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imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 74

QINTARI

Qintari is a conlang that started my obsession for conlangs in general. During 2004-2005, I was playing a game called Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and there was an elven city called Quentarra. After I quit it, I stumbled upon by chance, a book series called Quentaris. I really enjoyed both and so I decided to create a fantasy language and have loved it ever since.

imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 74

BASICS

We must know the following:

1. It is a SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT conlang just like English.

2. Observe:
- All verbs end in 'ji'
- All professions end in 'suga'
- All adjectives end in 'mon'

3. It is a semi-tonal language where:
- Questions tend to have higher pitch.
- Answers have lower pitch.
- Accents represent these 'tones'.

imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 74

VERBS

Qintari verbs all end in ji and so are easily distinguished. From this, you add additional letters to form tense.

Daraji - to hit (Chinese: Da - to hit)
Tzoroji - to do/make (Chinese: Zuo - to do)
Ireji - to go (Spanish: Ir - to go)
Inuji - to bark (Japanese: Inu - dog)
Oreji - to like (MADE UP)
Tuanji - to love (Viet: Thuong - to love)
Karejji - to stand up for yourself (Eng: Courage)
Suihji - to think (Viet: Suy - to think)
Oanji - to drink (Viet: Uong - to drink)
Anji - to eat (Viet: An - to eat)
Bireji - to know (Viet: biet - to know)
Minbaji - to understand (Chi: Ming bai - to understand)
Kuwaji - to cry (made up*)
Nouji - to cook (Viet: nau - to cook)
Arigaji - to thank (Jap: arigatou - thanks)
Tánnji - to become (Vie - Thành - become)

PRONOUNS

I/Me - O (made up)
You - Sa (made up)
He - Hano (Viet: hang - him)
She - Jiego (Chi: jie jie - lil sister)
It - Nayo (made up)
They - Kyo (Ùrobasican: kiu)

Mum - Maren (Chi: Ma - mum, ren - person)
Dad - Furen (Chi: Fu - dad, ren - person)
Brother - Goren (Cantonese: go go - brother)
Sister - Jiren (Viet: Chi - sister)

OCCUPATIONS/PROFESSIONS

Doctor - Baksuga (Viet: Bac si - doctor)
Nurse - Isuga (Viet: Y ta - nurse)
Teacher (male) - Jaosuga-nan (Chi: Jao - teach, nan - man)
Teacher (female) - Jaosuga-nori (Chi: Jao "", nv - lady)
Student - Sinsuren (Chi: [Xue] Sheng - student)
Architect - jinjyutsuga (Chi: Jian Jiu Shi - architect)
Cook - Nousuga - (Viet: Nau - to cook)
Engineer - Injesuga (made up)
Actor/ress - Akturesuga (nan/nori)
Comedian - Gurosuga (Viet: Cuoi - to laugh)
Gaoren - Boss (Chi: Gao - high, ren - person)
Writer - Biyotsuga (Biro aka Pen)

RULES SO FAR

1. If you are describing in detail, that a person is of a certain profession, it is better that you add in the gender of that person as part of the profession. No, this isn't sexist! - It's just a special rule.

eg.
Joel is a writer - Joel surei-naes biyotsuga-nan
Cassady is a writer - Kassadi surei-naes biyotsuga-nori

imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 74

TENSES

The following are just basic tenses, complex tenses wll be added soon.

PAST

Things which happened in the past - add dá to the verb

I ate - O anji-dá

PRESENT

Things which happen now - add naes to the verb

I eat - O anji-naes

PAST

Things which will happen in the future - add sé to the verb

I will eat - O anji-sé

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RULES SO FAR

2. If however, you are given a time frame - there is no need to use tense. Take the following for example:

eg.

I eat chocolate - O anji-naes chocolate

Back then, I ate chocolate - Dáru, O anji-dá chocolate

But since you already mentioned when you eat the chocolate you simple say 'eat'.

Dáru, O anji chocolate --> no need for tense as it's already stated.

WORDS

Dáru - back then (in the past)
Naesu - now (presently)
Séru - in the future

imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 74

PREPOSITIONS

of - kyu
from - tzyu
to - deru
at - tza
for - jyoru
in - jon
out - waro
into - voryu
on - jen
beneath - yuu

CONJUCTIONS

and - itte
because - viru
therefore - viteru
before - jyukiru
after - sakiru
since - dipue
like (seems)- nyu
although - yukeru
while - jonkiyu

imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 74

NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

There is unfortunately no rule as to how nouns start or end. They are irregular in pattern just like in English for example - infact most languages. Although there are many nouns which end in vowels.

