Sria

General information
Sria /Sria/ is the official language of the Kingdom of Molivian, and is spoken as a first language by about 514.5 million people. It has a large second language base of about 700 million speakers as of OY 3452, although this number is just an approximation.

Becuase of its status of the official langugage of the Kingdom of Molivian, the language has become the language of international, and intersolar comerce and politics. It is the official language of the Council of 7 (similar to the UN).

Diphthongs
ai /ai/ er /eə/ oi /ɔɪ/ ur /ʊɘ/

Syllable
(C/V)(C)V(C)(C/V)

Above is the consonant structure for Sria. There are a few limitations. A syllable may never end in /h/. If /h/ is the second to last letter of a word, the next letter must be a vowel. A syllable may contain a diphthong, only if it is the main vowel of the word. Digraphs may appear in the slot right before and right after the main vowel. Digraphs must always be followed by a vowel.

Stress
If a word contains /i/, stressed is placed on the first occurrence of /i/. Otherwise, stress is placed on the last vowel of the word.

Verbs
Verbs in Sria are the most grammatically complex part of speech. A lot of information is carried just on the verb, and there are as such many different inflections the verbs can undergo. It is important to be aware of these differences, as they will change the meaning of the sentence dramatically, and are only noted on the verb.

There are 8 grammatical moods in Sria. These are: the indicative, the declarative, the subjunctive, the conditional, the imperative, the hortative, the potential, and the dubitative. There are 3 tenses, which are of course past, present and future. These tenses may be modified with 4 aspects, the perfect aspect, the imperfect 1, the imperfect 2, and the progressive aspect. Verbs also agree with 3 persons, 1st, 2nd informal/formal, and 3rd informal/informal.

Verbs in Sria are moderately irregular, however due to the complex conjugation process, they seem rather irregular.

All verbs end in -ir. This stem is dropped in conjugations for the Indicative, Subjunctive, Imperative, and Conditional moods, but is left on for the other moods.

The Indicative Mood
The indicative mood is used for stating actions that have occured for certain, as well as for stating facts and statements that the speaker is sure are correct. Verbs in the indicative mood are formed through one of 3 constructs, depending on which aspect they are being conjugated for.

Simple and Imperfect 1 and 2 Indicative: These aspects have the simplest constructs, and the construction of the verb is the same for the simple (no aspect), imperfect 1, and imperfect 2 aspects.

The imperfect 1 aspect is used for habitual actions, and is found in every tense. The imperfect 2 apsect is used to describe actions that were started, but not completed/interrupted, and is found in the past and future tense.

Imperfect 1 example: I used to run every day/I run every day/I will run every day

Imperfect 2 example: I was dancing when the music stopped/I was going to dance, but the music stopped.

When conjugating a verb using the following suffixes, the -ir ending drops off. Progressive Aspect Perfect Aspect

Estit and Nigat (to be and to go) in the present indicative

The Declarative Mood
The declarative mood is not heavily used in modern Sria. While it used to have a much larger role, it is currently used to make accusations and discuss religion. Some scientific papers also make use of the declarative mood. This mood is still heavily used in some dialects of Sria.

The Subjunctive Mood
The subjunctive mood is used to indicate hopes, wishes, and desires.

The Conditional Mood
The conditional mood is used to express statements the depend on a condition being true

The Imperative Mood
The imperative mood is used to give commands

The Hortative Mood
The hortative mood is used to express pleas, or self-encouragement.

The Potential Mood
The potential mood is used to show that the speakers thinks that it is likely (more than 50% chance of occurring) that an event will happen, but is not sure

The Dubitative Mood
The dubitative mood is used to express doubt about a certain action.

Nouns
Nouns decline for 3 cases, the nominative, accusative, and dative cases.