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:''Main article: [[/Verbs|Hantza verbs]]'' | :''Main article: [[/Verbs|Hantza verbs]]'' | ||
The verb paradigm is Hantza is almost exclusively prefixing (the exceptions being evidentiality | The verb paradigm is Hantza is almost exclusively prefixing (the exceptions being the mediopassive and evidentiality). These prefixes come in a strict order. | ||
Hantza verbs | Hantza verbs exhibit [[w:Polypersonal agreement|polypersonal agreement]], as such they are conjugated for subject, direct object and indirect object. As a result Hantza is [[w:Pro-drop language|pro-drop language]]. The grammatical persons available are given below: | ||
*First person singular | *First person singular | ||
*First person plural | *First person plural | ||
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Note that only the persons that used with animate nouns distinguish plural from singular. | Note that only the persons that used with animate nouns distinguish plural from singular. | ||
Hantza | Grammatical tense is not a significant category in Hantza verbs (though there is an overt morphological future/non-future distinction). Verbs are instead aspect and mood heavy. This conflation of tense, aspect and mood is termed "mode" in Hantza; there are thirteen such modes. | ||
*Imperfective (unmarked) | *Imperfective (unmarked) | ||
*Iterative | *Iterative | ||
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*Jussive | *Jussive | ||
Hantza is extremely strict in regard to a given verb's transitivity and valency and its required prefixes. | |||
There is a mediopassive voice | There is a mediopassive voice which is formed by an infix inserted in the verb stem. | ||
Evidentiality is marked on the verb by a suffix. | Evidentiality is marked on the verb by a suffix. | ||