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This here's my first ever conlang written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Transliteration of "Ваδэшкий" is "Vadeshkii." This language is intended to be not like any Slavic language, but like a Romance language that uses a different alphabet.

Influences:

-Spanish
-Italian
-Russian

The only real similarity this conlang has with Russian is its alphabet... as well as the fact that there are, at times, complex combinations of consonants (what I like to call CCC), such as shk or zhk, etc.

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The "History" and Culture of Vadeshka

The word Vadeshkii comes from the word Vadeshka (Ваδэшка), the home land of the people who speak the language. The capital city of Vadeshka is Гороти Капитали во Ваδэшка (Goroti Kapitali vo Vadeshka), meaning "Capital City of Vadeshka." To Vadeshkans it is simply known as Гороти во Ваδэшка.

Early Vadeshka was once a disorderly collection of self-governed provinces, each suffering severe economic distress, as well as regional tension between provinces. However, the lands became united as one country, which came to be known as Союту Странёвэт во Ваδэшки Цараков {ССВЦ} (Soyutu Stranyovet vo Vadeshki Tsarakov {SSVTs}), meaning "United Lands of the Vadeshkan Tsardom" (ULVT). Vadeshkans simply refer to it by Vadeshka; foreign countries refer to it as the ULVT [abbreviation may vary with different languages].

After Vadeshka became united, the economic strain ceased to exist. It lay host to an industrial revolution of grand proportions, and was home to many new and innovative inventions. It became one of the most industrial countries on the continent, and had by far the largest military force in world history. Though their army was large, Vadeshka, strangely, stayed out of most war-type affairs between other nations, intending to use the military only for national defense. As a result of having such an intimidatingly massive military force, no other country has ever tried to invade Vadeshka since its unification.

Vadeshka shares land boarders with New Zakons and Raymland. The latter two countries, quite frankly, hate each other, and as a result refuse to learn each others' languages. Thus people of both countries learn Vadeshkii as a second language for mediation between the two hostilely-related countries.

Basic Pronouns and Declensions

Masculine/Feminine|Neuter

Ю/Я (yu/ya) - I
δу/δа (du/da) - you
эру/эра|эри (eru/era|eri) - he/she|it
соδвёю/соδвея|соδвиы (sodvyoyu/sodvyeya|sodviyi) - we
ваδнoю/ваδнэя|ваδниы (vadnoyu/vadneya|vadniyi) - you (plural)
эрю/эря|эры (eryu/erya|eryi) - they

вλу/вλа (vlu/vla) - me
тету/тета (tyetu/tyeta) - you
эву/эва|эви (evu/eva|evi) - him/her|it
стивoю/стивэя|стивиы (stivoyu/stiveya|stiviyi) - us
δанёю/δанея|δаниы (danyoyu/danyeya|daniyi) - you (plural)
эвю/эвя|эвы (evyu/evya|evyi) - them

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

вою/воя| (voyu/voya)
тэнзу/тэнза| (tenzu/tenza)
эчу/эча|эчи (echu/echa|echi) - his/her|its
сазною/сазноя|сазноы (saznoyu/saznoya|saznoyi)
вастону/вастона|вастони (vastonu/vastona|vastoni)
эчию/эчия|эчиы (echiyu/echiya|echiyi) - their

Every pronoun has some kind of gender to it. If you are a man, you refer to yourself as 'Ю', and if a woman, as Я. So if the person you are speaking to is a man, you refer to him as 'ду' and you call a woman 'да'. Plural subjects such as 'we', 'you' and 'they' also have neuter forms. The neuter forms are used with the case that there is a mixture of both sexes in the subjects. And the third person neuter form, 'эри', refers to inanimate objects, which are considered neuter (even if the word for those objects is feminine or masculine).

