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==Grammar==
 
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[[File:Hesilinn.jpg|thumb|left|"Hesilinn" written in script.]]
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Revision as of 23:01, 31 May 2010


Name: Hesilinn

Type: Fusional

Alignment: Nominative-Accusative

Head Direction: First

Number of genders: None

Declensions: Yes

Conjugations: Yes

Nouns declined
according to
Case Number
Definitiveness Gender
Verbs conjugated
according to
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect
Gender Cases Numbers Tenses Persons Moods Voices Aspects
Verb No No Yes Yes Yes No No No
Nouns No Yes Yes No No No No No
Adjectives Yes Yes No No No No No No
Numbers Yes Yes No No No No No No
Participles No No No No No No No No
Adverb No No No No Yes No No No
Pronouns No Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Adpositions No No No No No No No No
Article No No No No No No No No
Particle No No No No No No No No


Setting

As Miri'e slowly began merging with Colossian to form High Colossian, Hesilinn began going extinct. The language survived only as an occult language, taught only to few, and as a means of safe communication. Those that learned it had to go through rigorous training to be initiated in the language. Those that speak it are highly revered.

Phonology

Phonotactics

1. One permitable consonant cluster: s+h = ſ (IPA:/ʃ/)

2. Permittable vowel clusters (there will be more once I get an overview):

ae (written as æ or ei)

ai

ao

au

ei (written as æ or ei)

eo

eu (IPA: /ø/)(written as eu or ø)

ia

ie

iu

oa

oe (written as oe or ø)

oi

ua

ue

ui

uo

Grammar

Hesilinn

"Hesilinn" written in script.











Pronouns

Usually pronouns in Hesilinn are part of the verb. For instance you'd usually say "Sei" (I am), whereas "A sei" would mean (I am).


Nominative


Accusative


Genitive-Dative


Ablative


I


A


An


Ar


Aven


You


E


En


Er


Even


He/She/It


I


In


Ir


Iven


We


Sa


San


Sar


Saven


You


Se


Sen


Ser


Seven


They


Si


Sin


Sir


Siven

Verbs


«Sa» - to be


Present


Past


Future


I


Sei


Sesei


Sati


You


Sav


Sasav


Satav


He/she/it


Seu


Seseu


Sateu


We


Asei


Asesei


Asati


You


Asav


Asasav


Asatav


They


Aseu


Aseseu


Asateu


Nouns

E - nouns:

These are nouns that have e or ae as the nucleus of the first syllable.


mela/meto - girl/book


Nominative


Accusative


Genitive-Dative


Ablative


Singular


Mela/Meto


Melan/Meton


Melar/Metor


Melaven/Metoven


Plural


Meila/Meito


Meilan/Meiton


Meilar/Meitor


Meilaven/Meitoven

Adjectives


Seme - good


Nominative


Accusative


Genitive-Dative


Ablative


Singular


Seme


Semen


Semer


Semi


Plural


Semo


Semon


Semor


Semoi





Adverbs

"Savas nere tona" - You're more beautiful than I

'Sav' (you are) is combined with '-nas'. The 'n' is cut, because Hesilinn doesn't allow most consonant clusters.

'nere' - is a comparative adverb reflecting back at a 2nd person singular verb. (Could also seem to be a nominative singular adjective (see note)

a - is the 1st person nominative singular pronoun, it is combined with 'ton' (than) to form 'tona'.


  • Note: If 'nere' was a nominaative singular adjective it would render the following sentence: "You are more than beautiful I". Although it seems to be saying something

"You are more than beautiful I" would be "Savas tona nere". Usually, it doesn't matter much where the adjective goes,

but in this kind of situation it could be confused with an adverb, therefore the rule of thumb is to have the adjective

follow directly after the noun it refers to. (Poets often make good use of this.)



Uke - «Fast»


Positiv «like»


Comparative «than»


Superlative

«of»*


I


-(n)a Uka (na-)


-(n)as Uka (to(n)-)


-(r)an Uka


You


-(n)a Uke (na-)


-(n)as Uke (to(n)-)


-(r)an Uke


He/she/it


-(n)a Uki (na-)


-(n)as Uki (to(n)-)


-(r)an Uki


We


-(n)a Ukas (na-)


-(n)as Ukas (to(n)-)


-(r)an Ukas


You


-(n)a Ukes (na-)


-(n)as Ukes (to(n)-)


-(r)an Ukes


They


-(n)a Ukis (na)


-(n)as Ukis (ton)


-(r)an Ukis






Prepositions

Correlatives


This


Ana


That


Ada


What


Aſa


This (one)


Nana


That (one)


Nada


Which (one)


Naſa

Here


Kana


There


Kada


Where


Kaſa


Hither


Tana


Thither


Tada


Whereto


Taſa


Now


Sana


Then


Sada


When


Saſa

Numbers

Majuscule letters are used for numbers, and the language uses Base-4.
To simplify, the first ten numbers are written like this:
A - B - D - E - EA - EB - ED - F - FA - FB

in the latin alphabet they're written like this:

A - Ba - Da - E - E'a - Eba - Eda - Fa - Fa'a - Faba



Number A B D E F G H I J
Pronounciation A Ba Da E Fa Ga Ha I Ja
Base-4 number 1 2 3 10 20 30 100 200 300
Base-10 (normal) number 1 2 3 4 8 12 16 32 48
Number K L M N O P R S Š
Pronounciation Ka La Ma Na O Pa Ra Sa Sha
Base-4 number 1'000 2'000 3'000 10'000 20'000 30'000 100'000 200'000 300'000
Base-10 (normal) number 64 128 192 256 512 768 1024 1048 2096

Dictionary

Hesilinn Dictionary
Aa Bb Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp

Rr Ss Šſ Tt Uu Vv Ææ Øø



Example text

"Edei, seina to" - I think, therefore I am"

"Aſa seu ana mela na ſa?" - Who is this girl? (Lit. Which one is this girl?)