Orthography and Alphabet
The Amethyst Kindred letter system is quite efficient, with each letter representing
approximately 1 sound. However the orthography (way of representing these sounds
in the Roman Alphabet) often uses two characters to describe a sound.
Alphabet (28 Letters/Base Combinations)
| A | E | I | O | U |
AE | AI | EA | EI | EU |
IA | UI |
| P | T | K | B | D |
S | R | L | M | N |
NG |
| F(PH) | TH | KH | |
DH | SH |
Pronunciation
| A | As in UMBRELLA |
| E | As in PET |
| I | As in IGLOO |
| O | As in POT |
| U | As in the U in LUNAR |
| AE | As in the A_E in PLATE |
| AI | As in the I in FLIGHT |
| EA | Pronounced as AI in AIR |
| EI | As in the EY in THEY |
| EU | Run the previous definitions of E and U together |
| IA | As in OLIVIA |
| UI | Run the previous definitions of U and I together,
but this generally gets approximated to the WI in WIERD |
| S | Always voiceless, never said like a Z |
| NG | Always said as the NG in THING |
| TH | Represents the unvoiced TH, as in THIN |
| KH | Represents the German CH in BACH |
| DH | Represents the voiced TH, as in THESE |
Verbs and Conjugation
This is something that English speakers may be challenged to understand. In
the Amethyst Kindred language (and also in other languages such as Latin) a
verb is conjugated, which involves adding extra information regarding the verb
to the base action word, to give it's full meaning. This extra information includes
person (I/you/he/she/it),
number
(singular or plural)
tense (including present, past,
future) and
mood (is hard to explain, but is essentially
how the person fells about the action). Note that all verbs are of an active
voice and unlike Latin there is no passive equivalent (for example, there is
no equivalent for "I am loved by you"; it would be translated "You love me").
The following show the effect of word endings of the verb
ain,
which means
love or
like.
The verb endings for present tense, indicative mood (indicative: stating a fact)
go:
| -el | I |
ainel (I love) |
| -ul | You |
ainul (you love) |
| -uir | He/She/It |
ainuir (he/she loves) |
| -en | We |
ainen (we love) |
| -un | You (plural) |
ainun (you love) |
| -uin | They |
ainuin (they love) |
For past and future tenses, insert the particle between the verb and the person
ending:
| -ad- | Past/Imperfect | ainadel (I was loving) |
| -id- | Future | ainidel (I shall love) |
There are other
tenses and
moods
available in the language, however their full meanings are still to be deciphered
from the old lore texts. Please be patient while the best linguists of the forth
age uncover the marvels of this language.
Other verbs one may wish to try these endings on are
es
(be/am)
eren (walk)
deb (need)
angk (kill) and
ethian (heal).