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Verbs have two participle forms, present active and past, former formed with suffix 'infinitive-(i)ba' and latter with circumfix 'na(n)-infinitive-t'. The present participle can be used as an attributive verb with nouns: 'wy mub breliba' 'a running man'. When forming the past participle, three-syllable words are favoured so last vowels are sometimes omitted: for example 'benupe' → 'nabenu(p)t' ('travel' → 'travelled').

===Tenses===

First conjugated forms of verb 'brel' meaning 'to run' and irregular 'ney' 'to be':

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There are also some other 1st sg. m-imperfectives ('meäp'='I' went and 'meal'='I had') which may come from combination of imperfective and 'mon' meaning then.

~~===Other tenses===~~

To create the two past tenses, perfect and pluperfect, past participle form is used together with conjugated auxiliary verb 'ney' listed above: 'Neym kni gekhu päri nakholt.' 'I have built my house.' in which 'nakholt' is from 'khuol' meaning 'to build'. With 'ney' there is also a form 'nayh' for 'I/we have been', but it isn't used very often.

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 Verbs have two participle forms, present active and past, former formed with suffix 'infinitive-(i)ba' and latter with circumfix 'na(n)-infinitive-t'. The present participle can be used as an attributive verb with nouns: 'wy mub breliba' 'a running man'. When forming the past participle, three-syllable words are favoured so last vowels are sometimes omitted: for example 'benupe' → 'nabenu(p)t' ('travel' → 'travelled').
+===Tenses===
 First conjugated forms of verb 'brel' meaning 'to run' and irregular 'ney' 'to be':
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 There are also some other 1st sg. m-imperfectives ('meäp'='I' went and 'meal'='I had') which may come from combination of imperfective and 'mon' meaning then.
-===Other tenses===
 To create the two past tenses, perfect and pluperfect, past participle form is used together with conjugated auxiliary verb 'ney' listed above: 'Neym kni gekhu päri nakholt.' 'I have built my house.' in which 'nakholt' is from 'khuol' meaning 'to build'. With 'ney' there is also a form 'nayh' for 'I/we have been', but it isn't used very often.