Vreleksá

[Kiri]

This is a conlang that is used by elves in my story (oh, so lame, I know). It's called Vaijerīna ("elvenspeech") (Vr). It is going to have a conscript that I have had many variants of. I think I have finally found the real thing and will post it anytime soon.

Here is the alphabet in (modified) roman capital and small letters:
Aa [a], Āā [a:], Bb [b], Dd [d], Ee [ɘ], Ēē [ɘ:], Ff [ɸ], Gg [g], Hh [h], Ii [i], Īī [i:], Jj [j], Kk [k], Ll [l], Mm [m], Nn [n;N], Oo [ɔ], Pp [p], Rr [ɾ], Ss [s], Tt [t], Uu [u], Ūū [u:], Vv [β], Ww [w](very short), Xx [ks], Zz [z]
For Nn you can see [n] and [N]. The second one is used, when Nn is in front of Kk or Gg. What this means is just that you don't have to pronounce all the sounds perfectly, if neighbouring sounds are in the way.

So. Articles.
Vr has two tipes of singular articles - signif "a" and "the"
a - an
the - nn (or n' if the next word starts with a vowel or an "n")
Plural has no articles.

Pronouns.
Pronouns can be omitted in many cases, because the verb shows, who is the doer. Still pronouns are used and expected in formal language and indefinite sentences.
First singular - Au
Second singular - To
Third singular masculine - Eir
Third singular feminine - Era
Third singular neutral - On
First plural - Aum
Second plural - Tom
Third plural masculine - Eirim
Third plural feminine - Eram
Third plural neutral - Onom

"On" could practically be translated as "it", but you can use it for people, if you want to stress the gender (or any other reason actually)

Next. Nouns.
Random fact: When I write with (modif) roman letters, I usually capitalize all nouns as well as pronouns.
Genders.
Feminine is used as the general gender for all nouns (suffix -a). When talking about people, a masculine suffix may be (and usually is) used (-uj). There is also an independent suffix for plural (-as). Gender is not specified in plural.
Some gender examples:
an Pommewra - a poet, a female poet
an Pommewruj - a male poet
Pommewras - poets (gender: not specified)
an Monga - a mother, (a parent, a female parent)
an Monguj - a father, (a male parent)
Mongas - parents (also fathers or mothers)

Unfortunately pronouns and nouns have more than whan case. The suffixes of cases differ in genders. Also the genders in the cases of pronouns are mixed up. (ignore the last sentence, if needed)
Nominative - Monga, Monguj, Mongas
Genetive - Mongo, Mongjo, Monge
Dative - Mongei, Mongwei, Mongweim
Accusative - Mongu, Mongwi, Mongwim

Next. Verbs.
Verbs have different cases because of person and time.
Let's go with an example:
monet - to give
I give - Au monu
I gave - Au monul
I will give - Au monue
I have given - Au monwe peru
I had given - Au monwe perul
I will have given (?) - Au monwe perue

Adjectives.
I personally love adjectives in Vr, because they all have only one case - with suffix "-an". They come before the word they represent (either it's a noun or a verb)
Examples:
an esperan Antra (a hopeful human being)
esperan montret (to look hopefully)

Word order.
I don't know, how to explain this scientifically (at least in English), so I'm just going to give you all an example.

I am a human being - Au an Antra peru
(Au - I, an Antra - a human being, peret - to be)
Raphael has a green flower - Rafael an vērtan Flowu posēre
(to have - posēret, green - vērtan, a flower - an Flowa)

And in the final - a little text for you to see what the language looks like in real life.
wez wassan epokoi tempan Mūna adjesligeran ba perel. On partiretan perel, pon il kad Fona an Raluj perel, woi Onu regulimperel. no anen Ralas magjan ba perel. Antras o Mannas o Vaijas o Nammas partiretan meinerel, o otros on otros kwazi ba-ki vernel. no anen Atta eino abemutatel. pon jūstan peret volam, ‘Onjarala’ anen Anima perel, woi Onu abemutatel.

