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Possessive adjectives, equivalent to -'s in English, are formed with the suffixes ''-vo'' (added after the final vowel of masculine nouns ending in ''-o'' or ''-e'') and ''-ino'' (added to non-masculine nouns, replacing the final vowel). When formed from a plural noun, the suffix is ''-sevo'' (added after the final vowel of the plural). | Possessive adjectives, equivalent to -'s in English, are formed with the suffixes ''-vo'' (added after the final vowel of masculine nouns ending in ''-o'' or ''-e'') and ''-ino'' (added to non-masculine nouns, replacing the final vowel). When formed from a plural noun, the suffix is ''-sevo'' (added after the final vowel of the plural). | ||
The plural is regularly formed by changing the final vowel to ''-i'' (masculine) or ''-e'' (feminine). However, if this would result in the word ending in ''- | The plural is regularly formed by changing the final vowel to ''-i'' (masculine) or ''-e'' (feminine). However, if this would result in the word ending in ''-ji'' or ''-ii'', the final vowel instead becomes ''-a'' (yielding ''-ja'' or ''-ia'' respectively). Many nouns have irregular plurals, often co-occurring with regular plurals. | ||
An emphatic plural can be formed with the suffix ''-s'' added after the vowel of the regular plural. However, the emphatic plural is often used colloquially as the default plural. | An emphatic plural can be formed with the suffix ''-s'' added after the vowel of the regular plural. However, the emphatic plural is often used colloquially as the default plural. | ||
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The approximative (meaning "around X", "in the area of X", "approximately X") is formed by adding a final (''-h'') to the plural form of the noun. | The approximative (meaning "around X", "in the area of X", "approximately X") is formed by adding a final (''-h'') to the plural form of the noun. | ||
===Adjectives=== | |||
Adjectives are declined as nouns and agree with them. | |||
Unlike other Slavic languages, the long/definite forms of adjectives have been completely lost except for some relics. | |||
===Numerals=== | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" | |||
|+ Vesenian numerals | |||
! # !! Cardinal !! Ordinal | |||
|- | |||
! 0 | |||
| zero; niťe | |||
| zereno | |||
|- | |||
! 1 | |||
| eno, ena | |||
| pervo | |||
|- | |||
! 2 | |||
| dova, dove | |||
| votoro | |||
|- | |||
! 3 | |||
| tri | |||
| trete | |||
|- | |||
! 4 | |||
| ťeteri | |||
| ťeterto | |||
|- | |||
! 5 | |||
| piente | |||
| piento | |||
|- | |||
! 6 | |||
| seste | |||
| sesto | |||
|- | |||
! 7 | |||
| sedme | |||
| sedmo | |||
|- | |||
! 8 | |||
| osme | |||
| osmo | |||
|- | |||
! 9 | |||
| deviente | |||
| deviento | |||
|- | |||
! 10 | |||
| desiente | |||
| desiento | |||
|- | |||
! 11 | |||
| enaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 12 | |||
| dovanaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 13 | |||
| trinaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 14 | |||
| ťeterinaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 15 | |||
| pientenaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 16 | |||
| sestenaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 17 | |||
| sedmenaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 18 | |||
| osmenaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 19 | |||
| devientenaťie | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 20 | |||
| dovaťién | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 21 | |||
| dovaťién i eno | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 30 | |||
| triťién | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 40 | |||
| ťeteriťién | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 50 | |||
| pienteťién | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 60 | |||
| sesteťién | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 70 | |||
| sedmeťién | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
!80 | |||
| osmeťién | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 90 | |||
| devienteťién | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 100 | |||
| soto | |||
| soteno | |||
|- | |||
! 200 | |||
| dueste | |||
| duesteno | |||
|- | |||
! 300 | |||
| trista | |||
| tristeno | |||
|- | |||
! 400 | |||
| ťeteristo | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 500 | |||
| pientesto | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 1000 | |||
| tesienťa | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! 2000 | |||
| dove tesienťe | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
