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Solia
Rules of Solia, Speaking Elvish
Solia follows many of the same rules as Varan (though Varan is a much more degraded version of the original language) as both are descended from the First Men.
Talën has only one basic conjugation, and Solia follows this simple form. Verb-stems always end in consonants (eg. ith, et, orn).
Verb Conjugation
To conjugate a passive verb form, the verb’s central theme vowel is softened. Thus, Pelarem (I dread) becomes Pëlarem (I am dreaded).
Indicative Mood
| Person | Number | Pronoun | Present Tense | x | Imperfect | x | Perfect | x | Pluperfect | x | ||
| x | x | x | Affirmative | Negative | Affirmative | Negative | Affirmative | Negative | Affirmative | Negative | ||
| 1st | sg. | mene | root+em (alcasem) | ei root (ei alcas) | root+as (alcasas) | ei root+an (ei alcasan) | root+at (alcasat) | ei root+ant (ei alcasant) | root+anan (alcasanan) | ei root+na (ei alcasna) | ||
| 2nd | sg. | senä | root+am (alcasam) | ei root (ei alcas) | root+ea (alcasea) | ei root+ea (ei alcasea) | root+es (alcases) | ei root+en (ei alcasen) | root+et (alcaset) | ei root+ent (ei alcasent) | root+enen (alcasenen) | ei root+ne (ei alcasne) |
| 3rd | sg. | hara | root+om (alcasom) | ei root+o (ei alcaso) | root+os (alcasos) | ei root+on (ei alcason) | root+ot (alcasot) | ei root+ont (ei alcasont) | root+inen (alcasinen) | ei root+ni (ei alcasni | ||
| 1st | pl. | me | root+i (alcasi) | ei root+in (ei alcasin) | root+is (alcasis) | ei root+it (ei alcasit) | root+ia (alcasia) | ei root+int (ei alcasint) | root+ines (alcasines) | ei root+nor (ei alcasnor) | ||
| 2nd | pl. | se | root+ses (alcasses) | ei root+ses (ei alcasses) | root+nos (alcasnos) | ei root+nos (ei alcasnos) | root+os (alcasos) | ei root+ost (ei alcasost) | root+anor (alcasanor) | ei root+aita (ei alcasaita) | ||
| 3rd | pl. | har | root+aya (alcasaya) | ei root+arë (alcasarë) | root+eri (alcaseri) | ei root+eri (ei alcaseri) | root+äs (alcasäs) | ei root+äs (ei alcasäs) | root+inor (alcasinor) |
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| Past Participle | root+nur | x | x |
Noun Declension
Like Varan, Solia uses few articles and relies on declension of nouns to be effective. To form the plural of any noun, add the termination -ne before the ending. Thus, talonesta (from inside the houses). When pluralizing groups of people the suffix -nai/ai is used.
| Case | Suffix | English preposition | example | translation |
| Nominative | – | – | talo | house |
| Genitive | -n | of | talon | of (a/the) house |
| accusative | – or -n | – | talo or talon | house |
| partitive | -(t)a | – | taloa | house (objective) |
| inessive | -ssa | in | talossa | in (a) house |
| elative | -sta | from (inside) | talosta | from (a) house |
| illative | -an, -en | into | taloon | into (a) house |
| adessive | -lla | at, on | talolla | at (a) house |
| ablative | -lta | from | talolta | from (a) house |
| allative | -lle | to | talolle | to (a) house |
| essive | -na | as (temporary state) | talona | as a house |
| translative | -ksi | becoming (change of state) | taloksi | becoming a house |
| instructive | -(i)n | with the aid of | taloin | with the aid of (a) house |
| abbessive | -tta | without | talotta | without (a) house |
| comitative | |
together with | taloineni | with (a) house |
Solian pronouns
Nominative
To form the pronoun adjectives, simply replace the central theme vowel with a front vowel. Mene becomes méne, senä:sénä, etc.
Relative
which, who, that: oka / otka
what: mika / mitka
Interrogative
Kuka (people), mikä (things)
Uses for the infinitive
To form the verbal infinitive, add ta, la, na, or sta to the root. Example: ithna. The helper infinitive does not need to be conjugated.
Osata + infinitive (can)
Voida + infinitive (may)
Haluta + infinitive (want to)
Ei saa + infinitive (can not)
Aikoa + infinitive (going to)
These forms themselves conjugate as helper verbs; thus,
Osate levna – I can leave.
Navoidin levna – You may have left.
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