Volscian

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Volscian

Langui Volscius

Spoken in: British Londinium, Greater Londinian Empire
Total declared fluent or learning speakers: 1,736,421,901 speakers
Genetic classification: Indo-European
Official status
Official language of: British Londinium
Regulated by: Council for Londinian Language (Cuncile ab Langui Londinii)
Language codes
ISO-639-1 VC
ISO-639-2 VOC
SIL VOLC

Volscian is a major language, comprising a number of linguistic origins, including Chinese, English, and Latin. Constantly evolving, Volscian has been in existence since British Londinium was colonized at the turn of the first millenium. It is noted for its fluidity, elegance, and ease of learning.

Common Verb stems

To facilitate ease of language, there are no full stems in Volscian. Instead, there are verb stems, to which a specific ending is attached to conjugate. Below are some common verbs.

  • to be - ac
  • to have - pos
  • to do - ut
  • to see - ver
  • to read - examin
  • to write - escrib
  • to hear/to listen - sun
  • to love - ard
  • to give - conf
  • to hate - abhorr
  • to buy - acquier
  • to stay - reman
  • to go - abant
  • to return - retor
  • to arrive - lega
  • to leave - egred
  • to drink - imbib
  • to rebel/revolt - guevar
  • to like - reg
  • to eat - cons
  • to watch - miar
  • to be able to - poeir
  • to know (knowledge) - dis
  • to know (location, person) - das
  • to achieve victory - victor
  • to find - encont
  • to win/earn - gan
  • to walk - gral
  • to drive - pil
  • to bicycle - cyc
  • to travel - diur
  • to attack - batu
  • to run - spr
  • to publish - dazi
  • to rule - quæst
  • to calculate - jabr
  • to fall/descend - dest
  • to climb/ascend - ast
  • to build - manif
  • to destroy - exstir
  • to hurt - mal
  • to burn - flamer
  • to be sick - des
  • to grow - devel
  • to pick - attram
  • to learn - educ
  • to ask a question - interr
  • to answer - rispos
  • to call (telephone) - vocif
  • to speak - ablat
  • to use - util
  • to play - parf
  • to desire - desid
  • to approach - approp

Verb Conjugation

There are no conjugations for each individual (i.e. she eats, I eats), just a conjugation for each tense. Each verb is preceded by the noun or the pronoun.

Present

To conjugate in the present tense, merely add an a on to the verb stem. Ex: Io arda Londinium Britannica means I love British Londinium.

Command

To create a command, add ya or aya on to the verb stem. Ex: Imbibaya amel! means Drink milk!

Preterite

To conjugate for the past tense, add ale on to the verb stem. Ex: Illes disfale le inimicus means they defeated the enemy.

Imperfect

To conjugate for the past tense, add ame on to the verb stem. Ex: Nas desorame un cycle means We used to want a bicycle.

Present Progressive

To conjugate for the present progressive, add aceti to the verb stem. Ex: Ves imbibaceti suwwad means You are drinking soda.

Past Progressive

To conjugate for the past progressive, add ena to the verb stem. Ex: Tu retorena un cani means You were returning a dog.

Future

To conjugate for the past progressive, add é to the verb stem. Ex: Nas existé le Lieue Soverain. means We will destroy the Sovereign League.

Conditional

To conjugate for the conditional tense, add essu to the verb stem. Ex: Io batuessu este metrocivita, despic io aca occupa means I would attack that city, but I'm busy.

Perfect tenses

Present

To conjugate for the present perfect tense, add la to the verb stem. Ex: Io pilla a laboure means I have driven to work.

Past

To conjugate for the past perfect (pluperfect) tense, add ole to the verb stem. Ex: Ves interrole? means You had asked a question?

Future

To conjugate for the future perfect tense, add to the verb stem. Ex: Illas gralé a le statio subterregula means They will have walked to the subway station.

Pronouns

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Miscellaneous Grammatical Notes

The "'-est" form is created by adding ido to the end of an adjective, and dropping the end vowel. To say, "You are the ugliest tennis player," one would state "Tu aca de parfour tennis grottido," since grotte means "hideous." To state that "Kensington is the most/least beautiful city," one would state "Kensington aca de mos/minimi civit aleur." To state that "Chicken is the worst/best meat," one would say "Bantame aca de adipos negle/prima." Possessives are: mi, te, se, nues, vues, and se.

Interrogatives

  • Quomo? - How?
  • Quid? - How much/many?
  • Ubi? - What?
  • Quis? - When?
  • Cur? - Where?
  • Quando? - Which?
  • Udi? - Who?
  • Uda? - Whose?
  • Ude? - Whom?
  • Qædius? - Why?

Common words/phrases

To pluralise nouns, add s or es, depending on the end of the noun. For instance, banc would be bances, and subterregula would be subterregulas.

To create adverbs, add raf onto adjectives ending in a vowel, and araf to adjectives ending in a consonant (though such words are rare). Ex: ebeno becomes ebenoraf and lumin becomes luminaraf.

Greetings/Goodbyes

  • Salus, senex/senexa - Greetings, sir/ma'am.
  • Aliao! - Hello!
  • Quomo aca tu? - How are you?
  • exsulte/mollifica/atrox - well/okay/bad
  • sayonvoir - goodbye (formal)
  • bodieu - goodbye (casual)
  • mister (Mr.) [unmarried] - Hetære (Ht.)
  • Mr. [married] - Hetærep (Htp.)
  • Miss - Hetæra (Hta.)
  • Mrs. - Hetærap (Htap.)

