Syntax of Zovu
PARTS OF SPEECH
Zovu’s syntax has a word order of verb, subject, object (VSO). For example –
“I enjoy cake”
…directly translates to…
“enjoy I cake”
From there adjectives directly follow the nouns they describe and adverbs directly follow the verbs they describe. For example –
“I really enjoy chocolate cake”
…directly translates to…
“enjoy really I cake chocolate"
In this case “really” is an adverb describing “enjoy” and “chocolate” is an adjective describing “cake.”
To form a question, a sentence is initiated with one of the ten Question Words that’s most relevant to what isn’t known. The sentence then continues on normally. The Question Words are as follows –
Questions
[ho] = Yes/No
[həðe] = What
[həði] = Who
[həʒa] = Where
[həʒu] = When
[hət͡sopu] = How
[həpue] = Why
[həpat͡sa] = How Much
[həðem] = Whose
[ha] = Which
“Which type of cake do you eat”
…directly translates to…
“Which eat you type of cake”
For example –
Rather than conjugation of verbs to express time verbs are followed by time-element derived adverbs.
For example – “She went to the store” directly translates to “Goes past she the store.” In this case “past” is an adverb describing “goes” creating the meaning “went.”
Time
To express negation or the lack of an element in Zovu, [r] precedes the subject of negation:
Negation
[fe] = To Will
[fre] = To Stop
[rəfe] = To Not Will
To create an “opposite” element, the vowel of the element is directly preceded with [r]: