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Unlike compound verbs, which require two separate verbs, an auxiliary verb plus a verb root, synthetic verbs encode all verbal inflections on the verb root itself. Synthetic verbs are conservative, preserving the original Peshpeg verbal paradigms. Nevertheless, they represent the minority of verbs. Moreover, synthetic verbs are typically semantically [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_verb "light" verbs]. | Unlike compound verbs, which require two separate verbs, an auxiliary verb plus a verb root, synthetic verbs encode all verbal inflections on the verb root itself. Synthetic verbs are conservative, preserving the original Peshpeg verbal paradigms. Nevertheless, they represent the minority of verbs. Moreover, synthetic verbs are typically semantically [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_verb "light" verbs]. | ||
Three tenses are distinguished: present (unmarked), past (marked with the prefix ''i-''), and future (prefix ''ta-''). Aspect marking is distinguished by null-marking for the perfect, and the prefix ''dal-'' for the imperfect. The prefixes show vowel harmony with the first vowel of the verb root. | |||
Causatives take the ''-run'' /ryn/ suffix. | |||
*<span style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"> ru-</span> to go | *<span style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"> ru-</span> to go | ||