VEERV
VEERV means the speech.
It was the common tongue of mankind when mankind was created. Descending from a medley of ancient tribal dialects, it was harmonized in the work of
Kalendos. In the almost two thousand years that have passed since, the veerv, veeruv or veeruw has been gradually changed, twisted, transformed to become the Simple tongue.
There's no point on naming languages if everyone talks the same. In staying united and dominated by the same hierarchy, humans, be they from Siiem, Neenov or Sookva, have always shared the same everyday speech with only small variations. And, although its descendant has varied and drifted from it, the VEERV is still present in literature and art, ancient archives, sacred texts, and thick-skinned sayings that still live on on people's tongues. Few really know how to write and read it, but it still subsists.
Its structure is simple to learn, being of the same structure as the simple tongue. Its writing is where it differs the most. Nouns, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs are all in capital letters, while suffixes, conjunctions and conjugations are in lowercases. This was used to give an easier understanding of a written sentence.
Verbal construction
Verbs are built with the equivalent noun as core, to which the suffix -e is added for simple present. Then, one can add -a for an imperative, -ii for simple future, -ia for the preterit.
Participles are built as such: -é for a past participle, -n for present participle.
To use a subjunctive, the suffix -oi is added to the conjugation.
Examples:
VEERV (noun) is the speech.
ME VEERVe: I speak (simple present)
YE VEERVea: speak ! (present imperative)
YE VEERVEia: you spoke (preterit)
MIIE VEERVeii: we will speak (simple future)
YIIE Ae VEERVeé: they have spoken (past participle, Ae means 'to be')
SE Ae VEERVen: you are speaking (present participle)
The subjunctive can add complexity and is not used very often:
yef ME VEERVEéiaoi: if I spoke (simple past subjunctive)Dictionary
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