Constructing Sentences
Welcome to your TWELFTH LESSON IN VEHEVIONIAN
Congratulations! You have reached the final lesson of the Vehevionian beginner course! Throughout these first 11 lessons, you’ve learned quite a bit:
The alphabet
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Numbers and time
Pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
Verbs and conjugations
Sentence structure
Questions and conversations
Now it's time to explore one of the most interesting parts of any language…
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Idioms and common expressions:
Idioms are phrases whose meanings aren’t supposed to be understood literally. They evolve naturally over time and often reveal how different cultures see the world. Vehevionian, as a result of being created by people from across the globe, contains many idioms from many Old World languages, as well as many new idioms and expressions that evolved with the language.
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Regular Idioms:
Regular idioms in Vehevionian are idioms which mainly translate directly between Vehevionian and English. There are also idoms that are translated directly from other languages, but for the sake of concision, we’ll only cover the most common English ones.
It's raining cats and dogs! —> Dizhdetet karəkas ve kyukəs! —> It’s raining a lot.
(What is this upside down ‘e’ you may ask? This is called the schwa and it is the secretly the common vowel sound in the English language! It represents a relaxed ‘uh’ sound commonly found in words like pencil, focus, common, etc.)
Time flies when you’re having fun. —> Aseme liutevet dis pretei avenua. —> Time passes quickly when you’re doing something fun
Break a leg. —> Schtu a nunne. —> Good luck.
To see eye to eye. —> Seve iolle to iolle. —> To agree with someone.
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Irregular Idioms:
These idioms have meanings that aren’t understood from any direct translation and simply evolved with Vehevionian and its people.
Spill the beans. —> Obh’c’haka tai bunbi. —> Reveal a secret or share gossip
Take it with a pinch of salt. —> Prete sənyn a lubebn t'étol. —> Don’t take something too seriously
By the skin of your teeth. —> Io te ngage té v’zos. —> Just barely.
You're on thin ice. —> Kavahai a grarovroéné. —> You’re very close to getting in trouble
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Common Vehevionian Expressions:
Over time, the people of Vahevvea also developed their own expressions that reflect their cultural values as the descendants of the Old World and creators of the New World. Some of these may resemble expressions of the Old World as well.
Every river finds the ocean. —> Etine mozhäne plenerevet te magoca. —> Everything will reach its intended destination eventually (the Reliquiae finding each other after the CMD)
A city is built one stone at a time. —> Pselles geateont a vanem uni clokéi itasé. —> Large accomplishments happen over time with small actions (the building of Vahevvea)
A closed book can’t teach anyone. —> Al oemaléya pui ne’luzenievet én fenya. —> Knowledge is meant to be shared (reflects Kamillika Nemiste’s values)
Questions open more doors than answers. —> Kibichois otetynt covi layanas tienne keaezas.—> Curiosity is valued more than simple certainty (the development of the New World and new scientific discoveries)
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Congratulations! You just completed the beginner Vehevionian mini-textbook!
Vai’appendete Vehevionian!
(Keep learning Vehevionian!)