The Binding Stone: The Dragon Below Book 1

by Don Bassingthwaite

  first person plural exclusive -az (“sheiaz”—we hunt, not you) -zi (“pindezi”—we know, not you)

  second person plural -is (“shei’is”—you hunt) -ti or-di depending on voice quality of preceding phoneme (“pindeti”—you know, but “ahristi”—you obey)

  third person plural(regardless of gender) -os (“sheios”—they hunt) -(repetition of last vowel sound)r (“pindeeri”—they know)

  Conjugation 1 covers virtually all Azhani verbs. Conjugation 2 verbs tend to be newer and more esoteric in nature. The unusual nature of their conjugation, together with the way they break the otherwise constant rule that identical vowels sounds are broken with a glotal stop (i.e. “mado’o” but “pindeer”) suggests a these verbs were adapted from some other source.

  SOME AZHANI TENSES

  Past t+ the appropriate conjugation 1 ending+ the conjugated verb (“a sheia”—I hunt; “a tasheia”—I hunted)

  pastimperfect the infinitive verb with the conjugation of to do (“a shei doa”—I was hunting)

  Future do-+ the infinitive verb with ke +conjugation of to be (archaic form) (“a doshie kebrona”—I will hunt)

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  Don Bassingthwaite is the author of numerous fantasy and dark fantasy novels. His latest books are The Yellow Silk and Mistress of the Night (co-authored with Dave Gross). Don lives in Toronto, surrounded by gadgets, spice jars, and too many books.

  Find out more at www.sff.net/people/dbassing.

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  THE BINDING STONE

  The Dragon Below Book I

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