It’s my hope to be able to share more behind-the-scenes things with you about The Eldrasian Chronicles. I would love to even make a full dictionary of Asalin available to you (covering all that I’ve created). I will also have to balance these extras with not revealing minor spoilers. So additions may be made as the series is released (not to mention my dictionary is quite big, so it will take time to copy across!). These things might take time, but I hope you’ll enjoy them and see the care with which Eldras was created.
Zetayn nalliyan ayn palla kli ayn karn mai ris
Aesthetic playlist:
A couple songs from my TEC playlist that I absolutely adore:
Brother by Kodaline
Man or a Monster by Sam Tinnesz and Zayde Wolf (this one will become more obvious with books 2 and 3)
Come and chat all things dragon books with me on facebook! I’ve started a new group exclusively to chat about our favourite fire-breathing animal’s literary appearances.
Asalin Dictionary
Please know that I am in no way an expert of language and conlangs. There will probably be errors in how things work, but this is fiction, so it doesn’t matter!
Syntax: Subject-verb-object-adjective. Example: I love dogs black
There are no articles (a/the)
The male pronoun is the default for mixed groups and objects.
Basic rules:
Suffix -si to pluralise (only -i to endings of ‘s’, only -s to endings of ‘i’)
Suffix -sa to negate
Prefix la- to make commands/greeting polite (to exclude is rude or familiar. Just l- to words beginning with l or a vowel)
Noun/verb-modifier
Example: They were talking loudly
Tenses can be tricky!
Pronouns (male/female)
First person (eg. I): ra/ta
First person inclusive (we/us): ngai
First person exclusive (we/us- excludes person being spoken to): ngasai
Pronouns:
Second person (you): ri/ti
Third person (she, he, they): rai/tai
Possessive pronouns
First (mine, our): ena
First (plural): enas (inclusive), ella (exclusive)
Second person (yours): eyan
Third person (theirs): elai
This: rilan/tilan
These: reyani/teyani
That: (determiner): rayni/tayni
That (pronoun): rayini/tayini
(male/female)
Tenses:
The tense goes before the copula (more on those later). If there is none, it goes before the verb/auxiliary.
Not used with names or things that don’t change
Past: nga
Present: ayn
Future: eka
Possession:
Can be alienable or inalienable (able to lose or not).
Goes after the object it affects.
Used with third person possessive pronouns (some exceptions)
Alienable: ama
Inalienable (not used with present tense): eka
Agent Nouns:
The noun completing an action
Doesn’t use tenses
Add the prefix pa-
Not to be confused with the verb pa
Verbs:
Commands: (add prefix la- to make polite)
There is no Asalin word for please. Rather the polite prefix acts in its place.
Give: irrin
Take: culla
Come: pin
Go: mina
Stop: kim
Help: ira
Auxiliary verbs:
See suffixes above to negate.
Tenses change have to had etc.
Be/been: arin
Do/does: mila
Have: ulsee
Modal auxiliary verbs:
Not paired with tense other than past.
See suffixes above to negate.
Can/could/may/might: zetayn
Must/should/shall/will/would: sela
Need (paired with past or future tense, copula not usually needed): sulan
Prepositions:
Note that some can be adverbs so check usage.
At/against/towards/upon/to: kli
Near/around/in/next to: seya
On/into: mai
Above: pire
Beneath/below/under: keni
Beside: zun
From/with/by: zali
About/regarding/because of: lazi
For/of: mayi
Copulas:
Use depends on action and subject.
Negative suffix -sa used to negate.
Is/am/are/was (with nouns and adjectives): nai
Is/am/are/was (with verbs that aren’t passive or progressive): len
Is/am/are/was (passive verbs): las
Is/am/are/was (progressive verbs): lasai
Is/am/are/was (adverbs): kas
Conjunctions:
And: punnahs
Because: tammen
But: neppa
If: pam
As: uti
Or: runga
Who/which (no tense required unless specifically at that moment): zruh
Miscellaneous:
Welcome/hello (pair with la- prefix): ayzun
Goodbye/farewell (pair with la- prefix): ayzulla
What (does not require tense when by itself): inna
Where: talyn
Why: sazi
How: usila
Here/there: kehya
Too: e
Numbers:
There is no word for ‘few.’ The word for three is used instead.
One: cunga
Two: isalan
Three: kalsi
Four: munahs
Five: reni
Miscellaneous:
Yes: mir
No: sa
Up: sunilli
Down: tutin
Right: myssas
Wrong: sare
Now: itts
Nouns:
People
Husband/wife: ngapara/ngaparta
Father/mother: Zharin/zhatin
Woman: liparteh
Man: ariez
Girl: lilyars
Boy: utez
Son/daughter: anira/anita
Person/people: artimai/artiuh
Warrior: ullarn
Dragon: zearla
Nature:
Tree: calin
Forest: narcali
Flower: likaln
Fire: ippan
Ash: kar
Rock: illaz
Mountain: tillah
Water: klusin
Lake: lusinata
Sea: masee
Sky: easa
Light: pepyan
Sun: nalliyan
Life: peree
Miscellaneous:
City: pensa
Forever/eternity: nallina
Blood: peraka
Poison: myan
Mid-day meal: sallar
Other:
Speak/talk: pluyin
Walk/move: uppa
Step: pa
Fly: zeno
Swim: kluppan
Shine: karn
Continue: palla
Return: air
Heal: laree
Help: ira
Care: iri
Adjectives:
Colours:
White/pale: pilarn
Black: nalipi
Green: san
Blue: sees
Red: paka
Yellow: etar
Other:
Light (not to be confused with the noun): un
Dark: milyn
Many/several: narin
Big: atah
Other:
May the sun continue to shine on you: Zetayn nalliyan ayn palla kli ayn karn mai ris/tis
???: Zetayn eyan pepyan eka ayn air kli nalliyan