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Menu 1. Order 2. Motion prefix 3. Pronouns 4. Aspect/Causative 5. Base 6. Subject Person 7. Tense 8. Mood 9. Evidentiality 10. Negative The infinitive is dropped to form all forms

[edit] [top]Order

In transitives and ditransitives:
1. Motion prefix
2. Object pronoun
3. Extra pronoun
4. Aspect/Causative
5. Base*
6. Subject person
7. Tense
8. Mood
9. Evidential
10. Negation
In intransitives:
1. Motion prefix
2. Aspect/causative
3. Negation
4. Base
5. Tense
6. Subject
7. Evidentiality
8. Mood
Topic nouns come before verb, all other nouns come after verb.
*=mandatory

[edit] [top]Motion prefix

Some verbs have a motion prefix here. These are noted in the dictionary.
All adjectives behave like this for the verb att (be), but, in that case, the motion prefix is moved to right before the base.

[edit] [top]Pronouns

This is only present in transitive and ditransitive verbs.
I- ta
We- no
You (sg)- vri
You (pl)- ka
He/she/it- bi
Reflexive he/she/it/they- faw
They- nu
One- ra

[edit] [top]Aspect/Causative

Perfective- la
Momentane- ky
Prospective- hy
Imperfective- base
Habitual- ne
Continuative- ga
Inceptive/Inchoative- zwi
Terminative/Cessative- gy
Resumptive- be
This spot is also used for causatives, which are listed in the dictionary and here.
tu- be made

[edit] [top]Base

The base of the verb, minus the infinitive

[edit] [top]Subject Person

First- l(a)
Second- j(a)
Third- base
Verbs undergo mutations for number on the last onset consonant and in blends.

[edit] [top]Tense

Present- base
Crastinal- mu
Hesternal- qi
Future- ro
Past- py
Remote Future- ke
Remote Past- ny

[edit] [top]Mood

Moods are regularly stacked in no particular order
Indicative- base
Emphatic- duplicate syllable before
Conditional- fju
Optative- na
Jussive- re
Imperative- (r)er
Potential- zy
Prohibitive- qe
Desiderative- tu
Presumptive- na
Permissive- go
Precative- vra
Necessative- fy
Interrogative- ba
Narrative- ku. This generally is only used on the first verb of a story, song, or tale.

[edit] [top]Evidentiality

Flip consonant and vowel before adding a or h to make it conform to phonotactics to negate evidential.
saw- pi
know- ky
likely- ne
probable- ti
said- o
impossible (assumes true)- paw
gossip/hearsay- qa
from gods/oracles/prophets- qyl

[edit] [top]Negative

Normal negative- y
Not not- re
Almost- de
Possible negative- fy
Emphatic negative- tlo ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article

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