The Multiplicative set is used to count frequency. The Reproductive set is used to count duplication. The Distributive set is used to count alternating patters. The Collective set is used to count groups of entities. The Nominative set is used as a numerical substitute for people.

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