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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Verbs in 17aug are inflected for three tenses (distant past, past, present), three moods (indicative, optative, imperative), two voices (active, passive), polarity, number and person. Furthermore, many verbal stems alternate between several vowel qualities depending on things such as mood, voice and tense. They can also be marked for verb objects, similar to Georgian and Spanish. | Verbs in 17aug are inflected for three tenses (distant past, past, present, although some analyses point to a future tense in the passive voice), three moods (indicative, optative, imperative), two voices (active, passive), polarity, number and person. Furthermore, many verbal stems alternate between several vowel qualities depending on things such as mood, voice and tense. They can also be marked for verb objects, similar to Georgian and Spanish. | ||
====Tenses==== | ====Tenses==== | ||
=====Present===== | =====Present===== | ||
The present is used for denoting actions that are taking place in the now and is also used for forming the future tense in conjunction with specific adverbs. | The present is generally used for denoting actions that are taking place in the now and is also used for forming the future tense in conjunction with specific adverbs. Unlike English which has a distinction between "I'm going" and "I go", Välyatalle uses the same form for both. | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||