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Everything you need to know about verbs
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1. Verbs
[top]Verb Types
Aldron differentiates between active and stative verbs, and have slightly different grammatical rules for each. An active verb shows an action which may occur at a particular point in time, and have a clear end. On the other hand, a stative verb denotes an ongoing state something is in, and may not have a clear beginning or end. Many verbs concerning feelings or moods are stative.
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[top]Tenses
Tense and Aspect in Aldron are expressed mainly by using modifier verbs. Verbs in Aldron are seldom if ever conjugated, and the basic form of verbs denote a specific tense. The base form of active verbs denotes simple past tense, meaning the action occured in the past, whereas the basic form of stative verbs denotes continuity in the present.
stative:
• A lufi ru - I love you
• A yen di - I want it
active: • A ju lo - I went to him • Lu delihr Frhonsù - She spoke French / She was speaking with him
Past Perfect
To show that an action was completed in the past, and is no longer occuring, we use the modifier "ta".
active: • A ju lo - I went to him • Lu delihr Frhonsù - She spoke French / She was speaking with him
stative:
• Lu ta lufi ru - She loved you
• Yone ta yen di epil - You (all) wanted the apple
active: • Ilu ta ju lo - They had gone to him • Yi ta delihr Frhonsù - We had spoken French
Present Habitual
To show that an action occurs from time to time in the present, we use the modifier "as".
active: • Ilu ta ju lo - They had gone to him • Yi ta delihr Frhonsù - We had spoken French
stative
• A's yen e sajumi- I want a mango from time to time
active: • Lo as iskucdehr di delihrren - He listens to the speaker from time to time • Ilo as dhevagahr e kunstrokten - He is (professionally) a constructor
Future
We can use different verbs to show the future, however the most common would be "yal" (to be determined to get).
active: • Lo as iskucdehr di delihrren - He listens to the speaker from time to time • Ilo as dhevagahr e kunstrokten - He is (professionally) a constructor
Yi yal di dackit - We will have the ticket / We are determined to get/to make the ticket
stative:
• Esen yal yen e umi - Someone will want a fruit
• Ru yal lufi esen - You will love someone
active: • Dominek yal venahrse - Dominic will come • Lo yal edi di kerhud - He will eat the carrot
active: • Dominek yal venahrse - Dominic will come • Lo yal edi di kerhud - He will eat the carrot
[top]Continuity
Active verbs can be conjugated to show continuity. This is done by adding "+an", though some rules and exceptions apply. Verbs usually end in either "hr" or "i". • Verbs ending in "hr" most often change the "hr" to either "r" or "hrr", and sometimes the vowel before the "hr" is dropped. • Verbs ending in "i" or some other vowel usually simply either drops the "i" and add "an", or simply add "an", "n" or "ran".
delihr → deliran
• Lo deliran - He is talking
iskravihr → iskravran • Valdino iskravan - Valdino is writing
aci → acan • ¿Lo acan ru? - Is he lifting you up?
tafitahr → tafitahrran • A tafitahrran aù la cuosan - I am amusing my little cousin
ju → jan • Badrik jan loù vaynd - Patrick is going to his friend
iskravihr → iskravran • Valdino iskravan - Valdino is writing
aci → acan • ¿Lo acan ru? - Is he lifting you up?
tafitahr → tafitahrran • A tafitahrran aù la cuosan - I am amusing my little cousin
ju → jan • Badrik jan loù vaynd - Patrick is going to his friend
[top]Negation
In order to achieve negation, the modifier verb "an" is placed before the verb being negated, though it should be noted that a few verbs have negative.
• Lo an lufi lu - He doesn't love her.
• Sangjen an si Semùal - Sangjen didn't see Semwal.
• Aù la suhrdi an af di tihrùpil - My little sister doesn't have the potato
[top]Verb Combination and More Tenses
Because of the way Aldron's verb system works, numerous verbs and combinations of verbs may be used to represent a variety of tenses and ideas. Verbs are placed one after the other without conjugation to create combinations, and modifiers can be strung one after another as well.
• Eska ta as dhevagahr e kunstrokten - Eska used to be a construction worker.
• Sùrhaya yal yen edi di banene - Sariah will want to eat the banana.
• Jael an yal yen as ju luù anun - Jael will not want to often go to her aunt.
[top]Reflexive "Se"
The suffix "-se", similar to English's "self", can be added to verbs in order to denote that the action is done reflexively, meaning the object and subject are the same. For Example:
venahr - to bring
• Di jal venahr di dehr - The girl brought the boy
venahrse - to come • Di jal venahrse - The girl brought herself - The girl came.
venahrse - to come • Di jal venahrse - The girl brought herself - The girl came.
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