Archive for the 'Verbs' Category

Verbs ending in -umi

In the UFOSAT conlang there is a bunch of verbs made of two syllables and ending in -umi which are of frequent use. They are: bumi = to drink cumi = to sleep dumi = to have to, must fumi = to do gumi = to have, to have got, to possess jumi = to [...]

Using verbs: the IMPERATIVE mood

If you want to give an order, in UFOSAT you precede the verb by the particle ‘kne’, which renders the imperative mood. For instance: eco kne brumi = go! ofo kne brumi = let’s go! ugo kne brumi = go! (plural pronoun ‘you’)

Using Verbs – PRESENT, PAST and FUTURE tenses

In UFOSAT verbs are invariable. For instance, to mean ‘I love’ you say ‘abo kini’ and ‘idis kini’ means ‘she loves’. To refer to the past you precede the verb by the particle ‘dre’. For instance, ‘ajo dre kini’ means ‘they loved’. To refer to the future you precede the verb by the particle ‘zme’. [...]