Novoslovnica
Новословница
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|novo'slovnica]]
Created byYegor Karpov
Date2014
Conlang
  • Novoslovnica

Novoslovnica is a constructed language created by Yegor Karpov in 2014. Its name is composed by the words nov ("new") and slovo ("word"). Its main features are lexical purism, wealthy phonology and logical stucture.

Phonology and orthography

Alphabet

Latin a/ä/á å b c č d đ e/ë/é ę ě f g ĝ h i/ï j ĵ k l m n o/ö/ó ô p r ř s ŝ š t u/ü/ú ų ů v w x y z ž
Cyrillic а/я/á å б ц ч д џ е/є/э ѧ ѣ ф г ґ х и/i j й к л м н о/ё/ó ô п р ҏ с s ш т у/ю/ӯ ų ъ в ў ќ ы з ж

Pronunciation

Every letter is pronounced in the only way, so it is easy to start reading Novoslovnica after learning the alphabet and the phonology of the language.

The stress is movable, but it tends to the first syllable of the word's root.

Grammar

Articles

There are three determinative articles: ůt/to/ta/te, ův/vo/va/ve and ůn/no/na/ne. Articles are required when it's necessary to clear the object spoken about. The difference between the three articles is in position of the object. The ůt article is used when we can not see the object. The ůn article is used when we can see the object, but it is far from us. The ův article is used when we can see the object and it is close to us.

Nouns

There are three numbers and 9 cases in Novoslovnica. Also there are three genders - masculine, feminine and neutral.

dom - masculine
voda - feminine
slonco - neutral

There are 3 paradigms, which determines practically how the very word changes in cases.

Adjectives

Adjectives always precede the noun they're related to.

There are full and brief adjectives.

Adverbs

Adverbs may be identified by adding -e to an stem of the adjective.

jasno (clear) → jasne (clearly)

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Novbasa English
Ja I
ty you
On/Ona/Ono he/she/it
Ma we two
Va you two
Ona they two
My we
Vy you
Oni they

Possessive adjectives and pronouns.

Novbasa English
môĵ I, mine
tvôĵ your, yours
jegôĵ/jejôĵ his/her, his/hers
naš our, ours
vaš your, yours
Ihniĵ their, theirs


Novbasa English
kto who
čto what
dy when
de where
kak how
začto why
kolïko how much

Verbs

Tense Novbasa English
Infinitive strojati to build
Present ja strojam I build
Present perfect ja sům strojal I have built
Past Ja strojah I built
Past perfect Ja byh strojal I had built
Future Ja hte strojam I will build
Near future Ja budu strojati I am going to build
Conditional Ja bih strojal I would build
Imperative Stroj(aĵ)! build!
Present Participle Strojačiĵ building
Past Participle Strojan built

The reflexive is formed by putting before the verb.

The passive is formed by dealing with the verb byti and past participle of the verb.

Byti

Byti ("to be") is one of irregular verbs.

Tense Novbasa English
Infinitive Byti to be
Present Ja sům I am
Present perfect Ja sům byl I have been
Past Ja byh I was
Past pefect Ja byh byl I had been
Future Ja hte sům I will be
Near future Ja budu I am going to be
Conditional Ja byh byl I would be
Imperative Bud'! be!
Present Participle Sųštyĵ being

Numerals

Number Cardinal Number Cardinal
0 nôl' 11 jedennaĵčě
1 jeden 20 dvaĵčě
2 dva 21 dvaĵčě i jeden
3 tri 30 triĵčě
4 četyri 40 četyridesět
5 pět 50 pětdesět
6 šest 100 sto
7 sedem 200 dvěstě
8 osem 237 dvěstě triĵčě sedem
9 devět 1000 tysęča
10 desět 2000 dvě tysęčy

Lexicon

Lexicon is made up from all slavonic languages.


Translations

Sample translations

I must give it to him.
I musim dati to mu.

External links

[1] Novoslovnica in CALS