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Verbs have little inflection, and the bulk of verbs are completely regular. | Verbs have little inflection, and the bulk of verbs are completely regular. | ||
The following table roughly organizes the tense system of Modern Skellan as well as the regular forms for each; These are not all of the possible tenses as different constructions can be combined, e.g. ''Tynd fa dy desg naw lly nee rree.'' 'I have been eating for three days.' It preserves the [[Tigol]] system very well, but most of the forms have been replaced with analytic forms and particles. | The following table roughly organizes the tense system of Modern Skellan as well as the regular forms for each in terms of principal parts (PRES = present stem; INF = infinitive; PST = past participle); These are not all of the possible tenses as different constructions can be combined, e.g. ''Tynd fa dy desg naw lly nee rree.'' 'I have been eating for three days.' It preserves the [[Tigol]] system very well, but most of the forms have been replaced with analytic forms and particles. | ||
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! style="" |Imperfective | ! style="" |Imperfective | ||
|past imperfect<br/>''jo | |past imperfect<br/>''jo PRES'' | ||
|present<br/>'' | |present<br/>''PRES'' | ||
|future I<br/>'' | |future I<br/>''PRES-t'' | ||
|imperative I<br/>'' | |imperative I<br/>''PRES-t!'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Progressive | ! style="" |Progressive | ||
| past progressive<br/>''jo dy | | past progressive<br/>''jo dy INF'' | ||
| present progressive<br/>''dy | | present progressive<br/>''dy INF'' | ||
| future progressive<br/>''fahd ___ dy | | future progressive<br/>''fahd ___ dy INF'' | ||
| imperative progressive<br/>''fahd dy | | imperative progressive<br/>''fahd dy INF!'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Perfective | ! style="" |Perfective | ||
| simple past<br/>'' | | simple past<br/>''PST'' (regularly ''PRES-in'') | ||
| ''-'' | | ''-'' | ||
| future II<br/>''so | | future II<br/>''so VN'' | ||
| imperative II<br/>'' | | imperative II<br/>''PRES!'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Perfect | ! style="" |Perfect | ||
| past perfect<br/>''jo tynd | | past perfect<br/>''jo tynd VN'' | ||
| present perfect<br/>''tynd | | present perfect<br/>''tynd VN'' | ||
| future perfect<br/>''so fa tynd | | future perfect<br/>''so fa tynd VN'' | ||
| imperative perfect<br/>''fa tynd | | imperative perfect<br/>''fa tynd VN!'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Imperative==== | ====Imperative==== | ||