Rethast (Language)

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The Rethast Language is similar in sound to the human languages Russian and German (the latter of which is actually spoken on Rethan). It borrows many words from each language, so if your are unsure of what the Rethast for something is, try using the German or Russian translation and you will more than likely be understood. There is however, a large number of unique words, which merely sound Russian or German. It is a relatively harsh sounding language, which suits the nature of its speakers.

Structure of Verbs

Most Rethast verbs are regular, and follow a set group of rules, allowing for easy learning. Learn the following rules and you should be able to conjugate any verb in the language. There is four tenses in Rethast:

  • Present (I am)
  • Past (I was)
  • Future (I will be)
  • Conditional (I would be)

Here are the conjugations of each tense. Note: The verb endings are listed in the following order: I, You(sing.), He/She/It, We, You(Pl), They.

Present

To conjugate a verb in the present, simply knock off the end of the verb and replace it with the correct ending.

  • er and en Verbs
  • e
  • st
  • et
  • est
  • en
  • es
  • ir Verbs
  • i
  • st
  • it
  • ist
  • in
  • isen

Past

All past verbs use the same endings, regardless of the stem. Take off the er, en or ir and add the ending.

  • t
  • et
  • es
  • en
  • te
  • te

Future

The future tense requires that the entire infinitive of the verb is kept on and then the ending is added on. As with the past tense, all regular verbs have the same ending.

  • it
  • ist
  • est
  • ent
  • in
  • einen

Conditional

The conditional is the most complicated of the tenses to conjugate, but is still relatively simple. Remove the ending of the present 'I' of the verb and add one of the following endings. This is also the only tense which has no irregular verbs, all verbs follow this rule, even if they are irregular in the present 'I'

  • er Verbs
  • as
  • ast
  • ais
  • est
  • en
  • eis
  • ir Verbs
  • is
  • ist
  • isen
  • iser
  • asten
  • is
  • en Verbs
  • es
  • est
  • eis
  • essen
  • esten
  • ist

Common Regular Verbs

  • To do/make- makken
  • To like - liebir
  • To play - plaisen
  • To obey - ober
  • To go - vakken

Common Irregular Verbs

To Be-Sinen

Present

  • I am - bine
  • You are - bines
  • He is - binest
  • We are - sinet
  • You (Pl.) are -bines
  • They are - sinen

Past

  • I was - sint
  • You were - sine
  • He was - sint
  • We were - sinen
  • You (Pl.) were - bisten
  • They were - sinan

Future

  • I will be - sinet
  • You will be - sinist
  • He will be - beins
  • We will be - beinet
  • You (pl.) will be - sineret
  • They will be - bistan

Conditional

  • I would be - sines
  • You would be - sinest
  • He would be - sineis
  • We would be - sinessen
  • You(pl.) would be - sinesten
  • They would be - sinist

To die-Morter

Present

  • I die - mort
  • You die - mortes
  • He die - mort
  • We die - morten
  • You (Pl.) die - mortet
  • They die - morteis

Past

  • I died - morast
  • You were - morans
  • He was - morat
  • We were - moraten
  • You (Pl.) were - morasten
  • They were - morissen

Future

  • I will be - mortan
  • You will be - mortas
  • He will be - morten
  • We will be - mortens
  • You (pl.) will be - mortast
  • They will be - mortassen

Conditional

  • I would die - mortas
  • You would die - mortast
  • He would die - mortais
  • We would die - mortest
  • You(pl.) would die - morten
  • They would die - morteis

Pronunciation

Every letter in a Rethast word is pronounced, there is almost no such thing as a silent letter, although there are some exceptions (such as the word for telephone - thalephonen in which the th is pronounced as h). Also, common pronunciation problems are:

  • ei is pronounced as the i in ice, while a single i is said as ee and a single e is pronounced as ay.
  • ö is pronounced ow.
  • ä is pronounced aw.
  • ü is pronounced oo.

Common and helpful phrases

  • Dardanya - hello
  • Dasdanya - goodbye
  • Resast - Rethast
  • Wä bines? - How are you?
  • göt - good (also well when meaning how you feel)
  • baut - bad
  • scüm - human (from the english word scum)


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