Brithenig

Conjugate Verbs

Introduction

Brithenig is an invented language, or constructed language ("conlang"). It was created as a hobby in 1996 by Andrew Smith from New Zealand, who also invented the alternate history of Ill Bethisad to "explain" it.

Brithenig was not developed to be used in the real world, like Esperanto or Interlingua, nor to provide detail to a work of fiction, like J.R.R. Tolkien's Elvish tongues or Klingon from the Star Trek scenarios. Rather, Brithenig started as a thought experiment to create a Romance language that might have evolved if Latin had displaced Old Celtic as the spoken language of the people in Great Britain.

The verb

The verb conjugations are complex, characterized by initial consonant mutations.

Sample verb: cantar

	Indicative				Conditional	Subjunctive		Participles
	Present	Imperfect	Past definite	Future		Present	Past
Sg.1	gant	gantaf	gantaf	aigantar	ewgantar	gant	gantas	Present: cantan
Sg.2	gant	gantaf	gantaf	agantar	ewgantar	gant	gantas
Sg.3	cant	cantaf	cantast	cantara	cantarew	cant	cantas
Pl.1	chantan	chantafan	chantafan	anchantar	ewnchantar	chanten	chantassen	Past: cantad
Pl.2	chantath	chantafath	chantast	athchantar	ewthchantar	chanteth	chantasseth
Pl.3	chantant	chantafant	chantarent	antchantar	ewntchantar	chantent	chantassent

Irregular verb: gweddir

	Indicative present
Sg.1	wa
Sg.2	wa
Sg.3	gwa
Pl.1	wan
Pl.2	wath
Pl.3	want