Sotus

Sotus is an s-v-o language.

Nouns
Pronouns:  '''Possessive pronouns: add a suffix "-n"(vowel) or "-oin"(consonant) to pronouns and nouns, special case with the pronoun "dom". '''

Manisaan= Manijaan (human being's), To+n=Ton (tree's)

Adjectives end in suffix -ama or -sama

Punsuutama= red

Pommasama= purple

General rules:

Most nouns are builded from verbs. Suffixes are added to indicate nouns.

Plants have suffix -syksen. pauvaansyksen (birch), talosyksen (pine tree).

Fruits have suffix -lit. Punsuutamalit (lingon), bonsovejenamalit ("blue-star-fruit"/ blueberry)

Object have suffix -en after consonant or -ten after vowel. Ex: kielen (a pen) from the verb kiel (to write), Lonen (an aircraft), from the verb lon (to fly), tomaten (a table) from the verb toma, to place.

Activities and emotions have suffix -(consonant)+aitia after a consonant or -sia after a vowel is used. Ex: kielaitia (writing) from the word kiel (to write); kesdisia (happiness) from the verb kesdi (to be happy); savellia (trading) from the verb savel (to do business), Pyysekessia (physical exersice) from the verb pyysekes.

Station, hub or ports have suffix -tau, Ex: Lonentau (airport), tyytsilentau (bus station), Höyjenetau (a ship- or boatport)

Job-doers have the suffix -ava, Ex, syksava (farmer) from the verb syks (to plant),

Service places such as restaurants,hospital, shopping malls,school... have suffix -tus which means house.

Processes have suffix -tun (vowel) and -(consonat)+tun is used. Ex: Vietiatun (education) from the verb vietia (to know, to learn, to be enlighted), Kaunettun (communication) from the verb kaunet (to comunicate).

Verbs
Verbs are inflected in Sotus.

A Sotus verb has six inflected-forms.

Example1:

English

Sotus

Example2:

English: Sotus:

Lexicon
A

Aise (v) to love, Aisesia (n) love, love affair, Aisen, Diaisen (n) a lover, darling

E

En (v) to be, is, am, are

Ela (v) to become

J

Jen (n) a being

Jok (n) rock, Joken (n) a mountain

Juun (n) earth, soil, Junne (v) 1. to bury 2. to ground (tecni)

K

Kaunet (v) to communicate

Kesen (n) a body

Kesse (v) to grow

Kesdi (v) to be happy. Kesdisia (n) happiness

Kos (v) to eat or to drink a liquid. Kosaitia (n) eating or drinking (activity)

Kual (v) to cook, to make food, Kualaitia (n) cooking (activity), Kualaitiatun (n) cooking culture, Kualoinsut (n) a kitchen

L

Leev (v) to rest, Leevaitia (n) resting (activity),

Leevenestus (n) a hotel, leevenestusaitiae (v) live in a hotel, leevenestusaitiaten (n) living in a hotel (actitvity)

Lääm (v) to draw, Läämaitia (n) drawing (activity), Läämaitiaten (n) a drawing (picture)

M

Manjen (n) human

V

Vaases(n) free, vaasesban(n) freetime

Vaanniban(n), the past, Vaande(n) yesterday, Vaannibanen (n) the past (grammar)

Vaten (n) water, Vate (v) watering, sprinkle water,

Viljen (n) animal

P

Pyysekes (v) to exercise, pyysekestia (n) physical training, exercise.

Pöyt (v) to bike, pöytaitia (n) biking, pöyten (a) a bicycle

S

Savel (v) to trade, to do business, savelaitia (n) a trade

Sovejen (n) a star

Suelamain (v) to create, suelamainia (n) creating (activity), suelamainiatun (n) a creation

Suetebon (v) to like

Syks (v) to plant, syksen (n) a plant, syksaitia (n) planting (activity), syksaitiatun (n) plantation, sykssama (adj) arable

Stapua (v) to support, Stupuaten (n) support

T

Tau(v) to connect, to fasten.

Toitaa (v) to work, Toitaisia (n)

Example text
Ja aise toittaisia. Ja toitaa nin kualoinsut. Nin vaasesban suetebon ja kual, pöyt, lääm on pyysekes.