KPOCCOBKU

(language) is a highly palatized, consonant-based language meant to mimic the sounds of the Slavic language family while streamlining grammar to eliminate cases, noun genders, conjugation, etc. Its lexicon is not based on any current existing language, as it is meant to be unrecognizable in public spaces. Any correlations to real-world vocabulary are incidental, except in the case of intentionally established loanwords. Anyone may learn (language), but the thrill of secrecy is one of its defining cultural principles.

For the purpose of learning stress/intonation, all multi-vowel words will be bolded on the vowel that is stressed. Changes in type font do not indicate changes in pronunciation.

Nouns
All singular nouns end in consonants. Plural nouns end in -ва, unless the suffix is preceded by х or ф. Singular nouns ending in х or ф take the suffix -ба in their plural form. There are no definite or indefinite articles in (language).

Цацян = Family            Цацянва = Families

Чневап = Month           Чневапва = Months

Уїф = Home/House      Уїфба = Homes/Houses

Note that letter Ў is considered a consonant and will not combine with other letters in instances of repetitive sound.

Verbs
All verb infinitives end in -еф. Verbs decline in the present, infinitive, preterite, future, imperative, and subjunctive tense; they are conjugated by isolating the stem (removing -еф from the infinitive) and adding the appropriate suffix according to tense. The conjugations in parentheses below are suffixes formatted as (after a consonant/after a vowel).

Infinitive: -еф

Present: (-у/-ду)

Preterite/Past: (-ар/-дар)

Future: (-адрі/-дрі)

Imperative: (-аре/-ре)

Subjunctive: (-и/-ри)

Syntax
Syntax is relatively loose, adhering to either SVO or SOV depending on context and the level of emphasis the speaker wishes to convey. For example:

Дан фсяк заду? = What time is it (literally: what hour is [it])? This phrase may also be conveyed as Дан заду всяк?

Adjectives
Adjectives, personal pronouns, and ordinal numbers honor a consonant/vowel shift similar to that of verbs. Basic adjectives end in -o/-нo, depending on if the last letter of a noun/pronoun ends in a consonant or a vowel. Comparative adjectives add -aў after the base form, and superlatives add the prefix за- to the comparative form. No changes in stress occur. Note that descriptors of personal nationality are formed using nouns, not adjectives.

Амегоїр = America   Амегоїро = American (for all descriptors except nationality)

Амегоїран = the/an American (nationality)

Personal Pronoun Shift:
Бра -> Брано (I -> My/Mine)

Кса -> Ксано (You -> Your/Yours)

Зіва -> Зівано (All-purpose third-person singular -> His/Her/Hers/Their/Theirs/It/Its, etc.)

Брава -> Бравано (We -> Our/Ours)

Ксава -> Ксавано (You [pl.] -> Your/Yours [pl.])

Зіваба -> Зівабано (They [pl.] -> Their/Theirs [pl.])

Ordinal Numbers
Since all numbers end in a consonant, simply add the suffix -o to the end of the number to make it ordinal. Ordinal numbers are also used to tell time.

Еп = One         Епo = First

Яржай = Four Thousand       Яржайо = Four Thousandth

Заду лумо всяк = It is five o'clock (literally: it is the fifth hour), where лум = five.

Comparative Adjectives
Adjectives are made comparative by adding the suffix -aў to the noun stem. If the stem ends in a vowel/multiple vowels, drop all up to the closest consonant. Note that this pattern may technically be used for all nouns, often conveying lexical concepts that do not formally exist in the English language.

Веронеф = To Love  Верон = Love (n.)       Вероно = Lovely     Веронaў = Lovelier

Чохр а еф = To Sleep  Чох р = Sleep (n.)        Чохро = Sleepy        Чохраў = Sleepier

Ўаряеф = To Dance   Ўар = Dance (n.)          Ўаро = Dance-y       Ўараў = Dance-ier

Superlative Adjectives
Superlatives follow the construction за + adjective in the comparative form.

Сар = Play (n.) Саро = Playful  Сараў = More Playful  Засараў = Most Playful

Adverbs
All adverbs attach the suffix -ю to the noun stem.

Їназ = Laugh (n.)     Їназю = Laughingly

Prepositions
The majority of prepositions in (language) also serve as root words that combine with other nouns, and come before the noun in sentences. They do not decline. Some common root-prepositions include:

Чіф = In

Жазке = On

Юде = In front (of)

Цакле = Beside

Гроб = Behind

Шіп = Across/inter-/through

Міцік = Above/over

Зоцік = Below/beneath/under

Conjunctions
Я = And

Туц = Neither/Nor (Neither...nor... = Туц...туц...)

Зре = But

Лощ = Either/ Or (Either...or... = лощ...лощ...)

Шак = Yet

Гва = So/for

Егва = However/Even so

Ўу = That

Mуđда = Moreover/Additionally

Яхэ = Even though

Рілстуц = Nevertheless

Анке = Why

Ірун = Because

Анірун = That's Why..

Бевке = When

Он = If

Lexicon
The lexicon of (language) is balanced between random word formations according to the author's own whimsy and an organized system of root words that make experimentation and formation of new words possible. Each root also serves as a stand-alone word. The combination of roots and elementary/every-day nouns created synthetically yield a firm basis upon which complex nouns may be formed. For example:

Зеферкірфос = Afternoon/evening. Broken down, the roots of this word are Зефер- (middle), кір- (sun), and -фос (time). Each of the three roots may be used as their own nouns, respectively. However,

Непрук = Library. This word is not based on the root system and was created purely aesthetically.

Рілскерічва = [Familial] Relatives. Originating from the root word рілс- (other) + synthetic word керіч (parent) + -ва (plural suffix).

'' The author wishes learners to know that no construction in (language) is considered "unconventional". There are only more or less confusing ways to communicate to other speakers, and suggestions or reforms should take this principle into primary consideration. ''