English->Mornaë

A
A	ír
About	Írdúr
Again/more	Dtríca
All	Orka
Amazing/great/excellent	Féro
And	Bør
Animal	Djherja (her-sha)
Animals: Dog Horse Snake Eagle Hawk Bear Toad Worm Wolf	Djherjaïs streksu Djrísta Frevfyn Vanÿa Strelcha Adrik Örgort Frístya Ardolf
B
Beautiful	Nítcha
Beauty	Nítche
Because	arkgo
Best	Dtírsva
Big	Fúré
Body Part: Foot Hand Face Legs Tongue Eyes	Qenrysa-írgir djrúmha
Brave/Strong	fadeyk
But	frí
C
Child	alitcha
Colour: White Yellow Blue Green Red Black	Érkirtu Ertúk Svír Dvír Lánorh Svírtuk Orpfí
Crow	Irfré
D
Dark	Tarsé
Day	Daégal
Difficult	svarsé
Dog	Streksu
E
Eagle	Vanÿa
Earth	Ertu
East/Eastern	Tolya
Easy	dtarsé
F
Forest	larsva
Friend	Íqena
Fur/Coat/Clothing	Rhídur
G
Good	Agafía
Grace	grýtcha
H
Hawk	Strelcha
He	Dreko
Hello	Tríbhet (tree-dee-et)
Here	orku
Herself	Drekor-fír
Himself	Dreko-fír
His/her	Dán/né
Home	Djob (ób)
Hope	Nadie
Horse	djrísta
How	Réw
I
I	Sv (sfe)
If	Er
In	Kiar
It	Qe
K
Kind	Sílm
L
Language	Mórn
Light	Edýghar
Like/as	ílcar
M
Man	Fortü
Many/much	míksven
Me	Ré
Moon	Sofiya
More/Again	Dtríca
My	kur
Myself	Kur-fír
N
Name	ílsthu
Negatives	E’<verb> or
Night	burravf
Night sky	Burravf-bertshí
No	Psu
Nomad	Irfreya
Now	turí
Numbers: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Thirty Fourty Fifty Fifty-seven	Orfvretsya Lán Ár Díro Fré Íxgo Séro Darýa Dré Múr Kirýa Lanýa Árya Díroya Fréya Íxgoya Séroya Darýaír Dréya Múrya Árstric Árstric-lán Dírstric Fréstric Íxgostric Ícgostric-daryá
O
Of/for/from	Fúr
On	F’
Only/just	féror
our	svór
Out (without)	Tchíro (vý’tchíro)
Over	hértsu
Owl	dtrístya
P
Peaceful	armúr
Person	Bórír
Present (gift)	Bhórt’cha
S
Salmon	Fwíros
Same	Fír
She	drekor
Sky	Bertshí
Small	Kírdos
So	Éo
South	Drukskas
Southerner	Drukskasïs
Special/close	Fídeya
Story	Círov
Strength	Órtunka
Sun	Erdú
T
Thankful/thank you/ grateful	Tshíaz
that	cór
The	Kír
Their	Tíev
There you go/how’s that?	Fír tú?
therefore	Dískrí
They	Tíer
through	adroka
time	Círtu
to	Í’
To appreciate	eqértír
To bathe/bath	Kírbor
To be	skiír
To be able to/ Can	strokar
To become	Reímar
To begin	Yülar
To believe	Ondír
To bleed	Dímaschí*
To burn	Cintaschí*
To change	Trégír
To Chase	Artur
To chose	Vládar
To cry	Fírní*
To eat	Armír
To find	Frírvlír
To finish	Brísdör
To give	Sírdur
To go/to get	Dír
To hate	Íarní*
To have	Tríkar
To help	Skélur
To howl	Djor
To kill	Vlazí*
To know	Terkur
To learn	Arschar
To leave	líkaur
To lie (eg: lay down)	bírdur
To lie (to fib)	Armí*
To Listen/hear	Plansyar
To live	Mhírsyar
To look (like)	frétsyar
To love	Mhíror
To make/do	Pertyar
To Need/must	Dtregur
To pray	Leskír
To put	Wermír
To ride	rístar
To Run/race	Sprír
To sleep/Sleeping	Oíndír
To smell	ecrokgar
To Speak/say	Égar
To stand	Últír
To Stay/rest etc	Dtoír
To take	Nkírar
To teach	Bikorsar
To think	Kítror
To Understand	Íanúr
To wait	Aqenar
To want	dtremhar
To watch/to look at	Soímar
To Worry	Erktúr
To worship/hail	erígar
To write	Voýír
together	Dvorjak
Tree	Naleytsa
U
Ugly	kórmos
Us	Mier
V
voice	Vladéskya
W
Water	Djretschya
We	Svet
What	Hír
When	Dtrecha
Where	Ínga?
While	Fyrov
white	Ertúk
Who	Réya
Why	Frído
Will (coniditional)	‘Y
Wise	dtrístyír
With	Vý’
Wolf	ardolf
Woman	fúrderré
word	Urdrícú
Worst	Morsvén
Y
Years	Djplérár
yellow	Svír
Yes	Sír
You	Mhiro
Your	Mhi

