Verbs

Ellina keeps conjugation extremely simple and beginnder-friendly (Difficulty 2/5).

🟢 Present Tense

In the Present Tense, verbs do not change their base form! The verb is simply placed at the beginning of the sentence (VSO structure) alongside the subject pronoun.

- Base Verb Example: paizo (to play)

- paizo ego = I play

- paizo sy = You play

- paizo inos = He/She/It plays

- paizo amas = We play

- paizo yma = You (all) / They play

🔵 Past Tense

To put any verb into the Past Tense, simply add the suffix -tis to the end of the base verb!

- Past Verb Suffix: -tis

- paizo-tis ego = I played

- paizo-tis sy = You played

- paizo-tis inos = He/She/It played

- paizo-tis amas = We played

- paizo-tis yma = You (all) / They played

💡 Full Sentence Examples (VSO Structure + kalo):

1. Present Tense:

- Ellina: Paizo ego balla kalo.

- Literal: Play I ball kalo.

- English: I play soccer.

2. Past Tense:

- Ellina: Paizo-tis ego balla en skoli simera kalo.

- Literal: Played I ball in school today kalo.

- English: I played soccer in school today.