Hisperian (Language)

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Hisperian was the language spoken by the Hisperians, a near-human species who called Hisperia their homeworld. It was also commonly spoken on worlds controlled by the Hisperian Imperium, such as Izurn. Even on worlds such as Ollerus, where Hisperians were not in power, their tongue was still a widespread trade language.

It shared certain structural similarities with Cordelian and Izurni, enough that learning one of these languages it would make the others easier to learn.

Pronouns
The Hisperian language uses mostly the same pronouns as Cordelian and English, with one notable exception. The Hisperian language is a gender-neutral language, so they do not have words for the pronouns he, her, and them; just one word is used to refer to all of these.

List
I			                	    Ik

You (infm., sing.)		   Ir

He/Her/They (sing.) 	Zie

You (form., plr.)	       Irs

We		                   	Wij

They (plr.)		              Zies

Future Tense
For future tense singular, use “-te”ending. For future tense plural, use “-ten” ending.

Example
Verb: ital, “to drink” (the world "waakvo" is water)

I: 				                   Ik italte waakvo

You (infm., sing.): 		Ir italte waakvo

He/Her/They (sing.):	Zie italte waakvo

You (form., plr.):		   Irs italten waakvo

We:				               Wij italten waakvo

They (plr.):			       Zies italten waakvo

Past Tense
For past tense singular, use “-en”ending. For past tense plural, use “-t” ending

Example
Verb: ital, “to drink”

I: 				                  Ik italt waakvo

You (infm., sing.): 		Ir italt waakvo

He/Her/They (sing.):	Zie italt waakvo

You (form., plr.):		   Irs italen waakvo

We:			               	Wij italen waakvo

They (plr.):			      Zies italen waakvo

Present Tense
For present tense of I (Ik), add no ending. For present tense singular, use “-ts”ending. For present tense plural, use “-tes” ending

Example
Verb: ital, “to drink” (water is waakvo)

I: 			                   	Ik ital waakvo

You (infm., sing.): 	   Ir italts waakvo

He/Her/They (sing.):	Zie italts waakvo

You (form., plr.):	   	Irs italtes waakvo

We:				               Wij italtes waakvo

They (plr.):	       		Zies italtes waakvo

Common Verbs
English words on the left, Hisperian words on the right


 * 1) to be: aam
 * 2) to have: hebve
 * 3) to do: doen
 * 4) to say: dire
 * 5) to go: gaan
 * 6) to get: reterv
 * 7) to make: maake
 * 8) to know: sais
 * 9) to think: ziien
 * 10) to take: soumn
 * 11) to see: visu
 * 12) to come: komen
 * 13) to want: willen
 * 14) to look: visu (same as to see)
 * 15) to use: jedenruikin
 * 16) to find	: visuen
 * 17) to give	: jeven
 * 18) to tell: vertil
 * 19) to work: woerk
 * 20) to call: azena
 * 21) to try: bel
 * 22) to ask: inquiv
 * 23) to need: nodiij
 * 24) to feel: morie
 * 25) to become: evol