Mornaë->English

Will (coniditional)	‘Y
through	adroka
Good	Agafía
Child	alitcha
To wait	Aqenar
Wolf	ardolf
Because	arkgo
To lie (to fib)	Armí*
To eat	Armír
Peaceful	armúr
To learn	Arschar
To Chase	Artur
Sky	Bertshí
Present (gift)	Bhórt’cha
To teach	Bikorsar
To lie (eg: lay down)	bírdur
And	Bør
Person	Bórír
To finish	Brísdör
Night	burravf
Night sky	Burravf-bertshí
To burn	Cintaschí*
Story	Círov
time	Círtu
that	cór
Day	Daégal
His/her	Dán/né
To bleed	Dímaschí*
To go/to get	Dír
therefore	Dískrí
Animal	Djherja (her-sha)
Animals: Dog Horse Snake Eagle Hawk Bear Toad Worm Wolf	Djherjaïs streksu Djrísta Frevfyn Vanÿa Strelcha Adrik Örgort Frístya Ardolf
Home	Djob (ób)
To howl	Djor
Years	Djplérár
Water	Djretschya
Horse	djrísta
He	Dreko
Himself	Dreko-fír
She	drekor
Herself	Drekor-fír
South	Drukskas
Southerner/s	Drukskasïs
Easy	dtarsé
Best	Dtírsva
To Stay/rest etc	Dtoír
When	Dtrecha
To Need/must	Dtregur
To want	dtremhar
Again/more	Dtríca
More/Again	Dtríca
Owl	dtrístya
Wise	dtrístyír
together	Dvorjak
Negatives	E’<verb> or
To smell	ecrokgar
Light	Edýghar
To Speak/say	Égar
So	Éo
To appreciate	eqértír
If	Er
Sun	Erdú
To worship/hail	erígar
Colour: White Yellow Blue Green Red Black	Érkirtu Ertúk Svír Dvír Lánorh Svírtuk Orpfí
To Worry	Erktúr
Earth	Ertu
white	Ertúk
On	F’
Brave/Strong	fadeyk
Amazing/great/excellent	Féro
Only/just	féror
Special/close	Fídeya
Same	Fír
There you go/how’s that?	Fír tú?
To cry	Fírní*
Man	Fortü
To look (like)	frétsyar
But	frí
Why	Frído
Of/for/from	Fúr
Woman	fúrderré
Big	Fúré
Salmon	Fwíros
While	Fyrov
Grace	grýtcha
Over	hértsu
What	Hír
to	Í’
To Understand	Íanúr
To hate	Íarní*
Like/as	ílcar
Name	ílsthu
Where	Ínga?
Friend	Íqena
A	ír
About	Írdúr
Crow	Irfré
Nomad	Irfreya
In	Kiar
The	Kír
To bathe/bath	Kírbor
Small	Kírdos
To think	Kítror
Ugly	kórmos
My	kur
Myself	Kur-fír
Forest	larsva
To pray	Leskír
To leave	líkaur
Your	Mhi
You	Mhiro
To love	Mhíror
To live	Mhírsyar
Us	Mier
Many/much	míksven
Language	Mórn
Worst	Morsvén
Hope	Nadie
Tree	Naleytsa
Beautiful	Nítcha
Beauty	Nítche
To take	Nkírar
To sleep/Sleeping	Oíndír
To believe	Ondír
Numbers: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Thirty Fourty Fifty Fifty-seven	Orfvretsya Lán Ár Díro Fré Íxgo Séro Darýa Dré Múr Kirýa Lanýa Árya Díroya Fréya Íxgoya Séroya Darýaír Dréya Múrya Árstric Árstric-lán Dírstric Fréstric Íxgostric Ícgostric-daryá
All	Orka
Here	orku
Strength	Órtunka
To make/do	Pertyar
To Listen/hear	Plansyar
No	Psu
It	Qe
Body Part: Foot Hand Face Legs Tongue Eyes	Qenrysa-írgir djrúmha
Me	Ré
To become	Reímar
How	Réw
Who	Réya
Fur/Coat/Clothing	Rhídur
To ride	rístar
Kind	Sílm
Yes	Sír
To give	Sírdur
To help	Skélur
To be	skiír
Moon	Sofiya
To watch/to look at	Soímar
To Run/race	Sprír
Dog	Streksu
Hawk	Strelcha
To be able to/ Can	strokar
I	Sv (sfe)
Difficult	svarsé
We	Svet
yellow	Svír
our	svór
Dark	Tarsé
Out (without)	Tchíro (vý’tchíro)
To know	Terkur
They	Tíer
Their	Tíev
East/Eastern	Tolya
To change	Trégír
Hello	Tríbhet (tree-dee-et)
To have	Tríkar
Thankful/thank you/ grateful	Tshíaz
Now	turí
To stand	Últír
word	Urdrícú
Eagle	Vanÿa
To chose	Vládar
voice	Vladéskya
To kill	Vlazí*
To write	Voýír
With	Vý’
To put	Wermír
To begin	Yülar

