Sgevla

=Setting= Sgevla was originally a grammar outline of language I created in Study Hall. Since then (2 weeks ago), it has become a language with about 150 words, and a nearly complete grammar.

=Phonology= Sgevla has a 24 letter alphabet, using all the letters in English except Q and W.

Words are formed by CCV, or VCC, not including compound words

=Basic Grammar=

Structure
'negation'tense'preposition'verb'adverb

Tense
Verbs have no tense by default. Tense is designated by particles.

ax' - present tense

ex' – past tense

ox' – future tense

Verb Prepositions
Verb prepositions designate where the verb was taken place, in relation to the noun. Not using these would result in ambiguity. For example;

"I talk to the left of John."

Are you talking to the left side of John, or are you at the left side of John talking to him?

Sgevla has a way of preventing this. Verb Prepositions and Noun Prepositions. The same prepositions are used for each. do ex'cle'tva zhe John

I [past] [left]-talk [name] John

I talked from the left side of John

as opposed to do ex'tva zhe zle'John

I [past] talk [name] left-John

I talked to the left side of John.

You can also make conjunctions of prepositions.

do ax'mlezle zhe John

I talk towards and to the left of John.

Negation
Verbs can be negated by placing 'pu' at the beginning of the verb.

do pu'ex'tva zhe John

I talked not to John.

Structure
plural particle'preposition'root'adjective

dol flikjo'scavla

[possessive me] ball-red

My red ball

dol flikjo'scavla kje cvalko

My red and green ball.

'kje' is an adjective conjunction, meaning it states the ball is both red and green, not red-green. If you were to say 'scavla cvalko' or 'scavlasvalko', that would mean the latter.

To list multiple nouns, put 'kja' inbetween each noun.

To make a plural add the 'po' particle

To negate a noun, as in 'It was the cake, not the bagel, that tasted good to him', use 'pu' as an adjective.

dol po'ble'mkelj

The right of my foods.

Relative Clauses
To form a relative clause, place the particle 'je' before the clause.

zga elme je ex'tva ax'tva

The man who talked, talks.

Articles
For unspecifics, use no article.

zge John ex'bru

A certain John ate.

zga elme ex'bru The man ate.

John ex'bru

Any John ate.

Word Seperation
Components of a word are sperated with a '. This is not necessary, but makes it easier to read for large words.

Numbers
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Pronouns
To turn these nouns into posessives, add an 'l' to the end of the word.

to ax'ujki dol vkolj'kli.

This is my car.

Sentences
Sentence construction is usually SVO, but it is slightly different for describing. For instance, if I want to say 'I think Ook is very good', I would describe Ook, followed by 'ujki' (is)

wo ax'cjo zhe ook'bgi'cvo ujki

I present-think [name] Ook good [adjective intensifier] is

I think Ook is very good.

If you were to say

do ax'cjo zhe ook ukji bgi'cvo

You would be stating that Ook's property of 'good' is a noun, not an adjective.

But other than that, sentence form is not unlike most SVO languages.

do ex'ekjo mle'zji

I past-go towards-store

I went to the store.