Ove

Ove is a constructed language created by Jessie M. Strickland.

Nouns
Nouns in Ove are declined by Gender, Case, and Number.

Gender
There are five grammatical genders.

Case
There are ten grammatical cases.
 * 1) Nominative - This case denotes that a noun is the subject of a sentence. Ex (Jack loves lisa.)
 * 2) Accusative - This case denotes that a noun is the direct object of a sentence. Ex (Jack loves lisa.)
 * 3) Dative - This case denotes the indirect object  of a sentence. Ex (Jack gave the flowers to lisa.)
 * 4) Genitive - This case denotes origin or possession. Ex ( Jack is from Atlanta.) (The ball belongs to Jack.)
 * 5) Ablative - This denotes motion of an object either to or from the subject. Ex (Jack moved to the house.) (Jack moved from the house.)
 * 6) Essive - This denotes a state of being. Ex. (I am a cat.) (I am sad.)
 * 7) Locative - This denotes a static location. Ex. (I am in the city.) (I am outside the city.) ( I am on top of the house.)
 * 8) Instrumental - This denotes a non human object that used as a tool to perform the action present in a sentence. Ex. (I used the knife to cut the meat.)
 * 9) Comitative - This is used to denote an object accompanying the subject as the action is performed in a sentence. This is similar to the Instrumental case except this only applies to the company of another person. Ex. (I went to the movies with my mom.)
 * 10) Vocative - This is used as the case for direct address. Ex. (O' great goddess Freyja! I call to thee!)

Number
There are five grammatical numbers.
 * 1) Singular - denotes one of something. Ex (A person.)
 * 2) Dual - denotes two of something. Ex. (two horses.)
 * 3) Plural - denotes three or more of something. Ex. (Three people.)
 * 4) Paucal - denotes a few of something. Ex. (A few horses.)
 * 5) Collective - denotes a group or a whole. Ex. (Mankind)

Verbs
Verbs in Ove are conjugated for Tense, Number, Person, Mood and Voice.

Tense
There are 9 compound tenses.
 * 1) Aorist - Denotes a general or timeless action. Ex. (I eat.)
 * 2) Present - Denotes an ongoing action currently taking place. Ex. (I am eating.)
 * 3) Perfect - Denotes a completed action in the present. Ex. (I have eaten.)
 * 4) Past - Denotes a timeless action that occured in the past. Ex. (I ate.)
 * 5) Imperfect - Denotes an ongoing action that was interupted. Ex. (I was eating.)
 * 6) Pluperfect - Denotes an previously completed action.  Ex. ( I had eaten.)
 * 7) Future - Denotes a general action yet to happen. Ex. (I will eat.)
 * 8) Near Future - Denotes an action to happen very soon.  Ex. (I will be eating.)
 * 9) Future Perfect - Denotes an action to be completed in the future by a specified time.  Ex. (I will have eaten.)

Number
There are only three numbers in verb conjugation.
 * 1) Singular
 * 2) Dual
 * 3) Plural

Person
There are four persons in Ove verb conjugation.
 * 1) 1st person - I
 * 2) 2nd person - you
 * 3) 3rd person - he/she/it
 * 4) Zero person - a person.

Mood
There are 7 Moods in Ove verbs.
 * 1) Indicative - Indicates something as a fact.
 * 2) Imperative - Indicates a command.
 * 3) Inferential - Indicates a statement for which the speaker was not preset for and cant be confirmed.
 * 4) Subjunctive - Indicates a conditional or hypothetical statement.
 * 5) Optative - Indicates a wish or desire.
 * 6) Necessitative - Indicates a need or desperation.
 * 7) Mirative - Indicates surprise or unreadiness.

Voice
There are two voices in Ove verbs.
 * 1) Active - Indicates that the subject of a sentence is performing the action. Ex. (The boy eats.)
 * 2) Medio-Passive - Indicates that the subject of a sentence is the recipient of said action. Ex. (The boy is being washed.) (The boy washes himself.)