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How verbs work in Natuá
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1. Natuá Script
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2. Verb conjugation
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One verb alone in natuá gives a lot of information.
Here is an example of a regular verb:
The verb jómna means to eat. JómneThis part tells us the tense or mood. In this case, it's future tense.lThis marks the person. L is for 1st person.aThis tells the aspect. The aspect currently marked is inchoative, which means the action is beginning. means "I'm going to eat"
These marks always come in the same order: Tense/mood, Person, Aspect.
a = present tenseIf the present form doesn't specify person, then it's infinitive, and can be treated as a noun. It is similar to the use of -ing in English.
e = future tense
o = past tenseIf the past form doesn't specify person, it becomes participle, like in "jómno opi" (it was eaten).
u = imperative moodThe imperative form can be used without person indicator, in cases like "Keep the area clean" or "Help!"
i = conditional mood
l = first person
c = second person
r = third person animate
p = third person inanimate
*You can also pluralize the person by duplicating the tense/mood vowel: jómnal = I eat, jómnaal = we eat
i = perfective
o = continuous
a = inchoative
None = simple
All of this was quite messier before High Natuá was documented, but this convention was successful even in the órlip dialect
So, ¿How would you say "they have eaten"?
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