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The present is generally used for denoting actions that are taking place in the now and is also used for forming the future tense in conjunction with specific adverbs. Unlike English which has a distinction between "I'm going" and "I go", Valian uses the same form for both. For thematic verbs, the present tense set of inflexions consists of ''-te, -ke, -na, -teen, -keen, -nän'' For athematic verbs, add the linking vowel ''-i-'' and the thematic endings. Thus ''magate'', ''magake'', ''magana'', ''magateen'', ''magakeen'', ''maganän'' for the verb ''magaan''. | The present is generally used for denoting actions that are taking place in the now and is also used for forming the future tense in conjunction with specific adverbs. Unlike English which has a distinction between "I'm going" and "I go", Valian uses the same form for both. For thematic verbs, the present tense set of inflexions consists of ''-te, -ke, -na, -teen, -keen, -nän'' For athematic verbs, add the linking vowel ''-i-'' and the thematic endings. Thus ''magate'', ''magake'', ''magana'', ''magateen'', ''magakeen'', ''maganän'' for the verb ''magaan''. | ||
=====Past===== | =====Past===== | ||
The past tense stem is formed similarly to the present but with a differing (secondary) set of inflexions: ''-tama, -kama, -nama, -tänna, -känna, -nänna''; these are affixed directly to the past tense version of the stem (if there is such one) even if it's a thematic verb. <br>Thus ''mähtama, mäkkama, | The past tense stem is formed similarly to the present but with a differing (secondary) set of inflexions: ''-tama, -kama, -nama, -tänna, -känna, -nänna''; these are affixed directly to the past tense version of the stem (if there is such one) even if it's a thematic verb. <br>Thus ''mähtama, mäkkama, männana, mähtänna, mäkkänna, männänna'' for the verb ''magaan'' in the past tense. | ||
====Optative==== | ====Optative==== | ||