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Rigavie Sutanio in one of the two official languages of Riegab, the other being Latin. To this date there are no known relatives of this language, but regional dialects are starting to pop up all over.

Alphabet and Pronunciation

• A- father
• D- them
• E- fate
• F
• G- pleasure
• H- hit
• I- deep
• L
• M
• N
• O- vote
• R
• S
• T- theory
• U- oo in food
• V
• Z

The letter names are as follows, A, Da, E, Fe, Ge, He, I, Li, Mi, Ni, O, Ro, So, To, U, Vu, Zu.

Grammar

All words are created from a root word, various endings are added to change the word around. Stems all end in an "i".

• Geni-(note: sometimes the root word may be used as names for people)

Verbs

To make a verb add another "i" to form the infinitive. (note, both "i"s are pronounced seperatly)

• Genii-to succeed

Conjugations

When you conjugate the verb it is slightly different than other languages, first you conjugate it in either the singular or plural form by dropping an "i" and adding the ending, then you add the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person pronoun before the verb. Also to negate the verb add "le" after the verb, but when used in progessive verbs the ending "dela" will be used (as opposed to "dale")

• Singular ending- "si"
• Plural ending- "ni"

• 1st person---La
• 2nd person---Na
• 3rd person---Sa

• I succeed---La genisi
• You succeed---Na genisi
• He, She, It succeeds---Sa genisi
• We succeed---La genini
• You (pl.) succeed---Na genini
• They succeed---Sa genini

Tenses

To change the tense you will change the ending of the pronoun.

• Past: change to an "e": Le genisi- I succeeded
• Past Progressive: add "da" after ending: Le genisida- I was succeeding
• Present Progressive: add "da" after ending: La genisida- I am succeeding
• Future: change to an "o": Lo genisi- I will succeed
• Future Progressive: add "da" after ending: Lo genisida- I will be succeeding

To express these ideas in a passive voice you add "ere" after the pronoun but before the verb. (note, because the past tense pronouns end in "e" the passive modifier is changed to "ire")

• Le ire genisi- I was succeeded
• Le ire genisida- I was being succeeded
• La ere genisi- I am succeeded
• La ere genisida- I am being succeeded
• Lo ere genisi- I will be succeeded
• Lo ere genisida- I will be being succeeded

Nouns

To turn the root into a noun you add "o" to the end to make plural you add "oru".

• Genio- success
• Genioru- successes
• to show possesion add "e" Rigavie Sutanio- Riegab's Language (as in the name of this language)
• add the indenfinite article "i" or the definite article "iru" as follows
• i genio, iru genio

Adjective

Add "se" to form an adjective.

• Genise- succesful

Adverbs

Add "re" to form an adverb.

• Genire- succesfully

Direct Object Pronouns

In the following DO pronouns you will notice the last four have something in parentheses, this indicates, plural, masculine, feminine, and neuter, respectivly.

• Me---Ma
• You---Ta
• Him---Oha
• Her---Aha
• It---Ha
• Us---Maru
• You (pl.)---Taru
• Them (m.)---Oharu
• Them (f.)---Aharu
• Them (n.)---Haru

Example of usage:

• La sefunoisida e ta.- I am going to you.
• La sefunoisida genii are maru- I am going to succeed for us.

Sample Text

Tower of Babel English Standard Version(2002): Work in progress

Links

Rigavie Sutanio Denosio(Dictionary)