Zovu’s Nature Roots

4 Natures

In Zovu, there are four types (or natures) of elements (Unseen Change, Seen Change, Unseen Entity, and Seen Entity), described by element roots. The obvious nature roots (Entity, Change, Seen, and Unseen) – represented by consonants ([ð], [θ], [m], [h] respectively) – express pronouns, articles, and conjunctions of Zovu. This is done in combination with the natures (the four vowels described earlier and [o]) attached as suffixes.

Pronouns

Pronouns and articles are expressed by the Entity consonant ([ð]) combined with the vowels –

[ða] = I/Me (1st person sg. pronoun)

[ðu] = You (2nd person sg. pronoun)

[ði] = They (animate 3rd person sg. pronoun)

[ðai] = We (1st person pl. pronoun)

[ðau] = We/Me and you (1st person pl. pronoun)

[ðe] = They/It (inanimate 3rd person sg. pronoun)

[ðo] = All

[ðoi] = Everyone

[ðoe] = Everything

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are expressed by the Change consonant ([θ]) with the vowels –

[θa] = But

[θi] = For / Because

[θo] = And

[θu] = Or

[θe] = So / Thus

Seen & Unseen Roots

The other two roots – Seen ([m]) and Unseen ([h]) – are used without vowels to express certain phrases and relationships between the elements –

 Possessive:

Noun1 + “[m]” + Noun2 = Noun1 “ of ” Noun2

Gerund:

Verb1 + “[m]” = Verb1“-ing” / Verb1 “-er”

Plural:

Noun1 + “[h]” = “Some” Noun1

Participial Adjective:

Verb1 + “[h]” = Verb1“-ed”

Comparative Adjective:

Adj1 + “[h]” Noun/Adj2 = Adj1“-er than” Noun/Adj2

Comparative Adverb:

Adv1 + “[h]” Noun/Adv2 = Adv1“-er than” Noun/Adv2

The use of Seen root ([m]) between the Elemental morphemes can combine two independent ideas without the significance of chronology, changing the combined meaning entirely. Basically, the translation becomes “element of element” in a literal sense. For example –

[zi] = Water

[ʒoi] = Growth

[ziʒoi] = Coral Reef

[zimʒoi] = Milk