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| <code>- | | <code>-lų</code> || Rocks, grass, hydrodynamics | ||
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===Auxiliary Verbs=== | |||
Verbs mark for tense, aspect and mood and other senses using auxiliary verbs. | |||
Either the main verb or the auxiliary verb can be marked for gender, number and person. | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" <!-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Northwest_Caucasian_language --> | |||
|+ Auxiliary Verbs | |||
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! 🦌 !! Verb form !! Other uses | |||
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! Copula | |||
| n- || Stative, Continuative | |||
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! to work | |||
| sąk- || frequentative, intensive | |||
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! to drive | |||
| tšʰäy- || Causative | |||
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! to find | |||
| lu- || Perfect, Past tense | |||
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! to hold | |||
| tʰas- || Historic past tense | |||
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! to rest | |||
| imï- || Past tense | |||
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! to want | |||
| k'aw- || Optative | |||
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! to go | |||
| sąp- || Future tense | |||
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! to need | |||
| höt'- || Necessitative | |||
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! to be blessed | |||
| są̈tʰi- || Benedictive | |||
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! to exort | |||
| jëha- || Imperative, Jussive | |||
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===Participles=== | ===Participles=== |
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