Akinaido

Akinaido is a language drawing heavy influence from both European and Asian languages. Because of the large number of declensions (nine and a half) and conjugations (eleven), the irregularities in verb conjugation, and the difficult pronunciation, it is considered by some to be a very hard language to learn.

Diphthongs
*Exception to "ee" and "ei": Before the letter r, ee and ei simply sound like e (IPA: ɛ). Example: "altibeiri" sounds like "altiberi"

First Declension
Feminine complement of Second (masculine) and Third (neuter) Declensions.

Second Declension
Masculine complement of First (feminine) and Third (neuter) Declensions.

Third Declension
Neuter complement of First (feminine) and Second (masculine) Declensions.

Fourth Declension
Feminine complement of Fifth (masculine) and Sixth (neuter) Declensions.

Fifth Declension
Masculine complement of Fourth (feminine) and Sixth (neuter) Declensions.

Sixth Declension
Neuter complement of Fourth (feminine) and Fifth (masculine) Declensions.

Seventh Declension
Feminine complement of Eighth (masculine) and Ninth (neuter) Declensions.

Eighth Declension
Masculine complement of Seventh (feminine) and Ninth (neuter) Declensions.

Ninth Declension
Neuter complement of Eighth (masculine) and Seventh (feminine) Declensions.

Mixed Gender Declension (Declension 9 1/2)
Only used with some nouns and with adjectives that describe a group with more than one gender.

Perfect
Can mean "has VERBed", "VERBed", or "did VERB".

Past Historic
Considered a formal tense. Can be used to mean "VERBed" or "did VERB". Colloquially, however, perfect tense is normally used in its place.

In addition, this tense and perfect tense are the same in passive form.

First Conjugation
Conjugation of tolar (First Conjugation)

Second Conjugation
Conjugation of kaver (Second Conjugation)

Third Conjugation
*Rule: Before d, h, l, r, s, or t, the letter e appears after the i.

Did

Hamilton

Like

Riding

Shiny

Turtles?

Conjugation of altier (Third Conjugation)

Fourth Conjugation
*Note: Third person singular present indicative and third person singular perfect indicative are the same in this conjugation.

Conjugation of canur (Fourth Conjugation)

Fifth Conjugation
Conjugation of solir (Fifth Conjugation)

Sixth Conjugation
Conjugation of igoir (Sixth Conjugation)

Seventh Conjugation
Conjugation of trahair (Seventh Conjugation)

Eighth Conjugation
Conjugation of pekuir (Eighth Conjugation)

Ninth Conjugation
Conjugation of caneir (Ninth Conjugation)

Tenth Conjugation
Conjugation of sasyr (Tenth Conjugation)

Eleventh Conjugation
Conjugation of fleur (Eleventh Conjugation)

sir (to be)
Conjugation of sir (Irregular)

er (to go)
*Note: "Er" has passive forms that act as impersonal verbs.

Conjugation of er (Irregular)

kerir (to carry)
While this verb is standard fifth conjugation in present, imperfect, and future, it is irregular in the other tenses as the stem changes from "ker" to "teik".

Conjugation of kerir (Irregular)

star (to be) (DEFECTIVE)
Note: Star is defective in that it only conjugates in the present, imperfect, and future. It is only seen with passive verbs in these three tenses, such as in:

 stari ghestu = I am being carried  stabari  ghestu = I was being carried  stabeiri ghestu = I will be carried

Conjugation of star (First Conjugation Defective)

por (to be able, to be strong, to have power)
Conjugation of por (Irregular)

vell (to wish)
Conjugation of vell (Irregular)

mall (to prefer)
Conjugation of mall (Irregular)

noll (to refuse)
Conjugation of noll (Irregular)

fier (to be made, to become)
Conjugation of fier (Irregular)

empyr (to buy)
Conjugation of empyr (Irregular)

ess (to have, to possess)
Conjugation of essyr (Irregular)

Articles
Articles are considered formal and are usually left out of everyday conversation. However, they are found in textbooks to teach students the genders of nouns.

There are only definite articles in Akinaido:

=Adverbs=

Take the stem of an adjective and add iter.

sastu --> sast + iter ---> sastiter

Verbs
nar - to stand

sir - to be

er - to go

altier - to eat

kerir - to carry

kaver - to have

canur - to drink

solir - to wash

igoir - to play

trahair - to pull, to drag

pekuir - to climb

caneir - to sing

sasyr - to cook

fleur - to swim, to flow

quier - to hide

diikyr - to say, to speak

laber - to taste

volur - to fly

kazir - to swear, curse

savoir - to know

cosair - to run

loguir - to study

sekeir - to follow

sedyr - to sit

feur - to make

air - to do, to act

questier - to be necessary for (ex. me questiet cosair = it is necessary for me to run)

ar - to paint (shortest verb)

sokashnihomonkadir - to lie down on a bed with a dog (longest verb)

Numbers
uno - one (DECLINES)

duoi - two (DECLINES)

trani - three (DECLINES)

All the rest of the numbers do not decline

coitro - four

sinco - five

seis - six

sietes - seven

achi - eight

nona - nine

dec - ten

decun - eleven

decdu - twelve

dectra - thirteen

deccoi - fourteen

decsinco - fifteen

decseis - sixteen

decsietes - seventeen

decachi - eighteen

decnona - nineteen

bisdec - twenty

bisdecun - twenty-one

bisdecdu - twenty-two

terdec - thirty

coiterdec - forty

sincodec - fifty

seisdec - sixty

sietesdec - seventy

achidec - eighty

nonadec - ninety

squar - one hundred

bissquar - two hundred

tersquar - three hundred

kuib - one thousand

coirt - ten thousand

Colloquial Phrases
salonui! - hello (to one person)

salud! - hello (to more than one person)

ponoi! - good-bye (to one person)

pod! - good-bye (to more than one person)

coit annutsi sis? - how old are you?

siri unos annos - I am one year old

siri trantsi annutsi - I am three years old

siri deccoi annutsi - I am fourteen years old

siri sincodectra annutsi - I am fifty-three years old

siri squar annutsi - I am one hundred years old