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====Conjugation==== | ====Conjugation==== | ||
The three conjugations of Themsaran verbs are demonstrated below respectively with the verbs ''mólî'' - 'let me thank', ''nesâi'' - 'let me slay/kill (animate subject)', ''takvêi'' - 'let me know' (The citation form is the 1st person jussive). The first conjugation subsumes ''ħ''-stem verbs, where the ''ħ'' assimilates into any consonant that begins an ending | The three conjugations of Themsaran verbs are demonstrated below respectively with the verbs ''mólî'' - 'let me thank', ''nesâi'' - 'let me slay/kill (animate subject)', ''takvêi'' - 'let me know' (The citation form is the 1st person jussive). The first conjugation subsumes: | ||
*''j''-stem verbs, whose ''j'' vocalizes to an ''i'' before a consonant-onset ending, and assumes the form ''j-'' before vowel-onset endings; *''ħ''-stem verbs, where the ''ħ'' assimilates into any consonant that begins an ending; | |||
*''h''-stem verbs, for which only fricative-beginning endings are so geminated, and for other consonants, undergoes compensatory lengthening of the vowel preceding the ending. | |||
=====Active subject affixes===== | =====Active subject affixes===== | ||