(A rough translation)
In old times all the land wasn't united. It was separated, because there was an independent ruler in every city, who ruled over it. But these rulers weren't magical. Humans and Dwarves and Elves and Nammas (a race of my own) were living separately, and knew almost nothing about each other. But it changed. If we want to be honest, it was "Onyaralah", who changed it.

Any questions? Comments?

[Kiri]

A word about stresses. There isn't a general rule about stresses, but there are some points that might help.
1. Doubled letters are stressed. This includes long vowels and paired vowels (ai, au etc.), but excludes the suffix "-oi" and future tense.
2. In two-syllable nouns/adjectives the first one is stressed.
3. In other noun/adjective/infinitive verb cases either the first or the second-to-last syllable is stressed.
4. In other verb cases the last (in two-syllable words) or the first and the last syllable is stressed (in three-syllable words). Longer verbs are considered stress exceptions.
5. If there happen to be more than one stresspoint in a word, they are equally stressed.

Here are some so-called useful frases in Vaijerīna.

[be] greeted (hello) – taletan! OR taletan perio!
[We] will meet (See you later) – sertame! OR adjessertame! (a stress exception - AdjessErtamE)
Here you are (when giving something) – monu! OR Au monu!
Thank you – ageru! OR Au ageru!
Please – plēru! OR Au plēru!
It's nothing (response to ageru) – ba on ki! OR ba on ki pere!
Forgive me – forlatio! OR Auwi forlatio!
Is everything alright? - exe okan pere? OR exe Tempa okan pere?
Yes, everything is alright – etiam, pere. OR etiam, Tempa okan pere.
No, it's not – nuam, ba pere.
How are you called? - kā Towi gjamare?
What's your name? – kall Tojo Gjamara pere?
My name is ---. – Aujo Gjamara --- pere.
They call me ---. – Auwi --- gjamare.
So what? – so ki?
Darn! Damn! – trox! OR troxan!

The long forms are considered more formal but not necessarely more polite (see "damn")

Days, Months and Seasons - Swas o Meras o Ērpokas
(The list of words is stolen from David. Sorry)
Day-- Swa
Week-- Serpara
Month-- Mera
Year-- Ēra
Decade-- Maiēra
Century-- Faiēra
Time-- Epoka
Season-- Ērpoka

Morning-- Manela
Night-- Farswa
Evening-- Daira

Today-- nesswoi
Tonight-- nenfarswoi
This evening-- nendairoi
This morning-- nemaneloi
Yesterday-- wusswoi
Tomorrow-- asswoi
The day before yesterday-- wus-wusswoi
The day after tomorrow-- ass-asswoi
Next month-- assmeroi
Last month-- wusmeroi
Next year-- assēroi
Last year-- wusēroi

Monday-- 1P [anpiNka]
Tuesday-- 2P [dipiNka]
Wednesday-- 3P [tɘrpiNka]
Thursday-- 4P [kwɘrpiNka]
Friday-- 5P [ɸinpiNka]
Saturday-- 6P [rɘmpiNka
Sunday-- 7P [sɘrpiNka]

January-- 1M [anmɘra]
February-- 2M [dimɘra]
March-- 3M [tɘrmɘra]
April-- 4M [kwɘrmɘra]
May-- 5M [ɸinmɘra]
June-- 6M [rɘmmɘra]
July-- 7M [sɘrpmɘra]
August-- 8M [andmɘra]
September-- 9M [nɘtmɘra]
October-- 10M [maimɘra]
November-- 11M [maianmɘra]
December-- 12M [maidimɘra]

Autumn-- Alonna
Winter-- Hivra
Spring-- Venēra
Summer-- Vallana

[achemel]

[killerken]

Woot! SOV! Sorry. I don't actually have anything constructive to say.
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[Kiri]

