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 ====Ablaut====
-Some verbs exhibit ablaut, in which the root vowel changes in finite forms. A common pattern is a → e.
+Some verbs exhibit ablaut, in which the root vowel changes in finite forms.
+There are 4 verbal ablaut patterns which are as follows:
+* a → e
+* a → o
+* e → i
+* o → u
 For example:
-* hara → har
+* hara (to have) → her
-* hara (in the sense of “to have”) → her
+* mala (to speak) → mol
+* hena (to arrive) → hin
+* bola (to drink) → bul
-Ablaut occurs only in finite verb forms and does not apply when the root takes derivational suffixes.
+Ablaut occurs only in finite verb forms. The ablaut applies when the root takes verbal derivational suffixes but not when it takes nominal derivational suffixes.
 ====Future====