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Habyela verbs do not inflect for tense at all, but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telicity Telicity] is very important. Marking of telicity is conflated with subject person / number agreement. Telic verbs take suffixes, and atelic vebs take either prefixes or circumfixes (depending on the person). | Habyela verbs do not inflect for tense at all, but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telicity Telicity] is very important. Marking of telicity is conflated with subject person / number agreement. Telic verbs take suffixes, and atelic vebs take either prefixes or circumfixes (depending on the person). There is also an irrealis mood that is used for suggestions, commands and hypothetical situations. In the irrealis mood, telicity is not marked, and some forms are identical to the atelic forms. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Person !! Telic !! Atelic | ! Person !! Telic !! Atelic !! Irrealis | ||
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| 1st person singular || -qʷɨ || ʔə- | | 1st person singular || -qʷɨ || ʔə- || nɨ̀- | ||
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| 1st person plural || -nə || ʔəɴnə- | | 1st person plural || -nə || ʔəɴnə- || ʔəɴnə- | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2nd person || -kɨ || tə- ... -wɨ | | 2nd person || -kɨ || tə- ... -wɨ || tə- ... -jaj | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 3rd person masculine singular || -ʔə || ɫə̀- | | 3rd person masculine singular || -ʔə || ɫə̀- || ɫə̀- | ||
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| 3rd person feminine singular || -ʔaɴʈə || tə- | | 3rd person feminine singular || -ʔaɴʈə || tə- || tə- | ||
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| 3rd person plural / nonhuman || -wɨ || ɫə̀- ... -wɨ | | 3rd person plural / nonhuman || -wɨ || ɫə̀- ... -wɨ || ɫə̀- ... -wɨ | ||
|} | |} | ||