This learning course is inspired by Margarita Madrigal and Language Transfer.
With very little grammatical explanation, you will begin to internalize the language. Don't try to memorize anything! Just take your time and really think through how to translate the phrases. And mistakes are ok! Each lesson will build upon what you learned before it. Think of this course like a puzzle. You are building neural pathways :)
Table of Contents
The word for I is... I (pronounced like "ee" in "see")
The word for to want is volo (pronounced like "polo" with a "v")
Think of the word "volition" to remember.
.When you want to use a verb in the present tense, you simply remove the final "o".
How would you say the following? Think about it and then click to see the answer. You won't learn if you just click right away though!
I vol. ("ee vowl")
The word for you is tu (pronounced like "too")
Tu vol.
The word for see is vizo (pronounced like "breeze-oh")
Think of words like "video" and "vizual" to remember.
I viz.
Tu viz.
To negate a verb, you place ne (pronounced like "neh") after it.
It's kind of like an old, fancy form of English. "I think not!"
I vol ne.
Tu viz ne.
The word for that is daz (pronounced like "dah-z")
I viz daz.
Tu vol daz.
Can you guess how to say the following?
I vol ne daz.
Tu viz ne daz.
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To ask a question, you place the verb before the subject.
Vol tu daz?
The word for yes is aj
Aj, i vol daz.
Take your time with the following!
Viz tu ne daz?
Remember how we removed the final -o from verbs?
To say "I want to see", you need to add the -o back to "see".
I vol vizo.
Tu vol vizo daz.
I vol ne vizo daz.
The word for but is ba.
I viz daz ba i vol ne.
In this lesson, you have learned:
The past tense is expressed by replacing the final -o on a verb with a final -ì.
In pronunciation, this shifts the stress of the word to the final syllable. Feel free to really accent that "ee" sound!
I vizì.
Tu volì daz.
In English, we say "I" and "me". The "me" is used for something called the accusative case. The accusative case is used for pronouns when they are the objects of actions.
Any time that you say "me" in English, you say ma in Uropi.
Tu vizì ma.
Similar to "ma", when "you" is an object, we use the word ta.
I volì ta.
Take your time with this one!
Tu volì vizo ma.
Vizì te daz?
The word for no is the same as verb negation. ne
Ne, i vizì ta.
I vizì ta ba i volì vizo daz.
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You can speak in the future tense by placing the particle ve before the infinitive verb.
The future tense word for will is ve.
"Ve" is a contracted form of the verb "volo" (to want). Just like in English, if you say "I will see it", you are saying that you have the will to see it. It's a contracted version of "I want to see it".
Sometimes in English you put "to" in front of a verb ("I want to see"), but other times you don't ("I will see"). In Uropi, when you have two verbs, you always make the second verb an infinitive.
I ve vizo ta.
When you place the negative after ve, it shortens from "ve ne" to v'ne.
Tu v'ne vizo ma.
Ve tu vizo ma?
I ve vizo ta ba i vol ne.
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The word for house is has
The word for a is u (pronounced like "oo")
The verb for to buy is kopo
I ve kopo u has.
If a word ends in a consonant, you make it plural by adding an -e on the end.
I kopì hase.
The word for cinema is kina (pronounced "keenah")
I vizì u kina.
Vol tu kopo u kina?
Ne, i vol kopo u has.
If a word ends in a vowel, you make it plural by adding an -s
Viz tu kinas?
The word for and is id (pronounced "eed")
Aj, i viz hase id kinas.
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The word for to go is ito
Tu it.
Tu itì.
The word for to must / to need to is doʒo (ʒ is pronounced like the s in measure
Tu doʒ ito.
You can form the conditional would by adding -ev onto the end of a present tense verb.
Tu itev.
Itev tu?
To say "should" in Uropi, it's like saying "would need" or "would must".
Tu doʒev!
Tu doʒev ito.
The word for to be able is mozo.
Tu moz.
Tu moz ito.
In English, the word "could" means two different things. It can mean "were able" (referring to the past), or it can mean "are able if you want" (conditional).
Tu mozì.
To say "could" in the conditional sense, you can just add the conditional ending onto the word for "can".
Tu mozev.
Mozev tu ito?
In this lesson, you have learned: