Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20160624153033

There are two forms of Rin Ancient and Colony. Both are mutually intelligible thus a outsider speaking colony Rin can converse with a rin of the home world. If that is out of the question the Rin also speak basic.

Spoken Rin is an expressive language and is also generally gender neutral but if need be the prefixes for male, Gra and female, Gro do exist. Also there are no passive verbs. A verb is either active or missing from the statement.

Here is a list of short prefixes:

Future tense: Ven

example: the word for future is Ven'tar (Future and time.)

Past tense: Ri

Example: the word for forefather is Ri'Grapar (Par is parent so past (male) parent.)

High: Ju

Example: Ju'Kota (High honor or highest honor)

Low: Dar

Example: Dar'salla (Sadness, or low feeling)

Self: Daj

Example: Daj'sar (Self working, automatic)

Against: Nu

Example: Nu'sar (Against work, lazy)

Together: Fal

Example: Fal'darsum (Together forever)

Negative: Ka

Example: Ka'kota (Dishonor)

Outside: Xe

Example: Xe'no (Outsider, no is person.)

Inside: Ra

Example: Ra'in (Name for Rin.)

Half: Hai

Example: Hai'dora (Half sibling)

A lot or too much: Di

Example: Di'nor (Too much death)

Not: Nar

Example: Nar'sol (Not legal.)

Bad: Mal

Example: Mal'nor (Bad death, dishonorable death.)

Small: Sal

Example: Sal'lud (Small Brain. Or just stupid)

Big/large: Bal

Example: Bal'lar (Big head. Big headed.)

Many: Jul

Example: Jul'dora'ju (Many siblings, the ju makes it plural)

First: Pal

Example: Pal'sur (First child or First born)

False: Fal

Example: Fal'kota (False honor)

Again: Rlo

Example: Rlo'ja (Do it again. or Again do.)

Resembling/ slimier: Falla

Example: Falla'Grapar (Resembling father)

partial: Sem

Example: Sem'dora (Another way to say half sibling or adoptive sibling)

Across / connecting: Cei

Example: Cei'sa (Across stars)

Beyond: Col

Example: Col'nor (Beyond death, next life.)

Foreign: Xe

Example: Xe'dora (Foreign sibling or adoptive sibling of another race) 