Oh, thanks for the questions! I didn't get some of them, but that's ok

1. Well, that's what these conlangs are for, I guess
2. The pronunciation is as written, therefore nn is twice as long as n', but they are both [n]
3. I'm not sure what you mean with "vowel harmony". Basically pronoun plurals were made with a vowel that sounds good + /m/. This happened long before any kind of system was brought in.
4. oh.. I need a dictionary... ( ) Yes, all the verbs are regular in their infinitive. /peret/ means "to be", but I don't really understand the term "auxiliary verb", so I can't answer that, sorry. In all of the given cases the pronoun can be omitted.
5. I haven't yet had to use any suffixless forms of adjectives/adverbs, but theoretically it is possible. Your given example would make sense, if /esperan/ is put in the beginning (the end) of the sentence and separated by a comma. /esperan, (Aum) epokoi perame./ or smth like that.
6. Yes, SOV order. The influence of Japanese here.
7. The imperative is made with a verb root + /-io/
8. Yes, it's a verb. Literally it would mean something like "I'm begging"
9. I haven't yet seen all the places in here. Feel free to ask more!

[achemel]

Well, by "vowel harmony" I just meant that I noticed the vowels forming the plurals were the same as the vowels within the words: so, /Eir/ has /i/ before that final consonant, and then you made the plura through + /im/. But, for /On/ you made it through + /om/. So I thought, maybe it wasn't possible to have made those plurals with different vowels, like /Eiram/ or /Onem/ or something like that.

Though I don't really trust Wikipedia, here's a link to its article on auxiliary verbs. I'm sure that its explanation is much better and clearer than anything I could tell you. (^_^) I tend to ramble...and cause confusion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_verb

[Kiri]

[achemel]

[Kiri]

Well it works that way with any two adjectives in a row

a big green tree
grandan vērt Rema
, although, it's just less trouble to put "and" in the middle
an grandan o vērtan Rema

OTOH the first case kind of indicates that there are other green trees and this particular green tree is big. (also there may be trees of other colours), while the second case indicates that this particular tree is big and green (without any notes about other trees). But that isn't really based on anything but my personal feelings at the moment

The quantitative words (including numbers) is something I have yet to figure, but this is how it looks like at the moment

an 1 Swa [an anian swa] - a one day
n'1 Swa [nanian swa] - the one day
n'1Swa [nanswa] - the first day (of the month, for example)
an 1Swa [an answa] - a first day (I just thought of this and have no idea about the use, but theoretically this kind of form is also possible

You have to pardon me, but I'm still roaming around with these.

[achemel]

[Kiri]

Oh, that's a good idea, thanks, I'll definitely use it as an option!
I had another idea of the use of that form.
"In my life, I have had many days that could be called "the first" of something. [insert a list here]. But then there was a special first day - a first day of being in love"
Or smth like that. Oh, I will see from whatever I have to translate

I'm not sure, if there's anything (important) left unsaid about the grammar of Vr. Is there?
Should I post some more word-translations or is there no need for it, and I should just move to the Translations forum whatsoever?

[achemel]

[Kiri]

Here are some changes, that are based on pronunciational needs.

A new letter is added - y [i]

And some sound changes:
1. If two n's are next to each other, they're pronounced [mn].
Example: definite article nn, n'Nemira, Linna
2. If two l's are next to each other, the first one is pronounced palatalized, and the second one is pronounced [j].
Examples: Ulla, Mallanda
3. If an i is between a plosive and a vowel, it's prnounced [j].
Examples: Giamara, giulēma.

Y is always pronounced [i], therefore it is needed in such words as dyan - /dian/ (instead of dian /djan/

This changes some spellings, for example, adiessertame (instead of adjessertame) and forlatyo (instead of forlatio).

Does this make sense?

[Hemicomputer]

Makes perfect sense to me. I like the /lj/, it sounds nice.
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[achemel]

Yes, I agree too. On both of Hemicomputer's comments.
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