List of Regular Verbs (incomplete)

-ат verbs

хоргат (horgat) - to touch
даризоват (darizovat) - to draw
џисат (jisat) - to read
камат (kamat) - to release, to drop
πатрат (patrat) - to drink
πэнюмат (penyumat) - to understand
риδат (ridat) - to write
роφат (rofat) - to call
шаδат (shadat) - to study
статат (statat) - to lure
жэλмат (zhelmat) - to give up, to surrender
жиλмат (zhilmat) - to quit, to stop

-эт verbs

φаλтэт (faltet) - to anger
можанэт (mozhanet) - to eliminate
πравэт (pravet) - to welcome, to greet
рэзэт (rezet) - to smile
ризанэт (rizanet) - to laugh
чамэт (chamet) - to need
вуйшэт (vuishet) - to learn
задэт (zadet) - to help
евюδэт (yevyudet) - to hear
ымэт (yimet) - to bear, give birth to

-ит verbs

авэδит (avedit) - to listen
говорδит (govordit) - to speak, to talk
игрит (igrit) - to play
ицнит (itsnit) - to know
красит (krasit) - to eat
сомит (somit) - to sleep
цаλдит (tsaldit) - to cry
жэλегит (zhelyegit) - to praise

-от verbs

λувот (luvot) - to love

-ут verbs

λайгут (laigut) - to like

Nouns, Gender, Articles, Pluralization

Every noun has a gender. The genders are masculine, feminine and neuter. Most nouns' endings will give their sex away:

Typical masculine noun endings

-у, ю, consonants (besides ќ and ґ)

Typical feminine noun endings

-а, я, о, ё

Typical neuter noun endings

-э, е, и, ы, ќ, ґ

EX:

Masculine nouns:

мужю (muzhyu) - man
рувашт (ruvasht) - shirt
комπютэр (kompyuter) - computer
тэλэвизех (televizyeh) - television
Каλвин (Kalvin) - boy's name

Feminine nouns:

жэннё (zhennyo) - woman
πλитя (plitya) - dress
табичко (tabichko) - table
танняца (tannyatsa) - dance
Каλвинка (Kalvinka) - girl's name

Neuter nouns:

девзи (dyevzi) - tree
πясны (pyasnyi) - song
саπаќ (sapakh) - smell, odor
веπрэ (vyepre) - question

Each noun gender is pluralized in a different manner:

Typical masculine plural noun ending

-вэт

Typical feminine plural noun ending

-ная

Typical neuter plural noun ending

-ски

EX:

Masculine nouns:

мужювэт (muzhyuvet) - men
руваштвэт (ruvashtvet) - shirts
комπютэрвэт (kompyutervet) - computers
тэλэвизехвэт (televizyehvet) - televisions

Feminine nouns:

жэннёная (zhennyonaya) - women
πλитяная (plityanaya) - dresses
табичконая (tabichkonaya) - tables
танняцаная (tannyatsanaya) - dances

Neuter nouns:

δевзиски (dyevziski) - trees
πясныски (pyasnyiski) - songs
саπаќски (sapakhski) - smells, odors
веπэски (vyepreski) - questions

Indefinite Article

ви (vi) - a, an

There is no definite article, since the noun standing by itself already carries the notion of "the." Плитя means not only "dress," but "the dress" as well. The article ви gives the sense of uncertainty that indefnite articles usually carry.

Пλитя занска корот.
The skirt is short.

Ви πλитя занска корот.
A skirt is short.

Demonstrative Articles

{masc./fem.|neut.}

эту/эта|эти (etu/eta|eti) - this
δэву/δэва|δэви (devu/deva|devi) - that

There are, again, genders to agree with the nouns. EX:

эту мужю - this man | δэву мужю - that man
эта жэннё - this woman | δэва жэннё - that woman
эти девзи - this tree | δэви δевзи - that tree

To make the demonstrative articles plural:

этю/этя|эты (etyu/etya|etyi) - these
δэвю/δэвя|δэвы (devyu/devya|devyi) - those

этю мужювэт - these men | δэвю мужювэт - those men
этя жэннёная - these women | δэвя жэннёная - those women
эты δевзиски - these trees | δэвы δевзиски - those trees

Each demonstrative article can be used as a demonstrative object:

Эту/δэву занска мужю.
This/that is the man.

Этю/δэвю зансрта мужювэт.
These/those are the men.

(Even in this case, the objectified demonstrative article needs to agree with the gender.)

Эта/δэва занска жэннё.
This/that is the woman.

Этя/δэвя зансрта жэннёная.
These/those are the women.

ДРА, The Past Tense

The past tense is very, very simple. In fact, both past and future tenses are so simple, they barely deserve their own separate posts for it.

