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===TAM inflection=== | ===TAM inflection=== | ||
A characteristic feature of Sjowaázh verbs is ablaut | A characteristic feature of Sjowaázh verbs is ablaut by TAM and voice forms. These paradigms tend to be quite complex. | ||
Most Sjowaázh lects have a fixed (large) number of regular ablaut patterns. The number of ablaut patterns, and which verb stems fall into which ablaut patterns, depends on the lect. | Most Sjowaázh lects have a fixed (large) number of regular ablaut patterns. The number of ablaut patterns, and which verb stems fall into which ablaut patterns, depends on the lect. | ||
*Tenses: present, past | |||
*Aspects: continuative, inceptive, conclusive, cessative, resumptive, iterative | |||
*Moods: potential, necessitative, permissive, desiderative, imperative, optative | |||
Example: | Example: | ||
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*I will love you = ''lóosjheyáñ'' (li-óo-sjheyáñ) | *I will love you = ''lóosjheyáñ'' (li-óo-sjheyáñ) | ||
*I fall in love with you (inceptive) = ''lisjhódagy'' | *I fall in love with you (inceptive) = ''lisjhódagy'' | ||
===Personal affixes=== | ===Personal affixes=== | ||