Languary - Days 5 and 6

[clare_dragonfly]

I was ready to post yesterday, but I ran out of time after work, so here are the posts for both day 5 and day 6,

After much pondering, I have decided to give Gavāth grammatical gender. It is indicated by the first vowel of the noun.
a/ā/ai: masculine
e/ē/ei: feminine
i/ī/ę/u/ui: neuter

Adjectives form agreement by changing their final vowels to match the noun--a/ā for feminine, e/ē for masculine, i/ī for neuter. The vowel length from the base adjective is retained.

So, for example, a man from the empire is "Gavāth zāk," a woman from the empire is "Gavēth zēk," and a nongendered person from the empire is "Gavīth zuk."

The word for "tall," however, has a short vowel, thus: "fainan zāk," "fainen zēk," and "fainin zuk."


The verb "to be," gāl, is an irregular verb--one of very few in the language. Below are the conjugations for the present tense.

1st singular (I am): gei
1st plural (we are): akāl
1st plural formal: kul
2nd singular formal (you are): gui
2nd plural formal (you all are): keil
2nd singular informal: alā
2nd plural informal: ul
3rd singular formal (he/she/it is): gai
3rd plural formal (they are): kēli
3rd singular informal: lākā
3rd plural formal: gla'

Any questions? I'll try to answer!