Form & Tense

• buru - to travel
• Beizhor - Bajor
• -n - to (suffix)
• me? - question marker
• ba- - passive marker (prefix)
• sen - you
• sha - I
• kai- - not (prefix)

All verbs in Vortawa change tense in the same way.

• buru - to travel
• bura - travels
• burau - traveled
• burama -will travel
• burada - would travel

• Present

• Past

• Future

• Conditional

To form a question, just add the question-word, me, to the end of the sentence.

• Present

• Past

• Future

• Conditional

• Simple Imperative

Notice that the verb stays in the infinitive and moves to the end of the sentence.

• Ba-form imperative

The simple imperative is only used toward inferiors, and even then, it is somewhat rude. To respected subordinates and those of equal or higher status, the ba-form is almost always used. This is a passive-voice statement that implies a request – more than a polite suggestion, less than an order. There is no English equivalent of this, but when stating a direct request, it can be translated as, “Please consider _____.”

And if you want to be even more polite, add the softener, sa.

• Other Ba-form Uses

You can use the ba-form to imply a request without directly stating what you want. If your significant other says, “Do you want to go to the movies?” and you know that asking is their way of indicating that they want to go, in Vortawa, they would be using the ba-form.

For example:

implies that you want advice. If you said this to someone, depending on the context, they might tell you what you should bring, or they might respond:

In the past tense, the ba-form offsets responsibility (Similarly to the English, “Mistakes were made,” but with a named subject). If Weyoun’s excursion to Bajor went badly, he might say: