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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 1s
I love you.
"Té rún ít me di."
/te run it mɛ dɪ/
rún ít me di
prg love it sbj 1s
Either "I'm loving it." or "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
cnd pst love 2s subj 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 med rún re me di cébh bhocá
pst prg cnd love 2s subj 1s before then
"I had wanted to love you until then."
"Cún lé dén rún di me lo!"
/kun le den run dɪ mɛ lɑ/
cún dén rún di me lo
obl fut made_to love 1s subj 2s
"He shall be made to love!"

|Cún- |-lé- |-dén- |-rún |re |me- |-di |- |Aux.Obl- |-Aux.Ftr- |-Love |you |SBJ.Aux- |-1S |- | colspan="8"| "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)