Scellan/Phrasebook

Basic phrases

• Sehd hlys! (to one person) / Sehd hlyd! (to >1 person) = Hello!
• Iant ciwm's nav! = Good night!
• A møli ren (said by one person) = Thank you.
• Tiar a fel rys? = What is your name?
• $NAME a fel ren. = My name is $NAME.
• A sgwil hlen. = I'm sorry.
• Jw! = Bye! (informal)
• Ðehláws = Please (from *i ðewn hlaws, lit. if I may request)
• Slawv llen ... = I like ...
  • Slawv twm llen ... = I don't like ...
• Yv ticer þeer fiar? = How old are you?
  • Yv N þeer naw. = I'm N years old.
• A sŋøøhree bør! = Happy birthday!
• Ticer a tyhdr rys? = How many children do you have?
• Þlawd að arm rys? = Where do you live?
  • Anøvr að arm ren. = I live in Anøvr.
  • Clofab ... = ... Clofabolocin.
• Taw a morel mi? = What day is it today?
  • (Morel) Ahdi a morel mi. = Today is Sunday.
• Ton cohl a tlov iar maht? = What brings you here? (lit. What breeze blows you here?)
• Dyhriŋ a bum armi dy ynaŋ = The living fish swims in water.

Family members

• atnwr = father
• iav = mother
• sarv = brother
• heðl = sister
• coo = son
• juh = daughter
• sos = husband
• chamn = wife

Numbers

• 0 = haŋits
• 1 = cia
• 2 = teþ
• 3 = nee
• 4 = dee
• 5 = søl
• 6 = sdaw
• 7 = hrwi
• 8 = hlwað
• 9 = berv
• 10 = war
• 11 = ehi
• 12 = cnai
• 144 (12^2) = saiþ
• 1728 (12^3) = hevy
• 20736 (12^4) = wrón

Dates and time

Weekdays (morelar)

• Saturday: Morel Sfiþ
• Sunday: Morel Ahdi
• Monday: Morel Aloð
• Tuesday: Morel Fricoð
• Wednesday: Morel Sderciþ
• Thursday: Morel Taroð
• Friday: Morel Hlifr

The words yhd (morning), hrwi (daytime) and vin (night) can also be used with these words: vin Sfiþ = Saturday night

Months (søømiar)

• January: Tnoomon < Nón, a Talmic god + -on 'adjectivizer'
• February: Anotí < Netagin ʔanâṭ 'incense' + -iyø "feminine adjectivizer"
• March: Lorí < Proto-Clofabic loři 'middle/half'
• April: Slysjon < OEevo sleasaí, 'aroma' + -on 'adjectivizer'
• May: Þatsŋúd < Netagin tacŋut "time of gardening"
• June: Pleebar < Proto-Clofabic pδeg bwar 'most light'
• July: Beesí < from bésaí, a Talmic "festival of horns"
• August: Þobúh < Netagin tobúh 'time of storms'
• September: Crifahd < Proto-Clofabic kriβ akti 'thank-day'
• October: Glawm < older go lán '(the month) with seed'
• November: Xadfí < Netagin śadăf "remembrance [of the dead]" + iyø "feminine adjectivizer"
• December: Hlavw < Proto-Clofabic laga-wul "long night, winter solstice"

Dates

mm/dd/yyyy = "rree dd mm yyyy", "dd mm yyyy" or "dd-ar mm yyyy" e.g. 4th of July = a dee Beesí, a deevar Beesí or a hree dee Beesí

• Taw a sbis hreem? = What is today's date?
• ... a hreem. = Today is... [date]

Today

• lidyþ = yesterday
• hreem = today
• cøŋ = tomorrow

Directions

Compass directions

• sim = north
• wig = south
• hrosgr = east
• gaws = west

Seasons

• sarð = spring
• hlohd = summer
• hrevð = autumn
• bwrjad = winter

Description

Colors (yxþar)

• hloos = red
• hraih = yellow
• bys = green
• fosd = blue
• ew = white
• flwv = black
• ŋiwl = brown
• tseev = grey

Romantic

• Dy eehl naw'r. = I love you.
• S'dewm a tsoh iar? = Can I kiss you?
• Sett Arni ren iar. = You're my reason for living. (lit. You are my Second Mover)
• Tnwate raw wndyn sgyhrws de jew a føþor eehl ryg = May our love burn hotter than the brightest suns in the sky.

Asking for directions

• Tiar a haŋ ren hly... = How do I get to...

Earth countries and people

Language names can be formed by brits + X: brits Iŋglix = English language, or by -av.

• Alba = Scotland
• América
• Awsdrálja/Osdréelja
• Cymru = Wales
• Damir = Tamil
• Denmak = Denmark
• Dwitxnand = Germany
• Eere = Ireland (from the Bhadhagha reading of Éire)
• Enáða = Greece
• Esdi = Estonia
• Inwíd = Inuit
• Iŋglix = English (language)
• Itióbja = Ethiopia
• Flals = France
• Gambwtxía = Cambodia
• Cmai(r) = Khmer
• Txosyn Sim = North Korea
• Hangwg Wig = South Korea
• Hajerén = Armenia
• Hmol = Hmong
• Isnand = Iceland
• Jisraél = Israel
• Larabi = Arab/Arabic
• Mexicco = Mexico
• Niatwvá = Lithuania
• Mjymá = Myanmar
• Nihól = Japan
• Paryd = India
• Polsga = Poland
• Prydain = Britain
• Rasía = Russia
• Sakartveno = Georgia
• Sverije = Sweden
• Swami = Finland
• Tai = Thailand
• Turcije = Turkey
• Txwŋgo = China
• Viadnám = Vietnam

Other conworlds

• Lwav-Çorni = Middle-Earth
• Gvenja = Quenya
• Txlewvánem = Chlouvānem