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====Conjugation====
====Conjugation====


Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaiton dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.).
In Sceptrian, primary conjugation of verbs indicates person, number and tense-aspect, and it includes affixation and apophony. Conjugation for different [[Sceptrian#Mood|moods]] is slightly more complex.
* ''ónzait'''o'''n dothee pof'' vs. ''ónzaitón dothee su'' (the man is lifting him)
 
Obs! subject+object (& agent) agreement: ''Zaiton pof. (Ón)bouson dothee pof.'' (A feather rises. A man is dropping a feather.)
 
Who needs conjugation? People in formal situations! --> register!
*Otherwise neither agent prefixes nor 3SG ending, only pronouns/names


=====Root=====
=====Root=====


Verbs are given in their 3SG.INAN GNO form which is used to form all of the third person forms
Verbs are given in their 3SG.INAN GNO form which is used to form all of the third person forms. First and second person forms use the first apophony in indicative inceptive and future. Polite second person forms use the second apophony
 
First and second person forms use the first apophony in indicative inceptive and future
 
Polite second person forms use the second apophony


=====Affixes=====
=====Affixes=====
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*Prefixes may be separated from vowel-beginning verbs with a glottal stop or reduplicated initial consonant:
*Affixes may be separated from border vowels of verbs with a glottal stop or reduplicated initial consonant: ''Ai(v)eva(v)oi'' (I illuminated it)
 
Examples: ''Ónbouson dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.).


====Mood====
====Mood====
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