Marnosyn language

The **Marnosyn language** is the official language of Marnos.

## Pronouns

nominative - accusative - genitive

* I: mor/mar - -mor/-mar - -däto/-däta

* thou: to(r)/ta(r) - -do/-da - tond/-tand
* he/she: ron/ran - -ronon/-ranan - -ronto/-ranta
* it: ty - -tyr - tyntos
* anonymous they: tä - -tär - -tänta
* we: nos - -nor - -nonta
* you all: bos - -bor - -bonta
* they: trän - -träs - -trända

lū(s), lūn- - -self

-yn - genitive

## Verbal tenses

simple - continuous - perfect - perfect continuous - conditional

* past: -jūt - -jūns - -jūts - -jūtsont - -jūtsä
* present: -jō - -jōns - -jōts - -jōtsont - -jōsä
* future: -nō/-sō - -nōns/-sōns - -nōts/-sōts - -nōtsont/-sōtsont - -nōtsä/-sōtsä
	+ -sō is used in formal, classical, and emphatic speech; while -nō is used in casual speech.

-(s)uo - passive

## Affixes

* -an - (adjective)
* -ņna - (plural)
* -wos - for
* -șol - for (emphatic)
* -sy - with someone/something
	+ ... (X) bansy - am/is with (X)
* -suo - together with
* si/zi - if
* -wi, -wo - (instrumental)
* -din - and
* -(o)xo, -(h)ol - or
* ox - but
* tas ... - must
* -das, -nas - -ness

### Genitive

* -dä - for words
* -ķo - for names

### Place prepositions

* -g(w)on - from
* -țai - toward
* jaun, -jōnän - far off, further
* sau, -sojän - closer
* -āl, -(r)al, -(r)ol - over
* -aril - on
* -val - under
* -varil, tōmil(a) - below
* rallai - top
* tūma - bottom
* ut- - out of
* sauvon, savon - beside, alongside

### Time prepositions

* taspol(o) - until
* la - when (X) ...
* lātjä ... - now
* laita ... - very soon
* visad - always

### Amount prepositions

* tauros - excessive
* mistali - lacking
* orax - every
* banax - each

### Other

* sa - yes
* immarix (im harinx), naarix (na harinx) - no problem, sure
* im - no
* na, nār - not
* ansa - also
* -war, -wir - like, resembling
* -(o)jos/-(o)jas - doer of something
* -(i)nnos/-(i)nnas - doer of a profession
* -(i)skas - -ish, -ic, -like
	+ feminine: -(i)ska
	+ adverbial: -(i)skai
	+ in some important words: -(i)xa, -(i)xan (as an adjective)

## Basic words

* bän, -vän - to be, is, am, are

* vasjō - to have
* hanājō - to come, to arrive

## Greetings

* hanna - greetings
* hja - hi
* slovja, šlovė - hail to you
* auxpanja - good tidings, welcome
* to(r)/ta(r) tarjan - how are you
* mor/mar tarjan - I am alright
* mor/mar tarsjō - thank you
* tarostai - goodbye
* Slovja Marnostai! - Glory to Marnos!
* Marnos Wos! - For Marnos!
* Marnosynwos Slovja - For the glory of Marnos

## Question words

* asto - what
* (a)spāla - when
* (a)stūrin - why
* (a)stīr - how
* (a)sār(a) - where

## Samples

**Ла̄тјѣ, тор даѯансо̄нсуо заібас!**

Lātjä, tor daxan-sōn-suo zaibas!

[ˈlätʲɛ tor ˈdak͡sʌnsoːnswo ˈzai̯bʌs]

*Now, thou strike-FUT-PASS lightning!*

"You shall be struck down by lightning, now!"

## Trivia

* Marnosyn is based on Lithuanian, Latin, and Greek.
* Another language is used alongside Marnosyn, Archaic Baltika, which was the language of the ancient civilisation of Marnoxai. This is the sacred language of Marnos' religion, used when singing hymns and worshipping the gods. It resembles Old Prussian.

### Pronunciation

* ä - [(ʲ)æj~(ʲ)ɛj]
* j - [j]
* ņ - [ɲ]
* ue - [y]
* x - [ks]
* y - [ɯ]

## See also

* Marnosyn glossary
* Marnosyn slang
* Bujanski language
* Heronoi language