Your First Words
Welcome to your FIFTH LESSON IN VEHEVIONIAN
Now that you have a taste of some basic Vehevionian vocabulary, and numbers, it's time to learn the fundamentals of two important parts of speech:
Pronouns
Adjectives
These words allow us to describe people, objects, places, and ideas without constantly having to use the same nouns.
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Pronouns: Replace nouns.
Instead of saying: Max likes pizza. Max eats pizza every day.
We can say, Max likes pizza. He eats it every day.
The words ‘he’ and ‘it’ are pronouns.
Unlike English, subject pronouns (I, you (sg./pl.), he, she, it, we, they) are usually already built into the verb. You may have already noticed this in example sentences in previous lessons!
For example:
Kavahos volle. — I am happy.
The pronoun ‘I’ is already implied by the conjugation of the verb, ‘kavahe.’
For this reason, you don’t use an additional subject pronoun before the verb. The only case in which you would use a subject pronoun + a conjugated verb is when you want to place direct emphasis on the actor of the sentence.
Subject Pronouns:
I — I
You (sg.) — Ne
He — Oe
She — Ua
It — Nyn
We — Bew
You (pl.) — Nes
They (sg. and pl.) — Ezu
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IMPORTANT: One thing you may have noticed is that the sentence, “how are you,” is translated to “es ana ne?” If this sentence properly followed Vehevionian grammar, it would read “es kavahai?” (don’t worry, we’ll get into the conjugations of verbs in the next module). This is the only place in the entire Vehevionian language where a grammar rule is blatantly ignored, and is not a result of the way it evolved. It simply came into the language as “es ana ne,” very literally translated from English, was never corrected. It is the most famous “mistake” in the language.
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Object Pronouns:
In a sentence, object pronouns are the ones that receive the action of the verb.
Me — Mi
You (sg.) — Ne
Him — Oes
Her — Uas
It — Nyn
Us — Bes
You (pl.) — Nes
Them — Eze
Example:
I like you. — Aeves ne.
Sevei eze. — You see them.
Possessive Adjectives: (Still part of the pronouns list!)
Possessive adjectives show ownership of something.
My — Mil
Your (sg.) — Nel
His — Oel
Her — Ual
Its — Nyl
Our — Bel
Your (pl.) — Nels
Their — Ezel
Examples:
Mil uorre — My family
Nel luzh — Your friend
Bel Houme — Our Earth
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Adjectives: Describe nouns.
Adjectives generally come before the noun they describe. (We’ll come back to this the next few modules) The first kind of adjective we’ll talk about are demonstratives. These words point to specific objects.
Demonstratives:
This — Ti
That — Ta
These — Tes
Those — Tos
Examples:
Ti pissa — This pizza
Tos pselles — Those people
Common Adjectives:
Appearane:
Beautiful — Previca
Pretty — Buee’ie
Bright — Ahie
Dark — Sevetes
Size:
Big — Gran
Small — Petia
Tall — Alle
Short — Oelo
Personality and Intelligence:
Smart — Vrune
Intelligent — Rovroaeune
Stupid — Dorn
Good — Gea
Bad — Lozo
Emotions:
Happy — Volle
Sad — Tameune
Excited — Cen
Scared — Sakité
Angry — Meé
Confident — Xadi
Disgusted — Bathunée
Anxious — Essebakeu
Worried — Ezozenne
Embarrassed — Tas’sulexkti
Age:
Young — Ereen
Old — Zeune
New — Veh
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IMPORTANT: Colors can behave as adjectives too! You don’t have to change anything about them in order to switch from a noun to an adjective; they act as both. (Review the colors in the Essential Vocabulary lesson)
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Adverbs:
Adverbs are words that modify an adjective or verb. In English, some adverbs end in -ly to show that you are doing something in a certain manner, and some don’t. Vehevionian has adverbs just like -ly adverbs in English. Instead of adding an -ly at the end, -ze is added. Other adverbs on the other hand are all different, and you just have to memorize them.
Here are a list of common -ze adverbs and others:
Now — Henessa
Always — Quen
Soon — Venté
Today — Bôue
Up — Go
Down — Un
Here — Uand
Too (as in, “too much”) — Schae
Too (as well) — Yau
So — O/Ue/Nu
Well — Ai
Very — Navi
Later — Illessa
When — Dis
Back — Nabe
Then — Is’se
Next — Saia
Much — Cevit
About — Uluk
Only — Yssa
Slowly — Leuveze
Quickly — Haveze
Abruptly — Alineze
Angrily — Meéze
Happily — Volleze/tetteuleze
Sadly — Unilleze/tameuneze
Quietly — Hareze
Loudly — Apraize
Calmly — Nonneneze
Anxiously — Essebakeuze
Ezozenneze
Greatly — Manaveze
Finally — Hongunoze
More — Covi
Better — Gesiq
Just — Sa
Adverbs come after the verb they describe and before the adjective they descibe.
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PRACTICE!
Translate:
My happy friend.
This beautiful tree.
Those smart children.
Our very large family.
The blue ocean.