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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Tulvan verbs inflect for tense, aspect and voice, usually by a suffix or prefix that expresses all of them. Tenses are historically devided into ''strong'' and ''weak''. Strong tenses include a vowel infix or a suffix, while weak tenses will rely on an invariable prefix | |||
==== Strong tenses ==== | |||
Strong tenses include the present or aorist, the past, the imperative and a subjunctive. The last two being voices rather than "tenses", but being historically grouped together due to how they are formed. | |||
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! Affix !! Conjugation !! Example !! English | |||
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| -ø || Simple Present || tulv || ''think, thinks'' | |||
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| C<sub>1</sub>'''a'''V<sub>1</sub>C<sub>2</sub>... || Simple Past || taulv || ''thought'' | |||
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| -'''i''' || Imperative || tulvi || ''think!'' | |||
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| C<sub>1</sub>'''a'''V<sub>1</sub>C<sub>2</sub>...-'''i''' || Subjunctive || taulvi || ''may think'' | |||
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===Adverbs=== | ===Adverbs=== | ||
===Particles=== | ===Particles=== |