Conversation

  • Ubi aca de æra? - What time is it?
  • Yes - oui
  • No - no

Colours

  • red - scarlati
  • blue - caeruleus
  • green - virescenti
  • black - ebeno
  • white - ivuri
  • yellow - flaxi
  • purple - violetta
  • dark - styge
  • light - lumin

Nationalities

  • Londinian - Londii
  • Soviet (TWSP) - Sovetii
  • Cravanian - Cravii
  • Nuevo Italian - Italitano Nava
  • Pacitalian - Pacitali
  • Ariddian - Aridii
  • Scandinvan - Scandinavii
  • Zairean - Zongii

Food/Drink

  • nutrimente - food
  • repasce - meal
  • restauré - restaurant
  • disjeja - breakfast
  • lonja - lunch
  • dynja - dinner
  • ravi - hungry
  • chaqqa - coffee
  • darjeel - tea
  • thala - water
  • espica - spice
  • kumiz - soft drink
  • gruyère - cheese
  • adipo - meat
  • vege - vegetable
  • yuzu - fruit
  • nutrimentes okeanos - seafood (lit. oceanic foods)

Fruits and Vegetables

  • oignon - onion
  • æpfel - apple
  • banana - banana
  • náranje - orange
  • limun - lemon
  • limo - lime
  • grapé - grape
  • stroobés - strawberry
  • tomatl - tomato
  • pijæpfel - pineapple
  • persica - peach
  • carrota - carrot
  • melopepo - melon
  • melopepo ab thala - watermelon
  • mahiz - corn
  • batata - potato
  • selinon - celery

Meats

  • bantame - chicken
  • taure - beef
  • porca - pork
  • jambé - ham
  • tacche - turkey
  • yalibu - deer
  • afumicata - bacon
  • savelo - sausage

Transport

  • aeroplano - airplane
  • aeroauberge - airport
  • vluche - flight
  • calèche - taxi
  • autovoiture - automobile
  • tren - train
  • subterrugla - subway
  • dyacylcus - bicycle
  • autocylcus - motorcycle
  • avenia - road
  • arteriaroute - highway

Directions

  • north - boreali
  • south - australi
  • east - orienti
  • west - vesperi

Military

  • military - militaire
  • soldier - solide
  • troops - troppes
  • gun - piste
  • pistol - pistole
  • tank - tánkú
  • helicopter - helixipetro

Time

  • time - æra
  • clock - clocce
  • hour - hora
  • minute - minuta
  • second - sequi

Anatomy

  • skin - integumen
  • head - skolter
  • limb - limbe
  • arm - braccio
  • leg - piedino
  • brain - encephale
  • heart - cardia
  • lung - alveus
  • kidney - riñón
  • lymph node - lympha jungere

Prepositions

  • aboard - anbordo
  • about - circa
  • above - sopre
  • absent - absente
  • across - atravere
  • after - ensuite
  • against - contre
  • along - anlongo
  • alongside - accanto
  • amid - miede
  • amidst - miedes
  • among - fre
  • amongst - fres
  • around - autoure
  • as - as
  • astride - anmarche
  • at - ad
  • atop - encima
  • before - prime
  • behind - dietre
  • below - sotte
  • belonging to - de
  • beneath - sotten
  • beside - alato
  • besides - alatos
  • between - entre
  • beyond - oltre
  • but - mais
  • by - da
  • despite - despeti
  • down - giú
  • during - duranti
  • except - excipere
  • following - segue
  • for - por
  • from - da
  • in - en
  • inside - adentre
  • into - ende
  • like - comme
  • mid - mete
  • minus - mino
  • near - vicine
  • nearest - vicinido
  • notwithstanding - nonohistanai
  • of - ab
  • off - fouri
  • on - su
  • onto - sua
  • opposite - oppositi
  • out - dehores
  • outside - alesterno
  • over - sopre
  • past - após
  • re - interessarsi
  • round - rotundi
  • save - resparte
  • since - acausadi
  • than - tante
  • through - átraversi
  • throughout - átrahores
  • to - a
  • toward - versi
  • towards - verses
  • under - subterri
  • underneath - subterrani
  • unlike - discomme
  • until - jusqu'à
  • up - haute
  • upon - hautede
  • via - via
  • with - con
  • within - conene
  • without - conores

Numbers

  • 1 - mono
  • 2 - dyas
  • 3 - trium
  • 4 - tetra
  • 5 - quinque
  • 6 - sex
  • 7 - sept
  • 8 - oct
  • 9 - nove
  • 10 - dece
  • 11 - monodece
  • 12 - duodece
  • 13 - tridece
  • 14 - tetradece
  • 15 - quinquedece
  • 16 - sexedece
  • 17 - septedece
  • 18 - octedece
  • 19 - novedece
  • 20 - dyastra
  • 30 - tritra
  • 40 - tetratra
  • 50 - quintra
  • 60 - sextra
  • 70 - septtra
  • 80 - octtra
  • 90 - novetra
  • 100 - centi/monocenti
  • 200 - dyacenti
  • 1000 - mille
  • 10,000 - decemille
  • 100,000 - centimille
  • 1,000,000 - monolione

1,967,321 - monolione, novecenti y sextra-nove milles, tricenti dyastra-mono.

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