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==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||
Verbs display consonant gradation based on tense and subject agreement. The predesinential consonant is unvoiced resonant/aspirated plosive in the present, and changing this to voiced resonant/unaspirated plosive in the jussive or past tense: ('' | Verbs display consonant gradation based on tense and subject agreement. The predesinential consonant is unvoiced resonant/aspirated plosive in the present, and changing this to voiced resonant/unaspirated plosive in the jussive or past tense: (''arlài'' /ar̥ɬai/: "I set up, prepare (transitive)"; ''arlai'' /arlai/: "that I may prepare") | ||
Generic nouns take singular agreement if referring to an inanimate, and plural if animate. | Generic nouns take singular agreement if referring to an inanimate, and plural if animate. | ||