Dictionary and Phrasebook for Ebören

Welcome to the dictionary for Ebören! Here the Ebören language really comes to life as a functional language that could be spoken or written in real life. If you haven't already, I strongly advise you to visit the entry page detailing how grammar and general language use work, unless you're just curious and looking for a brief overview of some words. That's short (ish), interesting (I think), easy (for both dummies and experts), funny (I hope), and informative (nothing, just informative). This is a bit drier, more technical, but let's face it: nobody reads the dictionary for fun. Okay, some people do, but nobody else knows why and it looks really weird.

Below, first you'll find a list of specific suffixes and important basic words. This is where you'll use pronouns, for the plural, count to ten, etc. After that is a more comprehensive, dictionary-style list of words and translations.

First off, in the grammar page personal agreement was mentioned, but the complete list of suffixes was never provided. Here's a table showing them:

If you end up with two of the same vowel next to each other, add an h between them: j-mu-u => jmuhu.

Next up we have pronouns. There's no distinction between I an me, he and him, et cetera: no case. To see how to handle this, consult the introductory guide linked above. The pronouns are "jene" (first-person), itke (second-person), kasno (third-person proximate), and jňîsu (third-person obviative, or fourth-person). To pluralize pronouns (I to we), add the plural suffix just like for any other noun.

Nouns: Nouns are pluralized by adding -j (or -ej/-êj if the word ends in a consonant).

Descriptors: In Ebören, the suffixes to convert a descriptor to a different form are -sni/-snî (to adjective), -jeň/-jêň (to adverb), and -eläzjni/-êlazjî (to modifier).

There are several non-grammatical affixes for verbs. Note: if a verb is turned into a noun, the infinitive -jez/-jêz is dropped.
There is the prefix ke-/kê-, corresponding to the English re-, meaning to do again. There is the prefix äjnö-/ajno- for English -ee (as in employee, reserve => reservation) indicating the object of such a verb (therefore turning it into a noun), and the prefix je-/jê for the subject (e.g. to employ => employer).

Given the presence of non-English letters in Ebören, the full alphabet will be listed here, and this is the order in which words will be alphabetized:
A Ä B D E Ê F G H I Î J K L M N Ň O Ö P R S T U Ü V W Y Z