learn Miranei script - lesson 6

So we've run out of vowels, so it's all consonants from here on out. Tonight we have 'k' 'l' 'm' 'n' and 'p' with their variants.

The first word kapírei uses the 'agent form'. The vowel sound 'long i' at the end of a noun or verb turns that word into an agent noun. 

kapírath - (n.) courage

kapírei (n.) hero


The 'kk' sound is not used in English. The sound usually comes at the end of a word, and the sound is like a 'k' sound, but as if you suddenly stopped pronouncing the word, as though you were cut short, almost as if you swallowed at the end of the word.


krenn (n.) sword   This word is unusual in that it has a double 'n' sound at the end. You simply hold onto the 'n' sound for a half a beat, as though you had a Scottish accent.   :^p


moskrarót (v.prp.) rise up   This is what the elf says to the Archer at the Battle of Plymonley in Book One: The Last Elf of Lanis. In Miranei it means more than to stand up, it also means to be more than you are, rise to the occasion, strive to do more than you thought you could.  


I think the last one, a little more artfully written, would look outstanding on a tee-shirt.


cheers,


Kurt