Rules of Tavo (regulas de Tavo)


Alphabet and Pronunciation

Each letter is shown with American English word(s) that demonstrate how that letter is pronounced in Tavo:

amAmA
bBiB
cComiC
dDaD
ebEd
fFluFF
gGood wiG
imachIne
jpleaSure, JuDGe
lLuLL
mMoM
nNooN
oOh nO
pPoP
rRoaR
sStreSS
tTooT
uflUte
vValVe
xSHuSH, CHurCH
zZoo ooZ

Word Order

RuleTavo exampleEnglish equivalent
Subject -- Verb -- Object la fem gustar la casa the woman likes the house
Particle(s) -- Noun -- Adjective(s) alga om bela any handsome man
Verb(s) -- Adverb(s) voler pasear rapida want to walk quickly

Grammar

TopicRule Tavo exampleEnglish equivalent
Plurals-s or -es for nouns persones e casas people and houses
no change for articles or adjectives la persones vea the old people
Verbs-r or -ar forms a verb belar be beautiful
pa for past tense pa comer ate
fu for future tense fu rapidar will hurry
la atar forms an action from a noun la atar ama (the act of) loving

Very Basic Words

TavoEnglish
meI, me, my
tuyou, your (singular)
lehe, she, it, him, her, his, its
noswe, us, our
vosyou, your (plural)
losthey, them, their
omman
femwoman
 
alohello
ce stater tu?how are you?
bongood
malbad
mediaso-so
per favoriplease
grasiathanks
adiogoodbye
 
una, an
lathe, that
estathis
totaall
cadaeach, every
multemany
algasome
pocafew
zeronone
TavoEnglish
zerozero
unone
dutwo
trethree
cuatrofour
sincofive
sessix
seteseven
otoeight
novenine
desten
sentohundred
milthousand
 
eand
oor
mahowever, but
caso ceif
verayes
nono
 
cewhat, that, which
ce personwho, whom
ce orawhen
cuantohow much
ce locawhere
ce metodohow
per cewhy
TavoEnglish
averhave, posess
donargive
vidersee
parlartalk, speak, say
varto go
volerwant to
potercan, be able to
debershould
 
atoward, at
antebefore, in front of
conwith
con zerowithout
contraopposite, against, in spite of
dafrom, out of, since
deof, concerning
enin, into
entrabetween, among, during
justabeside, up to, until
no conexcept for, but
parby someone
perfor, in order to, on behalf of
posbehind, after
sircaaround, approximately
supraabove, over, on
subelow, under
traacross, through, past, beyond
plu (ce)more (than)
min (ce)less (than)

Tavo and Lingua Franca Nova

Tavo is a dialect of Lingua Franca Nova (also known as Europijon). It has all the same rules and vocabulary, except:


Modified 2002-12-15