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The term "verb" in Hantza also includes predicative adjectives. Predicative adjectives are essentially verbalised nouns. | The term "verb" in Hantza also includes predicative adjectives. Predicative adjectives are essentially verbalised nouns. | ||
The verb paradigm is Hantza is | The verb paradigm is Hantza is heavily prefixing; these prefixes come in a strict order. Hantza verbs exhibit [[w:Polypersonal agreement|polypersonal agreement]], as such they are conjugated for subject, direct object and indirect object. As a result Hantza is [[w:Pro-drop language|pro-drop language]]. Only the grammatical persons that are used with animate nouns distinguish plural from singular. | ||
Hantza verbs | Grammatical tense is not a significant category in Hantza verbs (though there is an overt morphological future/non-future distinction). Verbs are instead aspect and mood heavy. This conflation is termed called "mode" in Hantza; there are thirteen modes. | ||
Hantza is extremely fastidious regarding the transitivity and valency of a verb and its required prefixes. | |||
The mediopassive voice is formed by an infix inserted in the verb stem. | |||
Negativity and evidentiality are marked on the verb by a suffixes. | |||
===Particles=== | ===Particles=== | ||