Simply attatch дра- {δra-} (hyphen and all) to the front of a present-tense conjugation of any verb to tell what happened. It can even be attatched to the infinitive of the verb for a "to have _____ed" effect.

δра-занат (dra-zanat) - to have been

Ю δра-заня (yu dra-zanya) - I was
δу δра-занайλ (du dra-zanail) - you were
эру δра-занска (eru dra-zanska) - he was
соδвёю δра-занэя (sodvyoyu dra-zaneya) - we were
ваδнoю δра-занвай (vadnoyu dra-zanvai) - you were
эрю δра-занстра (eryu dra-zanstra) - they were

It barely needs more examples, but...

δра-риδат (dra-ridat) - to have written

Ю δра-риδя (yu dra-ridya) - I wrote
δу δра-риδайλ (du dra-ridail) - you wrote
эру δра-риδска (eru dra-ridska) - he wrote
соδвёю δра-риδэя (sodvyoyu dra-rideya) - we wrote
ваδнoю δра-риδвай (vadnoyu dra-ridvai) - you wrote
эрю δра-риδстра (eryu dra-ridstra) - they wrote

дра-тавэт (dra-tavet) - to have seen

Ю дра-таве (yu dra-tavye) - I saw
ду дра-тавэйλ (du dra-taveil) - you saw
эру дра-тавскэ (eru dra-tavske) - he saw
содвёю дра-тавэе (sodvyoyu dra-taveye) - we saw
ваднoю дра-таввэй (vadnoyu dra-tavvei) - you saw
эрю дра-тавстрэ (eryu dra-tavstre) - they saw

Greetings and Common Phrases

I don't usually put this on the first page, but...

Прэвия. (previya) - Hello. {more formal}
Прэв. (prev) - Hi.
Гак занска δираная? (gak zanska diranaya) - How are things?
Гак занайλ? (gak zanail) - How are you?
Горчо, заснива. (gorcho, zasniva) - Fine, thank you.
Горчоя нажδа. (gorchoya nazhda) - Good morning.
Горчоя δиλа. (gorchoya dila) - Good day.
Горчоя πанδиλа. (gorchoya pandila) - Good afternoon.
Горчоё ворнэшт. (gorchoyo vornesht) - Good evening.
Горчоё нэшт. (gorchoyo nesht) - Good night.
Де занска λавия? (dye zanska laviya) - Where is the restroom?
Крут занайλ? (krut zanail) - Who are you?
Гак тету/тета роφайλ? (gak tyetu/tyeta rofail) - How do you call yourself?/What is your name?
Ю/Я вλу/вλа роφя... (yu/ya vlu/vla rofya) - I call myself.../My name is...
Во тугδа занайλ? (vo tugda zanail) - Where are you from?
Ю/Я заня во... (yu/ya zanya vo) - I'm from...
Zонδик λэтвэт шавайλ? (zondik letvet shavail) - How old are you?
Шавя __ λэтвэт. (shavya __ letvet) - I am __ years old.
Урац? (urats) - Why?
Урацва... (uratsva) - Because...

List of Names (NEW!)

This'll be a list of names [transliterations of existing ones AND made-up ones] for Vadeshkii culture. I thought it was a rather intriguing idea. Vadeshkii Surnames will probably come later.

Go to bottom of post for explanation on possessives with names

Name [Optional letters in name] (Transliteration) {Equivalent, if any}

Айка (Aika) {--}
Аλэкс (Aleks) {Alex}
Аλэксанδр (Aleksandr) {Alexander}
Аλэксанδра (Aleksandra) {Alexandra}
Аλэксанка (Aleksanka) {--}
Амбр (Ambr) {Amber}
Анδрэй (Andrei) {Andre}
Анδрэйка (Andreika) {--}
Анδрэя (Andreya) {Andrea}
Антвон (Antvon) {Antoine}
Антвонка (Antvonka) {--}
Антвонетта (Antvonyetta) {Antoinette}
Анянка (Anyanka) {--}
Аня (Anya) {Anya}

Биятрикс (Biyatriks) {Beatrix}
Биятрис (Biyatris) {Beatrice}
Борис (Boris) {Boris}
Барт (Bart) {Bart}
Бартоломю (Bartolomyu) {Bartholomew}

