Editing Võro language (section)

==Grammar==

===Nouns===

Endings are shown only in the back vowel harmony variant. The ''e'' of the illative ending does not undergo vowel harmony, so it never changes to ''õ''.

Only the more common endings are shown. There are some unusual/irregular endings that are only found in a few words or word types.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Case
! Singular<br>ending
! Plural<br>ending
! Meaning/use
|-
| [[Nominative case|Nominative]] (''nimekäänüs'')
| -∅
| rowspan="2" | -q
| [[Subject (grammar)|Subject]]
|-
| [[Accusative case|Accusative]]
| rowspan="2" | -∅
| [[Telicity|Telic]]/complete [[Object (grammar)|object]]
|-
| [[Genitive case|Genitive]] (''umakäänüs'')
| -i, -(i)dõ
| Possession, relation
|-
| [[Partitive case|Partitive]] (''osakäänüs'')
| -∅, -d, -t
| -i, -id, -it
| [[Telicity|Atelic]]/partial [[Object (grammar)|object]]
|-
| colspan="4" |
|-
| [[Illative case|Illative]] (''sissekäänüs'')
| -∅, -he, -htõ
| -i, -(i)he, -dõhe
| Motion into
|-
| [[Inessive case|Inessive]] (''seenkäänüs'')
| -(h)n
| -i(h)n, -(i)dõ(h)n
| Being in/inside
|-
| [[Elative case|Elative]] (''seestkäänüs'')
| -st
| -ist, -(i)dõst
| Motion out of
|-
| colspan="4" |
|-
| [[Allative case|Allative]] (''päälekäänüs'')
| -lõ
| -ilõ, -(i)dõlõ
| Motion onto, towards
|-
| [[Adessive case|Adessive]] (''päälkäänüs'')
| -l
| -il, -(i)dõl
| Being at, on
|-
| [[Ablative case|Ablative]] (''päältkäänüs'')
| -lt
| -ilt, -(i)dõlt
| Motion off, from
|-
| colspan="4" |
|-
| [[Translative case|Translative]] (''saajakäänüs'')
| -s
| -is, -(i)dõs
| Changing into
|-
| [[Terminative case|Terminative]] (''piirikäänüs'')
| -niq
| -iniq, -(i)dõniq
| Until, up to, as far as
|-
| [[Abessive case|Abessive]] (''ilmakäänüs'')
| -ldaq
| -ildaq, -(i)dõldaq
| Without, lacking
|-
| [[Comitative case|Comitative]] (''ütenkäänüs'')
| -gaq
| -igaq, -(i)dõgaq
| With, in company of, by means of
|}

Notes:
* The accusative is not usually considered a separate case in Võro grammars, as it is always identical to either the nominative or the genitive.
* When an ending beginning with ''d'' is attached to a stem ending in an obstruent, it is devoiced to ''t'' automatically.

===Verbs===
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The 3rd person singular of the indicative mood can be either without an ending or, alternatively, with an ''s''-ending:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Võro
! Estonian
! Finnish
! Meaning
|-
| kirota'''s'''
| kirjuta'''b'''
| kirjoitta'''a'''
| writes
|-
| and
| anna'''b'''
| anta'''a'''
| gives
|}

Among the Finnic languages, such double verb conjugation can be found only in the [[South Estonian language|South Estonian]] and [[Karelian language|Karelian]] languages.

====Negation====

Võro has a negative particle that is appended to the end of the verb, whereas standard Estonian and Finnish have a [[negative verb]], which precedes the verb. In Estonian and Finnish, the negative verb ''ei'' (Finnish ''en/et/ei/emme/ette/eivät'') is used in both present and past negation, whereas in Võro the same is expressed by different particles ending with ''-i(q)'' or ''-s'':
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Võro
! Estonian
! Finnish
! Meaning
|-
| saq anna-'''aiq'''
| sa '''ei''' anna
| sinä '''et''' anna
| You don't give
|-
| maq tulõ-'''õiq'''
| ma '''ei''' tule
| minä '''en''' tule
| I don't come
|-
| saq anna-'''as'''
| sa '''ei''' andnud
| sinä '''et''' antanut
| You didn't give
|-
| maq tulõ-'''õs'''
| ma '''ei''' tulnud
| minä '''en''' tullut
| I didn't come
|}