Slovio/Introducing yourself

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Lesson 2 - Introducing yourself

Please take a look at how Ana might introduce herself:

Imenijm Ana. Ja es ucxnik.

Vocabulary:

imenit - name (verb, "to be named")
ja     - I
es     - to be
ucxnik - student

Ana introduced herself with "imenijm Ana", meaning "my name is Ana". Imenijm is the first person singular form of the verb imenit in the present tense. In this case, it was unnecessary to use personal pronoun ja (I), as it would be in most Slavic languages, as it is assumed that subject is "ja" from the verb suffix -ijm.

Verb conjugation (delaslovju koniugenie)

Verbs are conjugated by adding a suffix to the stem of the word. Stems are formed by removing the infinitive ending -t (if the stem ends in o), -it (if it ends in a consonant) or -vit (if it ends in a, e, i or u). The verb endings for the present tense are: ijm, ijsx, ijt, ime, ite and ijut, if the word ends in a consonant as seen in this example:

Slovio	English
imenijm	my name is
imenijsx	your name is
imenijt	her, his, its name is
imenime	our name is
imenite	your (plural) name is
imenijut	their name is

So, for example:

Mlodic imenijt Dusxan. - Boy is named Dushan. (literal translation)
Imenime Vikibuks.      - Our name is Wikibooks.

Words that end in a vowel lose i in the ending, so the endings are: -jm, -jsx, -jt, -me, -te and -jut. The use of i in such cases is optional, but it is easier to omit it. For example: delat (to work), would be delajm, delajsx, delajt, delame, delate or delajut.

Pronouns (zamenslovis)

Pronouns in Slovio appear in three forms:

1. Subject (nominative)
2. Object
3. Possessive

This is a table of pronouns when they are in the subject position:

Singular		Plural
ja	I	mi	we
ti	you	vi	you (pl.)
to	3rd person	oni	they
on	he
ona	she
ono	it
Please take a look at to. It is a gender neutral form of third person singular, and can be used to designate either he, she or it. Plural equivalent, oni is also gender neutral.

Verb 'to be' (delaslov 'but')

Conjugation of the verb 'to be' in slovio is very easy, it is es in every case. If the verb is used without a pronoun, verb personal ending (see above section) is added to the stem es.

Slovio	English	Without pronoun
ja es	I am	esijm
ti es	you are	esijsx
to es	he/she/it is	esijt
on es	he is	esijt
ona es	she is	esijt
ono es	it is	esijt
mi es	we are	esime
vi es	you are	esite
oni es	they are	esijut

For example, Ana said:

Ja es ucxnik.

Meaning I am a student. She also could have said Esijm ucxnik.

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