Verb conjunctions:

Example: dír- to go/going

I (Sv)	Dí	We (Svet)	Dít
You (Mhiro)	Dís	You (pl.f)	Dísa
He/she/it (Dreko/r /Qe’)	Dír/ré	They (Tíer)	Díta

*For Qe’<verb> the male conjunction is always used. So it would be Qe’dír, not Qe’dírré unless the subject (Qe’) is female, example: a female horse.

So the pattern is as follows: to make the sentence, drop the r from the verb, and then follow the rule:

I: verb without r.

You: -s

He/she/it: -r/ré

We: -t

You (pl.f): -sa

They:-ta

Example: tríkar-to have.

I (Sv)	Tríka	We (Svet)	Tríkat
You (Mhiro)	Tríkas	You (pl.f)	Tríksa
He/she/it (Dreko/r /Qe’)	Tríkar/ré	They (Tíer)	tríkaá

There are only few irregular verbs, and these are irregular as they are seen as unpleasant words (or words with unpleasant meaning). These are: Armí- to fib or lie, Vlazí- to kill, Íarní- to hate, Fírní-to cry, Cintaschí- to burn and Dímaschí-to bleed.

These are conjugated as follows:

I (Sv)	Armí	We (Svet)	Armín
You (Mhiro)	Armír	You	Armírré
He/she/it (Dreko/r /Qe’)	Armík/ya	They(Tíer)	Armírya

Plurals

To make words plural, add a ï or ïs. If the word ends in a vowel, use the later.

Verbs-Nouns

To make a verb into a noun, drop the r and ad an á or aá, depending on the ending of the verb.

