by Max Barry

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Region: Council of Constructed Languages

Since we're doing this, here's a random fact of my language:

Unlike most other Slavic languages (but like Bulgarian and Macedonian), we still use the aorist for a simple past tense.
As an example, the verb dielati (to do):

  • 1st singular (I did): jaz dielah

  • 2nd singular (you did): ty diela

  • 3rd singular (he/she/it did): on/ona/ono diela

  • 1st dual (we two did): vie dielahovie

  • 2nd dual (you two did): va dielasta

  • 3rd dual (they two did): ona/onie/onie dielastie

  • 1st plural (we did): my dielahom

  • 2nd plural (you did): vy dielastie

  • 3rd plural (they did): oni/ony/ona dielašă

This is not to be confused with the imperfect tense (I was doing), that would be dielaah, dielaaše, dielaaše, dielaahovie, dielaašeta, dielaašetie, dielaahom, dielaašetie, dielaahő.

This contrasts with the past participle (I have done), this conjugates like an adjective (same across persons within the same number, and conjugates according to gender of the subject):

  • Singular: dielav (m), dielavo (n), dielava (f)

  • Dual: dielava (m), dielavie (n), dielavie (f)

  • Plural: dielavi (m), dielava (n), dielavy (f)

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