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The infinitive is also used as an imperative: ''ðeht ló oj!'' = 'Give it to her!' Imperatives are negated by placing ''bal'' or ''bawði'' before the verb. | The infinitive is also used as an imperative: ''ðeht ló oj!'' = 'Give it to her!' Imperatives are negated by placing ''bal'' or ''bawði'' before the verb. | ||
====Inflected verbs==== | ====Inflected verbs==== | ||
Knench has only | Knench has only six inflected verbs (i.e. verbs with inflected past and future forms): | ||
*''juð'' 'to be' (the past form ''han'' is cognate to Arabic ''kāna'') | *''juð'' 'to be' (the past form ''han'' is cognate to Arabic ''kāna'') | ||
*''śuð'' 'to do' (from *ʕaśō, with contamination from *paȝal) | *''śuð'' 'to do' (from *ʕaśō, with contamination from *paȝal) |
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