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====Features==== | ====Features==== | ||
* Lexical aspect is | * Lexical aspect is highly regularized. | ||
* Most verbs regularly form the perfective and habitual from the imperfective (via the prefix ''po-'' and the suffix ''-va-'' respectively). | |||
* Verbs that are inherently perfective form the imperfective via the ''-va-'' suffix appended to the perfective form. This applies to most prefixed verbs. | |||
** Note: The ''-va-'' suffix is appended after the theme vowel, but a preceding ''-a-'' becomes ''-e-''. | ** Note: The ''-va-'' suffix is appended after the theme vowel, but a preceding ''-a-'' becomes ''-e-'' (except in monosyllabic or originally monosyllabic stems). | ||
* A durative can be formed from any base verb (whether imperfective or perfective) by combining the prefix ''po-'' and the suffix ''-va-''. This gives a meaning of "to do (verb) for a period of time". | |||
* Aspectual counterparts essentially behave as tense/aspect counterparts of a single verb. | |||
va-''. This | * Verbs formed from imperfectives with prefixes other than ''po-'' are also usually perfective, but they have additional meaning and behave as derived verbs, with their own regularly formed imperfective, habitual, and durative aspectual forms. | ||
====''a''-stems==== | ====''a''-stems==== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ Conjugation of ''dielati'' "to be doing" (impf.) | |+ Conjugation of ''dielati'' "to be doing" (impf.) | ||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="2"| diel'''ati''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| diel'''anťe''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| diel'''alo''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="2"| diel'''ano''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="2"| diel'''anie''' | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | ! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 1S | ! 1S | ||
| diel'''ó''' || diel''' | | diel'''ó''' || diel'''ah''' || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2S | ! 2S | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 3P | ! 3P | ||
| diel'''án''' || diel''' | | diel'''án''' || diel'''ahon''' || | ||
|} | |} | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ Conjugation of ''bilieti'' "to be whitening" (impf.) | |+ Conjugation of ''bilieti'' "to be whitening" (impf.) | ||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="2"| bil'''ieti''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| bil'''ienťe''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| bil'''ielo''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="2"| bil'''ieno''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="2"| bil'''ienie''' | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | ! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 1S | ! 1S | ||
| bil'''ijo''' || bil''' | | bil'''ijo''' || bil'''ieh''' || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2S | ! 2S | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 3P | ! 3P | ||
| bil'''ijon''' || bil''' | | bil'''ijon''' || bil'''iehon''' || | ||
|} | |} | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ Conjugation of ''voditi'' "to be leading" (impf.) | |+ Conjugation of ''voditi'' "to be leading" (impf.) | ||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="2"| vod'''iti''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| vod'''ienťe''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| vod'''ilo''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="2"| vod'''ino''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="2"| vod'''inie''' | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | ! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 1S | ! 1S | ||
| vod'''io''' || vod''' | | vod'''io''' || vod'''ih''' || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2S | ! 2S | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 3P | ! 3P | ||
| vod'''ien''' || vod''' | | vod'''ien''' || vod'''ihon''' || | ||
|} | |} | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ Conjugation of ''tolkuati'' "to be interpreting" (impf.) | |+ Conjugation of ''tolkuati'' "to be interpreting" (impf.) | ||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="2"| tolk'''uati''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| tolk'''ujenťe''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| tolk'''ualo''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="2"| tolk'''uano''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="2"| tolk'''uanie''' | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | ! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 1S | ! 1S | ||
