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===Aspect=== | ===Aspect=== | ||
Verbal aspect is marked by altering the form of the root itself or by adding suffixes to the primary root: | Verbal aspect is marked by altering the form of the root itself or by adding suffixes to the primary root: | ||
* The primary root is | * The primary root is '''imperfective''', describing ongoing actions, e.g. ''ker-'' "rules, ruling", ''fal-'' "sleeping, sleeps". | ||
* The lengthened root is ''' | * The lengthened root is '''perfective''', describing completed actions, e.g. ''keer-'' "ruled", ''faal-'' "slept". | ||
* The reduplicated root is ''' | * The reduplicated root is '''frequentative''' aspect, describing repetitive events or habitual states e.g. ''kekr-'' "rules (habitually)", ''fafl-'' "sleeps (often)". | ||
* The addition of ''- | * The addition of ''-t-'' to the root creates the '''generic''' or gnomic in aspect, describing states or actions without regard to their state of completeness, e.g. ''kert-'' "rule", ''falt-'' "sleep". | ||
* The addition of ''- | * The addition of ''-n-'' to the root creates the '''inchoative''' aspect, describing the beginning of actions or 'becoming' a state, e.g. ''kern-'' "begin to rule", ''faln-'' "fall asleep". | ||
* The addition of ''- | * The addition of ''-tsat-'' to the root creates the '''intensitive''' aspect, describing more severe forms of the action or state, e.g. ''kertsat-'' "tyrranise, subjugate", ''faltsat-'' "sleep deeply". After plosives, the affix is ''-sat-'', e.g. ''kuksat-'' "gorges". | ||
===Voice=== | ===Voice=== | ||