Irregular Infinitives

Irregular Infinitives are a little quirk I accidentally made but decided should be an official part of the language.

What "Irregular Infinitives" actually means

Irregular Infinitives (Gosh I'm gonna use that phrase way too much) are a specific group of verbs that change form depending on how they're used.

Irregular Infinitives in action

Usually, if you translated a sentence like "I want to see my friend," it would become "Ëyk kärkui küd önkar mey."

If you look at the English verb and then the Bandalish verb, you'll notice that there's no extra word or anything added on to the base word "küd." That's normal. Most verbs don't have an infinitive form.

Key word: most

Two good examples of irregular Infinitives would be the words "mën" (make) and "træǩ" (go). Let's see how they act:

"I go to Austria" -> "Ëyk træǩ zu Östera"

Vs.

"I want to go to Austria" -> "Ëyk kärkui træǩel zu Östera"

And

"I make things" -> "Ëyk mën kosar"

Vs.

"I want to make things" -> "Ëyk mënsël kosar"

If you didn't notice the difference (not sure how that'd be possible since the verbs are bolded but whatever), it's that the verbs, when used in a way where in English an infinitive would be required, they change form and get an ending added on, whereas most Bandalish verbs wouldn't be altered at all.

And one extra thing, Irregular Infinitives' changes are unique, so they all look completely different from one another! That's part of why they're called Irregular Infinitives!