Чарэλс (Charels) {Charles}
Чарλий (Charlii) {Charlie}
Чий (Chii) {Chi}

Эйко (Eiko) {--}
Эмбр (Embr) {Ember}
Эрик (Erik) {Eric}
Эрика (Erika) {Erica}
Эрний (Ernii) {Ernie}
Эвин (Evin) {Evan}
Эвинка (Evinka) {--}

Дэрэк (Derek) {Derek}
Дора (Dora) {Dora}
Дориян (Doriyan) {Dorian}
Дориянка (Doriyanka) {--}

Иван (Ivan) {Ivan}
Иван[к]а (Ivan[k]a) {Ivanna}
Изак (Izak) {Isaac}
Изэян (Izeyan) {Isaiah}

Лэён (Leyon) {Leon}
Лэв (Lev) {--}
Лэвин (Levin) {--}
Лэвинка (Levinka) {--}
Лэй (Lei) {--}
Лэйφ (Leif) {Leif}
Лэйка [Лэя] (Leia)
Лиз (Liz) {Liz}
Лизка (Lizka) {--}
Лук (Luk) {Luke}
Лукас (Lukas) {Lucas}
Лукка (Lukka) {Lucca}

Пийтр (Piitr) {Peter}

Рэм (Rem) {Rem}
Рэмий (Remii) {Remy}
Рэмин (Remin) {--}
Рэмин[к]а (Remin[k]a)
Роδин (Rodin) {Rodin}
Роδинка (Rodinka) {--}
Роса (Rosa) {Rosa, Spanish}
Роза (Roza) {Rosa, English}
Ружи (Ruzhi) {Rosie}
Руж[и]ка (Ruzhka) {Rosie}

Σэλэс (Seles) {Celes}
Σэλэст (Selest) {Celeste}
Σэλэстина (Selestina) {Celestina}

Шан (Shan) {Shawn}
Шана (Shana) {Shana}
Шара (Shara) {Shara}

Тара (Tara) {Tara}
Тэрра (Terra) {Terra}
Тэя (Teya) {--}
Тин (Tin) {--}
Тина (Tina) {Tina}
Тинка (Tinka) {--}
Торваλть (Torvalt') {Torvald}

Винний (Vinnii) {Vinny}
Винсэнт (Vinsent) {Vincent}
Винсэнтин[к]а (Vinsentin[k]a)

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Possessive tense for any name

To make a name possessive, add -a for possessed feminine nouns, -и for neuter, and -у for masculine.

For example:

Изак

Изаку рувашт - Isaac's shirt
Изакa танняца - Isaac's dance
Изаки вепрэ - Isaac's question

If a name already ends in a noun, use -я for feminine, -ы for neuter, and -ю for masculine.

Рэбэкка

Рэбэккаю рувашт - Rebecca's shirt
Рэбэккая танняца - Rebecca's dance
Рэбэккаы вепрэ - Rebecca's question

You can also flip name and noun around if you like to give a sense of ___ of ___.

Рувашт Рэбэккаю - the shirt of Rebecca
Вепрэ Изаки - the question of Isaac

Official Roman Transliteration

Keep in mind this is only what you use in order to make an official transliteration when the inability to use this Greek-Cyrillic alphabet arises. I probably won't go to any great lengths to change the transliterations next to each word I've written thus far, mainly because it'd be a royal pain in the buttocks.

Аа - Aa
Бб - Bb
Кк - Kk
Ќќ - Kh
Дδ - Dd
Ээ - Ee
Φφ - Ff
Гг - Gg
Ґґ - Gh
Хх - Hh
Ии/Йй - Ii/Yy
Лλ - Ll
Мм - Mm
Нн - Nn
Оо - Oo
Пπ - Pp
Рр - Rr
Σс - Ss
Џџ - Jj
Чч - Čč
Шш - Šš
Щщ - Šč
Жж - Žž
Цц - Ts
Тт - Tt
Уу - Uu
Вв - Vv
Zз - Zz
Яя - Ää
Ее - Ëë
Ыы - Ïï
Ёё - Öö
Юю - Üü
Ьь/Ъъ ('/")