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Naming in Gavanian?

Started by red_uni387, August 19, 2010, 09:49:53 PM

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red_uni387

I'd like to continue naming my quin using gavanian, but I don't really get how it works xD I saw zarz post that an ' seperates words instead of a space, so I modified Mionech's name to fit that, but I can't figure out how adding suffixes would work. For now, I need to fix Re Tsache'in (the watcher) and Dane'ina Klis (blessed angel) so I'd love if someone could teach me ^^'

edit: oh and if silv happens to see this, i was wondering if the adventure items are coded to only appear a certain percentage amount? i've found several naming tickets but no bonus ticket so was wondering :)

Keilin Alyr

Heh, it'll be odd seeing your beautiful roan boy as Lete'mionech as opposed to Lete Mionech. I'd just started getting used to the latter. =) But suffixes just attach directly to the root from my understanding. So "The Watcher" would be Re'tsachein.


No longer has zombie eyeballs. May still have a craving for brains, as there's no intelligence or sanity left in hers. XD

red_uni387

Sorry, just thought it'd be better if I stuck to the right way of naming XD

and thank you! I thought it looked a bit odd with the 2 vowels, but it is another language after all

Keilin Alyr

Oh, I completely understand. To be honest, I thought you were naming your Quinsta in that style deliberately, to stand out in the crowd maybe. =)

If you're familiar with German (as one example), the "ei" blend isn't too uncommon. In German, it's pronounced as a long I, though some words like height use it. In quite a few English words, I noticed it tends to be pronounced with a long A, such as feign or neighbor. And because English is difficult, there's ceiling and leisure. Long E. Our language is weird when you think about it. XD

I'd pronounce the Gavanian watcher as something like "say-shine" or "say-shane" personally. Not quite sure which one works best or where exactly to place the syllable breaks, to be honest. *ponders*


No longer has zombie eyeballs. May still have a craving for brains, as there's no intelligence or sanity left in hers. XD

red_uni387

nope, just completely unfamiliar with the language XD

unfortunately not familiar with german, but your examples from english show it's common enough...though english is a pretty messed up language with all its exceptions lol

well at least it's the internet, don't have to figure out how to say it :)
I was actually prouncing it how I saw it(tsa-chae-in), but I think I'll change to something like tsa-cheen. kinda reminds me of sha tin though hehe

Silvanon

Keilin Alyr told you correctly, suffixes and prefixes attach directly onto the word. 

And yes, different adventure items have different percentage chance of being found.