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Verbal clauses

Verbs are given tenses in a fashion similar to English; Have, Is or Go precede the verb in various orders to give it a tense.

"Rún re me di."
/run rɛ mɛ dɪ/
Rún re me di
Love 2S SBJ.Aux- -1S
"I love you."
"Té rún ít me di."
/te run it mɛ dɪ/
té- -rún ít me- -di
Aux.PRG- -Love it SBJ.Aux- -1S
"I'm loving it."/"It is the case that I love it"
"Med bhé rún re me di."
/mɛd ve run rɛ mɛ dɪ/
med- -bhé- -rún re me- -di
Aux.CND- -Aux.PST- -Love you SBJ.Aux- -1S
"I wish I had loved you."
"Bhé té med rún re me di cébh bhocá."
/ve te mɛd run rɛ mɛ dɪ cev wɑka:/
-bhé- -té- -med- -rún re me- -di cébh- -bhocá
Aux.PST- Aux.PRG- -Aux.Cond- -Love you SBJ.Aux- -1S SBJ.Aux- -1S before- -then
"I had wanted to love you until then."
"Cún lé dén rún di me lo!"
/kun le den run rɛ mɛ dɪ/
Cún- -lé- -dén- -rún re me- -di
Aux.Obl- -Aux.Ftr- -Love you SBJ.Aux- -1S
"He shall be made to love me."
"En tel bhé dén rún di me re!"
/ɛn tɛl ve den run dɪ mɛ re/
En tel- -bhé- -dén- -rún di me- -re
Neg Aux.Subj- -Aux.PST- -Aux."Made"- -Love I Aux.SBJ- -you
"You couldn't have made me love [you!]."
"En tel bhé dhén ét rún lo me di me re!"
/ɛn tɛl ve ʒen et run lɑ mɛ dɪ mɛ re/
en tel bhé dén ét rún lo me- di me re
neg aux.subj aux.pst make this.rel love 3s aux.subj 1s aux.subj 2s
"You couldn't have made me love her." (Lit. You could not have made it so that I loved her)