= = = VÖTGIL LESSON 2 = = =

This lesson will introduce more Vötgil vocabulary, several suffixes, and a little bit of grammar.

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= = = VOCABULARY = = =

Plw (N): place; position; region; area; location; point.
Ron (N): range; span; length; interval.
St0 (N): start; beginning; the start of an object or span.
Mid (N): middle; centre.
Jed (N): edge.
Fot (N): foot; a unit of length.
Mul (N): mile.
Hom (N): home.
Frn (N): furniture.
Teb (N): table.
Tco (N): chair; couch.
Bed (N): bed.
Pil (N): pillow; cushion.
Rug (N): rug; carpet; mat.
Lan (N): land; parcel; lot; country.
Drt (N): dirt; soil; ground.
Tan (N): town; village; city.
Bil (N): building; a structure with a roof and walls.
Hos (N): house.
Skw (N): school.
Con (N): ocean; sea.
Lok (N): lake; pond.
W0t (N): water.
Riv (N): river; stream.
W0l (N): wall.
Dor (N): door; gate.
Wid (N): window.
Rwm (N): room; chamber.
Fam (N): family.
Per (N): parent; mother; father.
Sib (N): sibling; brother; sister.
Fen (N): friend.
Kul (N): color.
Lyt (N): light; either light itself or a light producing source.

S0n (V): to stand (on a surface).
Sit (V): to sit (on a surface).
Res (V): to rest (on something); lie; take a break; relax.
Sly (V): to sleep (on something).
Myt (V): to meet (someone).
Cot (V): to show; point; draw attention to; demonstrate; indicate; reveal.

Kuf (D): comfortable.
Brt (D): bright/brightly; light; shining.
Klr (D): clear/clearly; transparent.
Byd (D): beautiful/beautifully; pretty.
Gyn (D): green.
Blw (D): blue.
Prl (D): purple; violet.
Wys (D): white.
Gre (D): gray/grey.
L0r (D): large; big; great.
L0t (D): a lot of; many.

Cin (P): in; inside of; within.
Frt (P): in front of.
Rov (P): over; above; high.
Lwf (P): to the left of; on the left side of.
Nyr (P): near; close to; around; along; with a short distance.
Vat (P): at.
Bwn (P): between; among; within.
C0n (P): on (something); on top of; supported by.

= = = GRAMMAR = = =

Vötgil has several suffices which may be placed after words.

• Sis or Zis: Causes a noun to become plural.
• Niq: causes a verb to become a noun representing the action of the verb. This formation is known as a gerund. Note that a gerund may not be given a subject or direct object.
• Rer: causes a verb to become a noun which routinely performs the action of the verb. Also may cause a descriptor to become a noun which routinely has the quality of the descriptor.

Here are some example sentences which use the suffixes.

L0tPilZisVizC0n9atTco.
Many pillows are on that chair.

9ytManCoySitNiq.
The man enjoys sitting.

9ytRunRerS0n.
The runner is standing.

If two nouns in a sentence are separated by neither verbs nor prepositions, the first noun acts as a descriptor modifying the second noun. This descriptor represents the state or quality of the first noun.

= = = SEMANTICS = = =

Some colors are "missing" from the dictionary. Warm colors in Vötgil are expressed by inverting cool colors.

Use the color wheel to derive these relationships.

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