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** It uses analytic constructions for most moods, e.g. ''najallenovake'' "can happen" > ''najallenovē'' "it can happen"; ''najalledaudike'' "to be wanted to happen" > ''najalledaudiute'' "I want it to happen" — forms such as the synthetic ''najelai'' or ''najæliašute'' are found only in archaic (mostly pre-Classical) texts or with other uses - as e.g. ''najelai'' being the most common word for "maybe".
** It uses analytic constructions for most moods, e.g. ''najallenovake'' "can happen" > ''najallenovē'' "it can happen"; ''najalledaudike'' "to be wanted to happen" > ''najalledaudiute'' "I want it to happen" — forms such as the synthetic ''najelai'' or ''najæliašute'' are found only in archaic (mostly pre-Classical) texts or with other uses - as e.g. ''najelai'' being the most common word for "maybe".


==Analytic constructions and auxiliary verbs==
The following section lists the most common analytic constructions in Chlouvānem; they are either verbs requiring a subjunctive clause argument or true auxiliary verbs, requiring an infinitive and taking all inflections that would have been on the lexical verbs.
Chlouvānem uses many analytic constructions - including auxiliary and compound verbs - in order to convey some shades of meaning. Most of these use either a participle or the infinitive as the form of the lexical verb:
===Main verbs with subjunctive arguments===
* ''perfective subjunctive'' in the needed voice + ''lā'' (with) + ''jalle'' in the past or future tense: compound construction used for pluperfect and future perfect. It is not wrong to use it with a present tense, but the meaning does not change from the bare perfect.<br/> Note that, for the pluperfect, the bare perfect is often used instead, both in literature as in common speech.
* ''perfective subjunctive'' + ''lā'' + ''jalle'' in the past or future tense: analytic pluperfect and future perfect (the bare perfect is used instead in literature and in common speech, especially to replace the pluperfect):
** ''yųlētate lā nīvau'' "I had eaten"
*: ''yųlētate lā nīvau'' "I had eaten"
** ''yųlētate lā jalṣyam'' "I will have eaten"
*: ''yųlētate lā jalṣyam'' "I will have eaten"
* ''imperfective subjunctive'' in the needed voice + ''lā'' (with) + ''jalle'' in the needed tense: compound construction used for the progressive aspect in the three tenses (present, past, future). In the present, the form of ''jalle'' is omitted for the third person, or for all persons if a pronoun is present.
* ''imperfective subjunctive'' + ''lā'' + ''jalle'' in the needed tense: analytic construction for the progressive aspect. In the present, ''jalle'' can be omitted if needed [[Chlouvānem/Syntax#Zero-copular_sentences|(see the corresponding section in Syntax)]].
** ''yųlatite lā ū'' "I am eating"
*: ''yųlatite lā ū'' "I am eating"
** ''yųlatite lā nīvau'' "I was eating"
*: ''yųlatite lā nīvau'' "I was eating"
** ''yųlatite lā jalṣyam'' "I will be eating"
*: ''yųlatite lā jalṣyam'' "I will be eating"
* ''infinitive'' + ''ñǣɂake'' (to be used to): compound construction used for a habitual action in present, past, or future tense. It is not used with motion verbs in the present, as the multidirectional verb already unambiguously has this meaning.
* ''subjunctive'' + interior forms of ''męlike'' (to give): to do X in advance; when used with the perfective subjunctive it can also have a pluperfect meaning.
** ''yaive prājamne yahike ñǣɂute'' "I am used to read every evening"
*: ''yųlatite męliru'' "I eat in advance"
** ''yaive prājamne yahike ñǣɂaṃte'' "I used to read every evening"
*: ''yųlētate męlirau'' "I ate in advance" → "I had already eaten"
** ''yaive prājamne yahike ñǣɂiṣyaṃte'' "I will be used to read every evening"
* ''imperfective subjunctive'' + ''daudike'' (to want): to want to X (alternative to the desiderative ''junya'', especially common in the Northeast). If the triggered argument is the same and the trigger is agent-trigger on both verbs, it can be omitted in the subjunctive one. It is different from the desiderative in that the two verbs can have different triggers.
* ''infinitive'' + ''nartaflulke'' (to reach): to come to X, to end up X-ing, to result in X-ing
*: ''kulati(te) daudyute'' "I want to talk" (cf. ''šukilyute'')
** ''yųlake nartatefliven'' "(s)he ended up eating"
*: ''kulīte daudyute'' "I want him/her to talk"
** ''lañšijilde nartaflunirāhe'' "they ended up marrying each other"
* ''imperfective subjunctive'' (less commonly ''infinitive'') + ''novake'' (to be able to): can X (non-ambiguous alternative to the potential ''junya'').
