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|ethnicity = Yuyši people (''Yuy'') | |ethnicity = Yuyši people (''Yuy'') | ||
|speakers = {{formatnum:5700000}} | |speakers = {{formatnum:5700000}} | ||
|date = | |date = 2312 | ||
|setting = Calémere | |setting = [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]] | ||
|familycolor = Language isolate | |familycolor = Language isolate | ||
|fam1 = Ivugi | |fam1 = Ivugi | ||
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The two exceptions are the past indefinite and the imperative definite forms.<br/>The ''past indefinite form'' is formed by nasalizing the final vowel of the stem. This effectively means that for nasal stems this form is the bare stem; ''-i, -e, -ê, -ẽ'' stems all merge as ''-ẽ''; ''-u, -o, -ô, -õ'' stems all merge as ''-õ'', ''-a'' becomes ''-ã'' and ''-êy'' becomes ''-ãy''. Consonant stems add ''-õ''. | The two exceptions are the past indefinite and the imperative definite forms.<br/>The ''past indefinite form'' is formed by nasalizing the final vowel of the stem. This effectively means that for nasal stems this form is the bare stem; ''-i, -e, -ê, -ẽ'' stems all merge as ''-ẽ''; ''-u, -o, -ô, -õ'' stems all merge as ''-õ'', ''-a'' becomes ''-ã'' and ''-êy'' becomes ''-ãy''. Consonant stems add ''-õ''. | ||
The imperative definite adds ''-u'' to consonant stem verbs; verbs in ''-u, -o'', and ''-ô'' all have ''-u''; those in ''-i'' have ''-uy''; those in ''-a'' have ''-o'', and ''-e -ê - | The imperative definite adds ''-u'' to consonant stem verbs; verbs in ''-u, -o'', and ''-ô'' all have ''-u''; those in ''-i'' have ''-uy''; those in ''-a'' have ''-o'', and ''-e -ê -êy'' become ''-ew, -êw, -êw''. Nasal vowels are denasalized and have ''-nu'' after them, making this form identical to the past definite. | ||
There is a small number of irregular verbs, apart from ''yuy'' (anything not included here is regular): | There is a small number of irregular verbs, apart from ''yuy'' (anything not included here is regular): |
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