Erendai

Erendai is an analytic language. Nouns have no gender, number, or case, and are thus trivial to learn.

Personal Pronouns
sá - 1st neut sáe - 1st fem sái - 1st masc só - 2nd neut sé - 3rd neut séa - 3rd fem séi - 3rd masc

To change a personal pronoun into a possessive form, add i-. To pluralize a personal pronoun, add -ri.

Interrogative Pronouns
fí - truth-seeking (yes / no) fá - interrogative determiner (what) fái - pro-form (who) farái - pro-adverb (where) farói - pro-adverb (when) falái - pro-adverb (why) falói - pro-adverb (how)

Demonstrative Pronouns
dé - singular proximity déri - plural proximity té - singular distance téri - plural distance

Descriptive Adjectives
Descriptive adjectives can be placed before or after any given noun. If a descriptive adjective follows the noun it describes, it gains a suffix. This suffix is flexible, but consists usually of one syllable, and chosen to harmonize with the adjective.

cié anára - blue eyes anára ciéra - blue eyes

To make an adjective comparative, add the suffix -rén. This replaces the suffix, if present. For superlative, the suffix is -réna. Note that the stress moves to the last stressed syllable.

anára cieréna - bluest eyes

Numbers and Possession
Number and possession are also considered adjectives. These can also be added before or after a noun. Unlike descriptive adjectives, they remain unchanged.

cié anára iséa - her blue eyes

Adjectival Phrases
Adjectival phrases - similes, metaphors, etc. - can also be added before or after a noun. These also remain unchanged.

cié anára iséa sercián - her blue eyes, sapphires

Any noun can be changed to an adjective by adding -i if the word ends in a consonant or -si if the word ends in a vowel.

cié anára iséa serciáni - her blue eyes, like sapphires

Entire phrases can be used as adjectives.

iséa anára uán lái ormenách - her eyes, tired from lack of sleep

Verbs
The word order can either be Subject Verb Object or Verb Subject Object. Sometimes, there is no object. There can also be more than one object.

under construction fián sá - I see fián sá - I see the fián sá - I see