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Date Posted: Fri December 05, 2008 00:01:06
Author: Erick
Subject: Prepositions!
In reply to: Erick 's message, "Verzpertillio 101" on Thu December 04, 2008 23:15:58

What would we do without prepositions?! We simply wouldn't know what's 'up' from 'down' that's what! Hehehe! (That was sooo cheesy!)

Prepositions in Verzpertillio are an ancient bunch. . . many of these words do not seem to have any 'clear' connection to Latin or in fact any other European language. So this suggests that these words are much more ancient, and seem to have a darker history about them. And yet at the same time there are words here that seem to 'whisper' an ancient connection to Latin, making some words just barely recognizable. . . just a reflection of the languages Vampires once spoke before giving into the Darkness and Verzpertillio, during ancient times.

The rules for using these words are very simple. It has little to do with grammar (though it is still important in some aspects) but has more to do with 'logic'. You have to logically place the prepositions in the right places on a sentence.

A simple example are the prepositions "from" and "to". Depending on where you place the preposition in the sentences in relation to other words, they can mean totally different things!

"From Justin to Taryn"
means something completely different from:
"To Justin from Taryn"
And this happens simply by changing the place of the prepositions.

So really, that's all you really need to know about how to use prepositions in Verzpertillio! Unlike the more complicated rules of the language, prepositions stick more to 'logical placement' rathar than grammar.

above/upstairs --- suvrom
abroad --- perengrom
across from --- transavrom
against --- contruvom
along --- e porome carem (entire sentence in Vampiric)
among --- comentre
anywhere/wherever --- duverom o edque (entire sentence in Vampiric)
around --- derom serc
at/to --- vissi/e (word is interchangable)
at home --- e mieruna
at the end of --- diero destim carem
at the top of --- suvro carem
backward --- vissetro
before --- antem (in front of)
behind --- trazentum
below/downstairs --- inverom
between --- derosetum
beyond --- ire postum
by --- assivrom
down --- inverto
downward --- inverom
elsewhere --- alleurez
everywhere --- carem post carem illi (literally: of here of there)
except --- mezom
far --- onerem
for --- param
forward --- postorem
from --- avrom
here --- post
in --- derom/en
in front of --- derom/en (or) antem carem
in the middle of --- derom/en (or) setum carem
inside --- deromur
near --- prosque
next to/beside --- post e
of --- carem/dare/dies
on --- erom
on the left --- erom sinistrom
on the right --- erom destrom
on top --- suvrissi
outside --- voram
over --- suvrostem
over there --- livrom
since/for --- des
somewhere --- duverom seratis
straight --- derectom
there --- illi
through/across --- per/atrano
towards --- versi
under --- suvsettem
underneath --- suvsettero
until --- avero quez
upward --- versi suvrom
with --- comun
without --- sinerom

So take a look at the list, and see how many words you can memorize and start using!

"avero quez veneremo darem novus. . ."

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