PLACES

Usually, a noun which is a 'place' - the word is formed by saying 'what you do there' + goya (place).

eg.

School - Hoksuji-goya (To learn - place)
Opera house - Hátsuji-goya (to sing - place)

People - Renshi
Car - Séhoro
House - Nyaro
Paper - Yerenn
Book - Sátsuo
School - Hoksuji-goya
Television - Tivi/Diren-ninji-maro (electricity-to see-machine)
Telephone - Direnwa/Diren-paruji-maro (electricity-to speak-machine)
Cat - Mao
Dog - Gonko

Adjectives, however, always have mon as an ending to be distinguished.

big - dare-mon
small - shaoru-mon
long - faru-mon
short - narata-mon
happy - orika-mon
sad - buta-mon
good - dotsu-mon
bad - sotsu-mon

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WORD ENDING RULES

The following are the endings for some groups of words:

WORD - SUFFIX or PREFIX

adjective - mon
eg. big --> dare-mon

male/female - nan/nori
eg. teacher (female) --> jaosuga-nori

place - goya
eg. bedroom --> dorumji-goya (to sleep-place)

machine - maro
eg. mobile(cell) phone --> yido-mon-direnn-paruji-maro (portable-electric-speaking-machine)
aka. yido-mon-dirennwa (portable-phone)

"the most" - gaore
eg. The most big (biggest) --> dare-mon-gaore

colour - bai (prefix)

White - Sen-bai
Black - Sen-hae
Red - Sen-honjo
Blue - Sen-lao
Green - Sen-lyu
Yellow - Sen-hyun
Orange - Sen-orang
Grey - Sen-baeko

imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 74

NUMBERS

0 - ikkono (literally 'nothing')
1 - yo
2 - ru
3 - kah
4 - soh
5 - taé
6 - yih
7 - haroh
8 - okoh
9 - gyo
10 - kyan-dé

11 - kya-yo
12 - kya-ru
13 - kya-kah
14 - kya-soh
15 - kya-taé
16 - kya-yih
17 - kya-haroh
18 - kya-okoh
19 - kya-gyo

To form two digit numbers eg. (20,30,40...90):
First digit + dé

20 - ru-dé
30 - kah-dé
40 - soh-dé
50 - taé-dé
60 - yih-dé
70 - haroh-dé
80 - okoh-dé
90 -gyo-dé

hundred - bayo
thousand - shinyo
million - jiuyo
billion - dinyo

QUANTITIES

If you want to say a certain quantity of something, add ga to the end of the number.

eg.
Two people --> Ru-ga renshi

Who - Aiyo?
What - Kéyo?
Where - Juyo?
When - Naéyo?
Why - Daruhyo?
How - Lanyo?

FORMING NOUNS FROM VERBS

Usually you can form nouns from verbs for example:

tzoroji - to do --> take away the 'ji'
--> tzoro: and then add the word kéo (kay-yoh)
--> tzoro-kéo = something you do a.k.a "thing"

some others include:

anji --> an --> an-kéo = something you eat (food)
oanji --> oan --> oan-kéo = something you drink (drink)
suihji --> suih --> suih-kéo = something you think (thought)
déksuji --> déksu --> déksu-kéo = something you get (gift)
jiroji --> jiro --> jiro-kéo = something you play (game)

imbecilica · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 74

SAMPLE TEXT

The following is an advertisement.

ENGLISH- PLAYSTATION 3! - CHEAP!!
I am selling a cheap Playstation 3 which is in very good condition. You will also get 15 games and 2 controllers. Call 1234 1234 NOW!!!

QINTARI- PLAYSTATION 3! - RÉGA-MON!
O baranji-naes Playstation 3 réga-mon keki-noro kei dotsu. Sa déksuji-sé veza-veza 15-ga jiro-kéo itte 2-ga kontrolë. Gogoji-ro 1234 1234 NAESU

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Yep, I'm excited too lol, I feel like turning my forums into like some sort of site to preach my conlang lol. But I'll leave it for now. How is everyone?

Hei, o surei-naes edotsu-mon niso, o ganji-naes nyu tzoji-lai o-ra forum voryu yo-ga sotei löra jamani-kéo dei jaosuji o-ra kon-nonnyuri. Niru jyo naesu o-noi deiji. Dátsyurei dotsu-mon ná?