Vōv Grammar
Vōv is an agglutinative language. The language is mostly head-initial. Adjectives and determiners follow the nouns they modify.
Nouns
Nouns decline for case and number. The cases of Vōv include nominative (unmarked), accusative (marked with s-, from a root meaning "touch"), dative (n-/m-, "give"), and genitive (gi-, "come"). Plural number can be marked by reduplication.
Possession in nouns is marked by possessive suffixes:
| First Person | Second Person | Third Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | -um | -vā | |
| Plural |
Pronouns
Pronouns decline for case. The personal pronouns of Vōv are shown in the following table:
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | 1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | |
| Nominative | hum | vā | lō | |||
| Accusative | svā | slō | ||||
| Dative | nhum | mvā | ||||
| Genitive | ||||||
Determiners
Vōv has demonstratives, for example the proximal demonstrative mem "this."
Verbs
Verbs in Vōv agree with their subjects in person and number. This is marked by suffixes:
| First Person | Second Person | Third Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | -um | ||
| Plural | -loi |