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 ===Verbs===
-Modern {{PAGENAME}} has a closed class of about 20-30 auxiliaries which are conjugated for tense and person. The main verb is used as a verbal noun. (Verbal nouns do not decline.) Example:
+Like English and German, Ciètian uses a mixture of periphrastic constructions and inflected forms to express tenses.
+====Auxiliaries====
 :'''''Nyan garhiav wan dtarsiad ikaan xkarhii.'''''
 :[ɲan gaˈriəv wən daɾˈsiət iˈkaːn xəˈr̝iː]
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 !|present<sup>1</sup>
 |''nyan''||''nyer''||''nyav''||''nyas''||''nya''||''nyam''||''nyad''||''nyax''||''nyaw''||''nyaħ''||''nyar''
-|-
-!|past
-|''kon''||''ker''||''kov''||''kos''||''ko''||''kom''||''kod''||''kox''||''koo''||''koħ''||''kor''
 |-
 !|future
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 <sup>1</sup> from Old Eevo ''ar.nédh'' 'to dwell at'. (The verb acquired a meaning like Vietnamese ''ở'' 'be at' which then turned into a progressive construction with a verbal noun.)
+====Inflected forms====
+Unlike the present and the future, the past tense uses the participle ''-ìn'', derived from the Tigol past passive participle.
 ===Prepositions===