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=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||
Verbs in Vurásandi can be known as syamháynar (words of action). Verbs are inflected for person and number, tense, voice, mood, and aspect. There are 6 person and number prefixes. There are 5 tenses, 8 voices, 14 moods, and 9 aspects. <br /> | Verbs in Vurásandi can be known as syamháynar (words of action). Verbs are inflected for person and number, tense, voice, mood, and aspect. There are 6 person and number prefixes. There are 5 tenses, 8 voices, 14 moods, and 9 aspects. <br /> | ||
To form a verb, you must first build a verb root out of three consonants using one of the verb pattern formulas above, then you | Verbs also use the triconsonantal root system. There are certain root patterns that can help determine the type of verb a word is.<br /> | ||
* CáCC— transitive verb | |||
* aCCaC— intransitive verb | |||
* aCCatC— ditransitive verb | |||
* uCCáC— purposefully doing something | |||
* aCCúC— adjectival verb | |||
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To form a verb, you must first build a verb root out of three consonants using one of the verb pattern formulas above, then you may add the appropriate subject pronoun as a prefix. If it is already clear to the listener you may drop the pronouns. Then you have the option of adding a vowel for tense, a consonant for voice, the same vowel again,another consonant for mood, and another consonant for aspect. It may be ended with an -a if it produces and undesirable consonant cluster at the coda. | |||
(PN)-ROOT-(V)-(C)-(V)-(C)-(C)-(a) | |||
==== Tense ==== | ==== Tense ==== | ||
Tense is used to refer to when an action occurred. There are 6 tenses in Vurásandi: | Tense is used to refer to when an action occurred. There are 6 tenses in Vurásandi: | ||