Verbs ending in a: ristar-> ristaá

Verbs ending in í: wermír->wermíá

Verbs ending in u: bírdur->bírduaá

Ireegular verbs: Íarní-> Íarníá

Tenses:

Past Tense: Use tríkar: to have, before the verb in it’s original form. Example:

Sv tríka íanur. (I understood)

For those verbs ending in í, it follows the same format:

Sv tríka vlazí. (I killed)

[A note here on grammar. To say I killed him, it would be formulated as follows: Sv dreko tríka vlazí. Literally: I him have killed.]

The only exceptions to this rule are tríkar, where it would be forumated as:

Sv tríkyar. (I have had) and dír:

Sv díyr- I went

Future Tenses

Future tenses can be formulated using dír- to go and then the original form of the verb, example:

Sv dí dtoír (I’m going to stay/rest)

Tíer dita armí. (they’re going to lie)

In this case, to say (for example) I’m going to go, would be:

Sv dí dír.

For: I will go to watch (for example) it would be:

Sv’y dír soímar

Notes on pronounciation.

Sv is said Sf-e(y)

Dj is always silent, so the word would be pronounced as if the dj weren’t there. Eg: djrísta would be said ris-ta.

When a word begins in Dt, the D is silent.

Í’s are said ee

Ý is said as a regular Y in English.

Common Phrases and Expressions:

Hello: Tríbhet

Goodbye: Últmhur

How’re you? Fír tú?

I’m well: Sv agafía (slang/abbreviated) full version: Sv skií agafía.

Compliments:

You are a skilled rider! Mhiro skiís (or skiísa) ír rístaá féro!

Your horses have much beauty! Mhi djrístaïs tríkaá míksven nítcha.

You are very beautiful Mhiro skiís (or skiísa) míksven nítcha.

Your beauty is white like the eyes of Edrígu (very strong compliment) Mhi nítcha skiír/ré ertúk ílcar ír djrúmha fúr Edrígu.

We shall kill the Southerners together! Svet’y kír Drukskaïs vlazí dvorjak.

Common Insults used by the people of Fáng:

You smell like a horse from the south- Mhiro ecrokgas ílcar ír djrísta fúr kír Drukska!

You smell like a dog from the south!- Mhiro ecrokgas ílcar ír streksu fúr kír Drukska!

You ride like a man from the south (this is a very serious insult to anyone on the Fields of Lanyá and should not be used lightly.) -Mhiro rístas ílcar ír fortü fúr kír Druska!

You look like a Southerner- Mhiro fretsyas ílcar ír Drukskaïs.

You run like a salmon (not as harsh an insult as some of the others, and taken more in a joking term, but when said to a retreating enemy it could have dire consequences)-Mhiro sprís ílcar ír fwiros

You smell/look like a Nomad.-Mhiro ecrokgas/frestyas ílcar ír Irfreya

Common Questions:

Are you finished? Mhiro tríkas (tríksa) brísdör

Do you want something to eat? Mhiro dtremhas (dtremhasa) armír?

Do you understand me? Mhiro ré íanús?

Do I know you? Sv mhiro terku?

Do you need help? Mhiro dtregus skíluaá?

How? Réw?

What? Hír?

Why? Frído?

When? Dtrecha?

Where? Ínga?

Who? Réya?

Shall we go riding? Svet dír rístar? Or Svet’y dít rístar?

What are you doing? Hír mhiro skiís (skísa) pertyar?

What did you say? Hír dís-mhiro égar?

What do you want (for it)? Hír dtremhas-mhiro (fúr qe)?

What is it? Qe skiír hír?

What’s your name? Hír skiír mhi ílsthu?

Where are (you/you all/we) from? Ínga mhiro/svet skiís/skiísa/skiít fúr?

Where are (we/you) going? Ínga svet/mhiro skiís/skiísa/skiít dír?

Why are you here? Frído skiís-mhiro orku?

Why did you do that? Frído’y mhiro trikas kír pertyar?

Why do you want to know? Frído mhiro dtremhas terkur?

Origins of the Old Mornaë

Once, long ago, before there were to be any humans on Iadae, the earth was flat and barren; devoid of life- much like what is now known as Glarion. Two major land masses had formed; one drifting far across the sea from the other, so they would hardly even know they existed.

