Read these dialogues:
Voidelakka. Hiis uutiset��n? A Voidian. How are you?
Amerikkelakka. Hiis uutiset��n? An American. How are you?
Hiis uutiset��n? How are you?
Vanta, ydero. Fine, thankyou
Eet��n siifelakka. Ynos Amerikkelakka eet��n? You are a foreigner. Are you American?
Kaas. Eevo. Eevo Amerikkelakka. Yes, I am. I am an American.
Ynos Voido taipott�? Do you speak Void�?
Kaas. Meento taipoiv. Yes. I speak a little
Eesto loi vanta taipott�. You speak it very well
Ydero. Ynos engelon taipott�? Thankyou. Do you speak english?
Ele, elev. Val voido taipoiv. No, I don't. I only speak Void�
Vaahi! Eevo Suum Kamas Hello! I am Suum Kamas
Hakka eet��n? Who are you?
Eevo Meg Smith I am Meg Smith
Eet��n siifelakka. Ynos engelakka eet��n? You are a foreigner. Are you english?
Ele, elev. Eevo Kanadelakka. No, I am not. I am Canadian
Voido vanta taipott�. You speak Void� well.
Ydero! Ynos engelon taipott�? Thank you! Do you speak english?
Kaas. Engelon taipoiv. Yes. I speak English
Notes:
1: The suffix "lakka" is used to show nationality among other things. It functions like the "er" in "writer". A vowel "e" is usually put before "lakka". If there is a vowel at the end of a word already, then drop the vowel and add "e".
2. Nouns in Void� must destinguish between what is called the subject of a sentance and the object of the sentance. To illustrate, read this sentance:
"The dog ate the bone"
In this sentance, the dog is the subject, and the bone is the object, because it is receiving the action of the verb.
Void� destinguishes this by adding diffrent endings to nouns. For now, all you need to know, is that nouns in the object form receive an ending "o".
Look at a sentance form the dialogue:
Voido vanta taipott�
In this sentance "you" is the subject. Void� is the object because it receives the action of the verb. Therefore, the "�" ending has been droped and the "o" added. If "o" is already there, leave the word alone.
Note, any sentance with any form of the verb to be, i.e. "et", do not need to destinguish object and subject.
Observe that the object comes first in this sentance unlike in english. In Void�, the basic rules of word order are as follows, where:
Q-Question word
S-Subject
O-Object
A-Adjective, Adverb
V-Verb
If the sentance is a question sentance then word order is:
Q-S-O,A-V = Ynos auto v�nto et?
If the sentance has any form of the verb to be in it and it is not a question sentance:
S-V-O = Et myhat *This is regular english word order, but only for the verb "to be"
If the sentance has no verb "to be" and it isn't a question sentance:
S-O-V = Takama autod uutiset (The boy goes to the car)
3. Verbs are changed by person, i.e. you, I, he, by adding suffixes to the end of the verbs. Notice:
Taipoiv - I speak
Taipott� - You speak
Both these forms will be listed in the dictionary from now on. Remember that these are not the only forms, and there may be other ways to write them. For now memorize all the listed verbs.
You will learn the other forms of verbs later together with aditional information.
Vocabulary
Verbs:
e - to be
eevo - I am
eet��n - you are
et - he is, she is, it is, is
taipot - to speak
taipoiv - I speak
taipott� - you speak
taipo - he, she, it speaks
uutise - to go
uutisevo - I go
uutiset��n - you go
uutiset - he, she, it goes
Nouns:
Note - all nouns will be listed with the regular form first and the object form second.
Void�, voido - Void�
Voidelakka, voidelakko - Voidian
Amerikka, Amerikko - America
Amerikkelakka, Amerikkelakko - American
siifelakka, siifelakko - foreigner
engelen, engelon - English
Kanadelakka, Kanadelakko - Canadian
Misc. words:
Vanta - fine
ydero - thankyou
Kaas - yes
loi - very
Val - only
Exercises:
Translate into Void�:
I am an American.
I speak English
Do you speak english
You speak Void� very well
Save your answers for later.