Making Derived Verbs; The Rules.
Derived Verb Inflection list.
|
Tense |
Formation |
Examples |
|
aorist |
Verb stem but with short final a. |
azgarâ à azgara |
|
continuative-present |
Change variable vowel to u, add -i to the â. |
azgarâ à azgurâi |
|
past |
double the middle consonant, add a stem vowel to break up clusters of more than three consonants and shorten the final vowel (alternatively, use aorist with past auxiliary). |
azgarâ à azaggara azgarâ à mî azgara |
|
Continuative-past |
Continuative-present but with past auxiliary. |
azgarâ à mî azgurâi |
|
future |
Aorist tense but with future auxiliary. |
azgarâ à rô azgara |
|
Continuative-future |
Continuative-present but with future auxiliary. |
azgarâ à rô azgurâi |
|
Plural |
Add -m to verb. |
hiyazgara (“she wages war”) à yiyazgaram (“they wage war”) |