present tense add a "kea" (kwa) at the end of the verb. for example: estkea= am

past tense add "yi" (yeh) at the end of each verb. for example: estyi= was

this applies to all verbs.

Jovian = numeres (Noo-mair-es)

1 se (seh)

2 che (shay)

3 ois (wa)

4 quh (koo)

5 cye (see-yeh)

6 foj (foh-sh)

7 sed (seth)

8 oce (oss)

9 nei (nee-eh)

10 sogois (so-gwah)

100 sogois sogois (so-gwah-so-gwah)

500 cye sogois (see-yeh-so-gwah)

1000 cyesohgois che (see-yeesoh-gwa--che)

10,000 soguesogois (sooj-so-gwah)

1,000,000 sofojgois (soh-foh-gwah)

Jovian         English

flagdag        yes

(flag-dag)

dagdag       no

(dag-dag)

dagflag      maybe

(dag-flag)

in English you say ".......as bad as"

but in Jovian you say

"...bad as"

for example:        "It is as bad as..." -English

                           " It is bad as..." - Jovian

Problem: translate this-  Et est malo tahn le jentiste.

* le jentiste is the dentist (lay-jen-teestay)