| tolk'''ujo''' || tolk''' | | tolk'''ujo''' || tolk'''uah''' || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2S | ! 2S | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 1P | ! 1P | ||
| tolk'''ujmo''' || tolk'''uasmo | | tolk'''ujmo''' || tolk'''uasmo''' || tolk'''ujmo''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2P | ! 2P | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 3P | ! 3P | ||
| tolk'''ujon''' || | | tolk'''ujon''' || tolk'''uahon''' || | ||
|} | |} | ||
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====Consonant stems==== | ====Consonant stems==== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Conjugation of ''paseti'' "to be grazing" (impf.) | |||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="2"| pas'''eti''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| pas'''ienťe''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| pas'''elo''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="2"| pas'''eno''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="2"| pas'''enie''' | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | |||
|- | |||
! 1S | |||
| pas'''o''' || pas'''eh''' || | |||
|- | |||
! 2S | |||
| pas'''es''' || pas'''eses''' || pas'''i''' | |||
|- | |||
! 3S | |||
| pas'''e''' || pas'''ese''' || | |||
|- | |||
! 1P | |||
| pas'''emo''' || pas'''esmo''' || pas'''imo''' | |||
|- | |||
! 2P | |||
| pas'''ete''' || pas'''este''' || pas'''ite''' | |||
|- | |||
! 3P | |||
| pas'''on''' || pas'''ehon''' || | |||
|} | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ Conjugation of ''pasete'' "to be grazing" (impf.) | |+ Conjugation of ''pasete'' "to be grazing" (impf.) | ||
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! 3P | ! 3P | ||
| ner'''on''' || ner'''esen''' <br /> ner'''ehon''' <br /> ner'''iasen''' <br /> ner'''iahon''' <br/> nier'''hon''' || | | ner'''on''' || ner'''esen''' <br /> ner'''ehon''' <br /> ner'''iasen''' <br /> ner'''iahon''' <br/> nier'''hon''' || | ||
|} | |}--> | ||
====Example of a regular verb==== | ====Example of a regular verb==== | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 1S | ! 1S | ||
| diel'''ó''' || <!--diél'''aho''' ||--> diel''' | | diel'''ó''' || <!--diél'''aho''' ||--> diel'''ah''' || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2S | ! 2S | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 3P | ! 3P | ||
| diel'''án''' || <!--diél'''asen''' ||-- diel'''ahon'''--> diel''' | | diel'''án''' || <!--diél'''asen''' ||-- diel'''ahon'''--> diel'''ahon''' || | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 1S | ! 1S | ||
| podiel'''ó''' || <!--diél'''aho''' ||--> podiel''' | | podiel'''ó''' || <!--diél'''aho''' ||--> podiel'''ah''' || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2S | ! 2S | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 3P | ! 3P | ||
| podiel'''án''' || <!--diél'''asen''' ||-- diel'''ahon'''--> podiel''' | | podiel'''án''' || <!--diél'''asen''' ||-- diel'''ahon'''--> podiel'''ahon''' || | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 1S | ! 1S | ||
| diel'''evó''' || <!--diél'''aho''' ||--> diel''' | | diel'''evó''' || <!--diél'''aho''' ||--> diel'''evah''' || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2S | ! 2S | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 3P | ! 3P | ||
| diel'''eván''' || <!--diél'''asen''' ||-- diel'''ahon'''--> diel''' | | diel'''eván''' || <!--diél'''asen''' ||-- diel'''ahon'''--> diel'''evahon''' || | ||
|} | |} | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Conjugation of ''podielevati'' "to do for a while" (dur.) | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! <!--Perfect !!--> Past !! Imperative | |||
|- | |||
! 1S | |||
| podiel'''evó''' || <!--diél'''aho''' ||--> podiel'''evah''' || | |||
|- | |||
! 2S | |||
| podiel'''evás''' || <!--diel'''as''' ||--> podiel'''evases''' || podiel'''evaj''' | |||
|- | |||
! 3S | |||
| podiel'''evá''' || <!--diel'''a''' ||--> podiel'''evase''' || | |||
|- | |||
! 1P | |||
| podiel'''evamo''' || <!--podiel'''ahomo''' ||-- diel'''ahmo'''--> podiel'''evasmo''' || podiel'''evajmo''' | |||
|- | |||
! 2P | |||
| podiel'''evate''' || <!--diél'''aste''' ||--> podiel'''aste''' || podiel'''evajte''' | |||
|- | |||
! 3P | |||
| podiel'''eván''' || <!--diél'''asen''' ||-- diel'''ahon'''--> podiel'''evahon''' || | |||
|} | |||
====Example of a highly irregular verb==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Conjugation of ''beti'' "to be" (impf.) | |||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="3"| beti | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="3"| sienťe | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="3"| belo | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="3"| beno | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="3"| benie | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Future !! Imperative | |||
|- | |||
! 1S | |||
| esme || beh || buendo || | |||
|- | |||
! 2S | |||
| es || beses || buendes || buendi | |||
|- | |||
! 3S | |||
| e || bese || buende || | |||
|- | |||
! 1P | |||
| esmo || besmo || buendemo || buendimo | |||
|- | |||
! 2P | |||
| este || beste || buendete || buendite | |||
|- | |||
! 3P | |||
| suen || behon || buendon || | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Conjugation of ''estati'' "to be, become" (perf.) | |||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="2"| estati | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| estanťe | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| estalo | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="2"| — | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="2"| estanie | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | |||
|- | |||
! 1S | |||
| estano || estah || | |||
|- | |||
! 2S | |||
| estanes || estases || estani | |||
|- | |||
! 3S | |||
| estane || estase || | |||
|- | |||
! 1P | |||
| estanemo || estasmo || estanimo | |||
|- | |||
! 2P | |||
| estanete || esaste || estanite | |||
|- | |||
! 3P | |||
| estanon || estahon || | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Conjugation of ''bevati'' "to be" (hab.) | |||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="2"| bevati | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| bevanťe | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| bevalo | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="2"| — | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="2"| bevanie | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | |||
|- | |||
! 1S | |||
| bevó || bevah || | |||
|- | |||
! 2S | |||
| bevás || bevases || bevaj | |||
|- | |||
! 3S | |||
| bevá || bevase || | |||
|- | |||
! 1P | |||
| bevamo || bevasmo || bevajmo | |||
|- | |||
! 2P | |||
| bevate || bevaste || bevajte | |||
|- | |||
! 3P | |||
| beván || bevahon || | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Conjugation of ''estavati'' "to become" (hab.) | |||
! colspan="2"| Infinitive | |||
| colspan="2"| estavati | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Present active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| estavanťe | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Past active participle | |||
| colspan="2"| estavalo | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Passive participle | |||
| colspan="2"| — | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2"| Verbal noun | |||
| colspan="2"| estavanie | |||
|- | |||
! Person/Number !! Present !! Past !! Imperative | |||
|- | |||
! 1S | |||
| estavó || estavah || | |||
|- | |||
! 2S | |||
| estavás || estavases || estavaj | |||
|- | |||
! 3S | |||
| estavá || estavase || | |||
|- | |||
! 1P | |||
| estavamo || estavasmo || estavajmo | |||
|- | |||
! 2P | |||
| estavate || estavaste || estavajte | |||
|- | |||
! 3P | |||
| estaván || estavahon || | |||
|} | |||
Other forms: | |||
* Durative: ''postavati'' "to be for a while" | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
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==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
<!-- An example of a translated or unique text written in your language. Again, it is recommended that you make sure that the phonology, constraints, phonotactics and grammar are more or less finished before writing. --> | <!-- An example of a translated or unique text written in your language. Again, it is recommended that you make sure that the phonology, constraints, phonotactics and grammar are more or less finished before writing. --> | ||
===Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1)=== | |||
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PS: Vьśi ľudьje rodętь sę svobodьni i orvьni vъ dostojьnьstvě i zakoně. Oni sǫtь odařeni orzumomь i sъvěstьjǫ i dъlžьni vesti sę drugъ kъ drugu vъ duśě bratrьstva. | |||
OCS: Vĭsi bo ljudije rodętŭ sę svobodĭni i ravĭni vŭ dostoinĭstvě i zakoně. Oni sǫtŭ odarjeni razumomĭ i sŭvědijǫ i dŭlžĭni sǫtŭ dějati vŭ dusě bratĭstva.--> | |||
Vesi ľudie rodien se soboni e isti vo dostineston i zakonon. Suen odaruani so uerzumon i soviesten, i tierba ťe ... | |||
IPA: /ˈvesi ˈʎudje ˈrodjen‿se soˈboni e ˈisti vo dostiˈneston i zaˈkonon ‖ swen odaˈɾwani so weɾˈzumon i soˈvjesten | i ˈtjeɾba θe .../ | |||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
[[Vesenian/Swadesh_list|Swadesh list]] | [[Vesenian/Swadesh_list|Swadesh list]] | ||
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