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# They derive from Indo-European ''-mi'' paradigms.
# They derive from Indo-European ''-mi'' paradigms.
# They lack the perfective/imperfective distinction, having only a "present" and "aorist" tense.
# They lack the perfective/imperfective distinction, having only a "present" and "aorist" tense.
# The "aorist" is suppletive.
# They have enclitic forms in the present tense These are used in subordinate clauses, e.g.: ''kūs āsi-ga'' "you are a fish," but ''kūs âtti'' "that you are a fish."  
# They have enclitic forms in the present tense These are used in subordinate clauses, e.g.: ''kūs āsi-ga'' "you are a fish," but ''kūs âtti'' "that you are a fish."  
It is not known if all Irregular verbs share all these features, nor whether there are any regular verbs that share them.
It is not known if all Irregular verbs share all these features, nor whether there are any regular verbs that have them.




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