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	====Nouns====		====Nouns====
	Lynnri - lesson		Lynnri - lesson
-	Breti - heart	+	<br>Breti - heart
-	Michi - glass	+	<br>Michi - glass
-	Crysi - crystal	+	<br>Crysi - crystal
-	Lenyi - sword	+	<br>Lenyi - sword
-	Kreyi - stave	+	<br>Kreyi - stave
-	Aqui - water	+	<br>Aqui - water
-	Citi - city	+	<br>Citi - city
-	Mre - taker	+	<br>Mre - taker
-	Tichi - sheath	+	<br>Tichi - sheath
	====Verbs====		====Verbs====
	Rilam - put		Rilam - put
-	Ticham - sheathes	+	<br>Ticham - sheathes
	====Prepositional Phrases====		====Prepositional Phrases====
	l' - in		l' - in
-	g' - into	+	<br>g' - into
-	d' - to	+	<br>d' - to
-	f' - according to	+	<br>f' - according to
		+
	===Examples and Exercises===		===Examples and Exercises===
	Rilam lenyi g'Tichi.		Rilam lenyi g'Tichi.

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These are the scrolls that Chrimon Crystalwing de'Kai has scribed. Currently, there are two lessons available.

Contents 1 Lynnri Nia 1.1 Lesson 1.2 Vocabulary 1.2.1 Nouns 1.2.2 Verbs 1.3 Examples and Exercise 2 Lynnri Pia 2.1 Lesson 2.2 Vocabulary 2.2.1 Nouns 2.2.2 Verbs 2.2.3 Prepositional Phrases 2.3 Examples and Exercise 3 Lynnri Quia 3.1 Lesson 3.2 Vocabulary 3.2.1 Adjectives 3.2.2 Verbs 3.3 Examples and Exercises 4 Lynnri Ria 4.1 Vocabulary 4.1.1 Nouns 4.1.2 Verbs 4.1.3 Prepositional Phrases 4.2 Examples and Exercises

Lynnri Nia

Lesson

The sylvan language uses many apostrophes when written. One of the main uses of the apostrophe is to denote possession. A noun written in lower-case precedes the apostrophe, while a noun written with the first letter capitalized follows the apostrophe. A plural noun is denoted by an extra "t" at the end of the word.
For example...

ssara'Kait is the saviour of pixies

Verbs are written as words ending in m, t, s, p, or r. The number of nouns described in the verb determines whether the second-to-last letter is an "a" or an "i".
For example...

Ilam means "I am"
Ilim means "We are"

An "m" denotes the first person, a "t" denotes the second person, an "s" denotes a masculine third person, a "p" deontes a feminine third person, and an "r" denotes either a neuter third person or an object.
An easy way to remember the endings are "Master Timothy Said, 'Pay Rudolph!'"

Vocabulary

Nouns

Kai - pixie
Krii - trouble
De - lord
Darl - rose
Ssara - saviour
Umba - death
Sola - life
Tre - giver

Verbs

Ilam - am

Examples and Exercise

Ilam kai.
I am a pixie.

Ilap tre'Darlt.
She is a giver of roses.

Kai ilas tre'Umba.
The pixie is a giver of death (an expression for a murderer or an assassin).

Kai ilap tre'Sola.
The pixie is a giver of life (an expression for a healer or a cleric).

Lynnri Pia

Lesson

The only new thing to learn of is prepositional phrases. Included in the vocabulary, the different prepositional phrases are followed by an apostrophe, where a noun can complete it. Continue using apostrophes until the phrase is complete.

Vocabulary

Nouns

Tur - enemy
Nera - friend
Iro - time
Tine - money

Verbs

Lyam - steals
Myram - finds
Deam - has
Rham - dances
Nram - wants
Nepam - needs

Prepositional Phrases

num' - with
nim' - away from, from
nam' - out from, out of
nem' - across from
nom' - without

Examples and Exercise

Ilam nam'Iro.
I am out of time.

Nera rhap num'Kai.
The friend dances with the pixie.

Kai lyas tine nim'Tur.
The pixie steals money from the enemy.

Iro ilar tine.
Time is money.

Lynnri Quia

Lesson

Adjectives are denoted by a comma between words. This special comma, called a cimma, links the two words together without a space as a normal comma. Therefore...

nia,Kai is "one pixie"

To write a compound number such as 21, 70, or 231, write the adjective with the first letter of the number at the end of the base number. For example...

yiap,nia,Kait is "Twenty and one pixies"
yiav,Kait is "Seventy pixies"
ziap,yiak,nia,Kait is "Two hundred and thirty and one pixies"

Notice that quia (three) has a subletter of k instead of q. This is for pronunciation purposes.

Vocabulary

Adjectives

Nia - one
Pia - two
Quia - three
Ria - four
Sia - five
Tia - six
Via - seven
Wia - eight
Xia - nine
Yia - ten
Zia - hundred
Zria - thousand
Cria - good
Renia - evil
Leria - lawful
Sercia - chaotic
Rheia - neutral

Verbs

Belam - attack, fight

Examples and Exercises

sia,Kait ilis nerat.
Five pixies are friends.

zriap,Turt belis nerat.
Two thousand enemies attack the friends.

cria,Kai nrap tine.
The good pixie wants money.

yian,renia,Turt lyis tine.
Eleven evil enemies steal money.

Lynnri Ria

Vocabulary

Nouns

Lynnri - lesson
Breti - heart
Michi - glass
Crysi - crystal
Lenyi - sword
Kreyi - stave
Aqui - water
Citi - city
Mre - taker
Tichi - sheath

Verbs

Rilam - put
Ticham - sheathes

Prepositional Phrases

l' - in
g' - into
d' - to
f' - according to

Examples and Exercises

Rilam lenyi g'Tichi.
I put the sword into the sheath.

Ticham lenyi.
I sheathe the sword.

Belam tur sum'Kreyi.
I fight the enemy with a stave.

Breti ilar michi.
The heart is glass.

Citi ilar nom'Aqui.
The city is without water.

Ilas mre'Sola.
He is a taker of life (an assassin).