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 ===Verbs===
-Verbs are ordered as person|tense|aspect|mood|verb.
-{| class=wikitable
+Verbs are inflected for gender, tenses, and the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative moods.
-!Mood!!Infix
-|-
+{|class=wikitable
-!Indicative
+!Gender!!Far past!!Near past!!Present!!Near future!!Far future
-| -Ø-
-|-
-!Energetic
-| -ogo-
 |-
-!Dubitative
+|Spiritual
-| -mtse-
 |-
-!Interrogative
+|Animate
-| -ku-
 |-
-!Imperative
+|Vegetative
-| -na-
 |-
+|Inanimate
 |}
-{| class=wikitable
+====Indicative====
-!Aspect!!Infix
-|-
+The indicative is used to form simple factual statements.
-!Continuous
-| -pu-
+{|class=wikitable
-|-
+!Gender!!Far past!!Near past!!Present!!Near future!!Far future
-!Perfective
-| -wə-
-|-
-!Imperfective
-| -nya-
-|-
-!Frequentative
-| -le-
-|-
-!Continuous
-| -nti-
 |-
-!Prospective
+|Spiritual
-| -raz-
+!-nyo
+!-no
+!-ng
+!-nga
+!-nya
 |-
-!Terminative
+|Animate
-| -isu-
+!-go
+!-go
+!-ge
+!-geng
+!-gong
 |-
-!Continuative
+|Vegetative
-| -gəb-
+!-gola
+!-la
+!-lang
+!-le
+!-leng
 |-
+|Inanimate
+!-king
+!-ki
+!-kuo
+!-ko
+!-keng
 |}
+====Imperative====
+The imperative is used not just when issuing commands, but also making emphatic statements. It is formed from the present indicative, e.g. ''komekuo'' "it eats" becomes ''komekuoəng'' "it eat!"
 {|class=wikitable
-!Tense!!Infix
+!Gender!!Far past!!Near past!!Present!!Near future!!Far future
-|-
-!Distant past
-| -des-
-|-
-!Recent past
-| -to-
 |-
-!Present
+|Spiritual
-| -Ø-
 |-
-!Near future
+|Animate
-| -tur-
 |-
-!Distant future
+|Vegetative
-| -tutur-
 |-
+|Inanimate
 |}