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Continuative-Present

All that Tolkien indicated concerning continuative-past is that it exists but did not elaborate further.  However, he left multiple sentences with what can only be but the continuative present, so the information is fairly reliable.[1]

Biconsonantal verbs

A-fortify the base vowel[2], suffix -i.


*yad- “to go” > yâdi “going”

Triconsonantal verbs

Change variable vowel to -u, suffix -i.


kalab- “to fall” > kalubi “falling”

Derived verbs

Break up consonant clusters with additional base vowels, A-fortify last main vowel, replace final with -i.

*azgarâ- “to wage war” > azagâri “waging war” | abrazâ- “to endure” > abarâzi “enduring”

 

[1].  There is no attested continuative present tense for derived verbs (in fact, there is not much attested material concerning them at all).  As a result, any inflections for them has been derived from observation of the other two verb types, and so is essentially an educated guess.

[2].  Alternatively, the base vowel can be lengthened.  Currently, there is no clear consensus on which is more in line with Tolkien’s idea, vowel-lengthening or a-fortification.