Soon, creatures and trees began to appear from the ground, growing and struggling to live. These creatures were unlike any ever seen before, until man arrived. Iadae as it is known now was still young and barren, so the new life began in the south. Quickly they grew, calling themselves Amir, and learning to hunt animals and live of the environment around them, all the while multiplying their numbers.

Soon they moved further north, into Iadae and setting up several settlements there; developing and growing. They came to be quite a large population of nomadic peoples; roaming the land with their own developed languages and religions. About one hundred years of such wandering passed, before small canoes drifted from the northern seas, bearing fruits, trees, animals, people and with them- diseases.

At first the Amir were hostile of these newly arrived “Arpad” until they realised they brought food and gifts unlike any seen before and of such material and make that was greatly valued among their societies. Now, the Arpad set up camps near the shore. Unbeknown to them, an epidemic had already begun to spread through the Amir people, striking down whole families at a time. The Arpad hardly noticed the decline in numbers until some years later, when there were scarce few left, and these were barely surviving. Now the Arpad began to spread across Iadae and into the south.

They were relentless, leaving only a few original Amir of the South. The other Amir, in the meantime, had spread to the far west- crossing the mountains, and the east, living scattered and Nomadic lives, away from the diseases of the Arpad. The climates of their new homes would help them to survive through the Ice-Age.

Suddenly, the whole of Iadae froze over for many years- trapped in a great Ice Age that altered the entire landscape. Many years later, the ice retreated west again, and the Arpad and Amir people had almost vanished from Iadae, thus leaving it free for a new kind of people. Again they came from the north, this time on large, advanced ships, claiming Iadae for their own under the Poldi people.

The people dominated the land faster than any before them, clearing Fáng and bringing sheep and corn, quickly building townships as more boats arrived.

It is said that ships came from the south now too, and these people were “as noble as kings” and saw how the Poldi had taken the Amir and the Aprad people as slaves, and their mistreatment and so, one great ruler; Tazh, brought all his forces together and waged war on the Poldi people. There were rumours at the time that Tazh only begun this war out of greed and that he wanted the more fertile-seeming northlands, yet they beat the Poldi and drove them north until most boarded their ships and retreated.

The Ciadra- led by Tazh, now moved north into Iadae, building castles and monuments celebrating their great victory. The Arpad began to wander, and would eventually become the first Gypsies and Nomads.

It looked at this time in history, like the Ciadra would be the rulers of the land forever after, but it was not to be. Some two hundred years passed and ships came again from the north, bearing a new breed of men who seemed more valiant and noble than any before them. The Ciadra and the Mayl’nor fought for many years, until they had exhausted all their resources and energy and so most retreated back to their homes in the north or south, or were taken as prisoners. Those who stayed in Iadae were stuck down with a deadly plague until there was barely anyone left. These years would later be known as the Black Nights, and all who think on them shudder at the memory. Despite the Black Nights, many survived the horrible conditions- some retreating and hiding in Nilmadé, others enduring and suffering so that traces of their legacy and language can be found still.

Of the Lands to the North

Although this text is focused on Iadae and little to nothing is written of the Lands to the North, it seems necessary that they are mentioned here in order to understand the roots of this language. The people of the North evolved much like those of Iadae, but the Amir and Arpad evolved into two different cultural groups- one becoming the Mayl’nor, who spoke Mornaë and came to Iadae, and the other being a “lesser” people (known as the Druskaïs- an earlier form of the Drukskasïs; the word for the Southern (or lesser) people of the people from Fáng) who were not as noble as the Mayl’nor and so spoke a different language. Some words actually extend back to their original Amir roots, such as Nadie (and others), though the meanings have changed over the ages. Many wars waged between the Mayl’nor and the Druskaïs and so the Mayl’nor attempted to distance themselves entirely from the lesser people; thus changing their language so it was remarkable different to the old Amir- a variation of which the Amir still spoke. So it was that the Mayl’nor came to Iadae and brought their Mornaë with them.