Introduction
The Veps language (also known as Vepsian), spoken by the Vepsians (also known as Veps), belongs to the Baltic-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages.
The Veps live in the area between Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega (Änine), and White Lake or Lake Beloye (Valged’ärv, Белое Озеро) - in the Russian Republic of Karelia in the former Veps National Volost (the northern Veps dialect area), in Leningrad Oblast along the Oyat River in the Podporozhskii and Lodeinopolskii raions and further south in the Tikhvinskii raion (western parts of the Central Veps dialect area), in the Vytegorskii and Babayevo raions of the Vologda Oblast (eastern parts of the Central Veps dialect area), and in the Boksitogorskii raion of the Leningrad Oblast (southern Veps dialect area).
The verb
Sample verb antta 'to give'
Active
Present
| mina | andan |
| sina | andad |
| hän | andab |
| mö | andam |
| t´ö | andat |
| h´ö | anttaze |
Preterite
| mina | ande̮in |
| sina | ande̮id |
| hän | ande̮i |
| mö | ande̮im |
| t´ö | ande̮it |
| h´ö | antt´ihe |
Potential
| mina | annen |
| sina | anned |
| hän | annob |
| mö | annem |
| t´ö | annet |
| h´ö | anttane |
Conditional
| mina | andaižin |
| sina | andaižid |
| hän | andaiži |
| mö | andaižim |
| t´ö | andaižit |
| h´ö | andaiži |
Perfect
| mina | anni̮žin |
| sina | anni̮žid |
| hän | anni̮ži |
| mö | anni̮žim |
| t´ö | anni̮žit |
| h´ö | anni̮žihe |
Perfect II
| mina | ol´en annu |
| sina | ol´ed annu |
| hän | om annu |
| mö | ol´em anttud |
| t´ö | ol´et anttud |
| h´ö | oma anttud |
Pluperfect
| mina | olin annu |
| sina | olid annu |
| hän | oli annu |
| mö | olim anttud |
| t´ö | olit anttud |
| h´ö | ol´dhe anttud |
Imperative
| (sina) | anda |
| (hän) | ankha |
| (t´ö) | ankam |
| (h´ö) | anttagaha |
Infinitives
| I infinitive: nominative | antta |
| II infinitive: inessive | anttes |
| III infinitive: instructive | antte |
| III infinitive: inessive | andmas |
| III infinitive: elative | andmaspai |
| III infinitive: illative | andmaha |
| III infinitive: abessive | andmata |
| IV infinitive: nominative | andmińe |
| IV infinitive: partitive | andmištš |
Participles
| I participle: nominative | andai |
| I participle: genetive | andjan |
| II participle: nominative sg | annu |
| II participle: nominative pl | annuded |
| II participle: genetive sg | annuden |
| II participle: genetive pl | annužid´e |
| II participle: partitive sg | annut |
| II participle: partitive pl | annužid |
Passive
Tenses
| Present | anttaze |
| Past | antt´ihe |
| Potential | anttane |
| Conditional | anttaiž |
| Perfect | anttanIiz |
| Perfect II | om anttud |
| Pluperfect | ol´dhe anttud |
| Imperative | anttagahe |
Passive participles
| II participle: nominative | anttud |
| II participle: partitive | andhut |
Reflexive
Present
| mina | andame̮i |
| sina | andate̮i |
| hän | andaze |
| mö | andame̮i |
| t´ö | andate̮i |
| h´ö | andaze |
Preterite
| mina | anžime̮i |
| sina | anžite̮i |
| hän | anžihe |
| mö | anžime̮i |
| t´ö | anžite̮i |
| h´ö | anžihe |
Conditional
| mina | andaižime̮i |
| sina | andaižite̮i |
| hän | andaižihe |
| mö | andaižime̮i |
| t´ö | andaižite̮i |
| h´ö | andaižihe |
Perfect
| mina | anni̮ižime̮i |
| sina | andi̮ižite̮i |
| hän | andi̮ižihe |
| mö | anni̮ižime̮i |
| t´ö | andi̮ižite̮i |
| h´ö | andi̮ižihe |
Perfect II
| mina | ol´en annuze |
| sina | ol´ed annuze |
| hän | om annuze |
| mö | ol´em annuze |
| t´ö | ol´et annuze |
| h´ö | oma annuze |
Pluperfect
| mina | olin annuze |
| sina | olid annuze |
| hän | oli annuze |
| mö | olim annuze |
| t´ö | olit annuze |
| h´ö | ol´dhe annuze |
Imperative
| (sina) | ande |
| (hän) | ankahaze |
| (mö) | ankamei |
| (t´ö) | ankate̮i |
| (h´ö) | ankahaze |
Infinitives
| I infinitive | andaze |
| II infinitive | andesaze |
| III infinitive | anmasaze |
| III infinitive | anmahaze |
Participles
