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| ''*nam-''
| ''*nam-''
| ''*akf-''
| ''*akf-''
| ''*tsam-''
| ''*sam-''
| ''*gyu-''
| ''*gyu-''
| ''*rta-''
| ''*rta-''
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* The exact function of the fourth tense is unknown; it may have been a [[w:perfect (grammar)|perfect]] aspect, an [[w:aorist|aorist]], or something else entirely. It evolved into two verbal moods in Proto-South-Rttirrian and took on various tense and aspect functions in other descendants.
* The exact function of the fourth tense is unknown; it may have been a [[w:perfect (grammar)|perfect]] aspect, an [[w:aorist|aorist]], or something else entirely. It evolved into two verbal moods in Proto-South-Rttirrian and took on various tense and aspect functions in other descendants.
* An ''i-'' was used to begin the stems of transitive verbs. By analogy, this would cause object pronouns to be affixed to the verb in Proto-South-Rttirrian.
* An ''i-'' was used to begin the stems of transitive verbs. By analogy, this would cause object pronouns to be affixed to the verb in Proto-South-Rttirrian.
The following auxiliary verbs existed:
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Rttirri
! English
|-
| ''*tya''
| to hope
|-
| ''*apta''
| to plead
|-
| ''*ikrta''
| to have to
|-
| ''*gamu''
| to do something<br>habitually or generally
|}
Verbs could inflect for the following moods:
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Rttirri
! English
|-
| (the tenses???)
|-
| ''*-nagji''
| subjunctive
|}


===Auxiliary verbs===
===Auxiliary verbs===
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