* ''infinitive'' (or more formally ''perfective subjunctive'') + ''kitte'' (to put): to keep X-ed:
*: ''dratite novē'' or ''dṛke novute'' "I can do [it]" (cf. ''dadrenānute'')
** ''valde kitē'' / ''uvaldēt kitē'' "it is kept opened"
* ''imperfective subjunctive'' + ''širgake'' (to be possible): may X (non-ambiguous alternative to the potential ''junya'').
* ''infinitive'' + either ''įstiāke'' (to hang from) or ''maitiāke'' (to be in front of): prospective aspect, to be about to X
*: ''dratite šergē'' "I may do [it]" (cf. ''dadrenānute'')
** ''yųlake įstetimu'' "I am about to eat"
===Constructions with auxiliary verbs===
** ''yahike maitimē'' "it is about to be read"
* ''infinitive'' + ''ñǣɂake'' (to be used to): analytic construction for habitual actions in present, past, or future tense; the perfect tenses focus on the result. Note that multidirectional motion verbs in the present tense already have this meaning compared to the monodirectional ones.
* ''subjunctive'' + interior forms of ''męlike'' (to give): to do X in advance — it can also be interpreted as a (plu)perfect if with perfect subjunctive:
*: ''yaive prājānye yæyake ñǣɂute'' "I am used to read every evening."
** ''yųlatite męliru'' "I eat in advance"
*: ''yaive prājānye yæyake ñǣɂaute'' "I used to read every evening."
** ''yųlētate męlirau'' "I ate in advance" → "I had already eaten"
*: ''yaive prājānye yæyake ñǣɂiṣyaṃte'' "I will be used to read every evening."
* ''infinitive'' + ''paṣmišake'' (to look further away): to let X
*: ''yaive prājānye yæyake añǣɂaṃte'' "I got used to read every evening."
** ''sū yahike paṣṭemešu'' "I let you read"
*: ''yaive prājānye yæyake añǣɂāltaṃte'' "I will get used to read every evening."
* ''infinitive'' + ''mālchake'' (to run (multidirectional)): to keep X-ing (less formal alternative to ''mai-'' prefixed verbs)
* ''infinitive'' (in more formal language ''perfective subjunctive'') + ''kitte'' (to put): to keep X-ed.
** ''nanau yahike mālchute'' "I keep reading that" (synonym of ''nanau maiteyašu'')
*: ''valde kitē'' "it is kept opened"
* ''infinitive'' + ''nūkkhe'' (to mount (unidirectional)): to be still X-ing:
*: ''valdēt kitē'' "it is kept opened"
** ''tatyāke nūkhute'' "I'm still standing"
''infinitive'' + ''nartalulke'' (to reach): to come to X, to end up X-ing, to result in X-ing.
* ''imperfective subjunctive'' + ''daudike'' (to want): to want to X (alternative to the desiderative ''junia'' commonly used especially in the Northeast). If the triggered argument is the same and the trigger is agent-trigger on both, it can be omitted in the subjunctive verb:
*: ''yųlake nartateliven'' "(s)he ends up eating"
** ''kulati(te) daudyute'' "I want to talk" (= ''šukiliute'')
*: ''lañšijilde nartadāmirdat'' "they ended up marrying each other"
* ''imperfective subjunctive'' + ''širgake'' (to be possible): may X (non-ambiguous alternative to the potential)
*: ''valde nartailīsa'' "it has resulted in it being open"
** ''dratite šergē'' "I may do (it)" (= ''dadrenānute'')
* ''infinitive'' + either ''įstyāke'' (to hang from) or less commonly ''maityāke'' (to be in front of): prospective aspect.
* ''imperfective subjunctive'' (less commonly ''infinitive'') + ''novake'' (to be able to): can X (non-ambiguous alternative to the potential)
*: ''yųlake įstetimu'' "I am about to eat"
** ''dratite novē'' / ''dṛkenovute'' "I can do (it)" (= ''dadrenānute'')
*: ''yæyake maitimē'' "it is about to be read"
* ''infinitive'' + ''prigirake'' (to move backwards): to redo X, to do X again
* ''infinitive'' + ''paṣmišake'' (to look further away): to let X (same meaning as the permissive ''junya'').
** ''dhulte pritegeru'' "I rewrite, I write again"
*: ''sū yæyake paṣṭemešu'' "I let you read" (cf. permissive ''sū īyæyūdute'')
* ''infinitive'' + ''mālchake'' (to run (multidirectional)): to keep X-ing (less formal alternative to many instances of ''mai-'' verbs).
*: ''nanau yæyake mālchute'' "I keep reading that" (cf. ''nanau maiteyæyu'')
* ''infinitive'' + ''nūkkhe'' (to mount (unidirectional)): to be still X-ing.
*: ''tatyāke nūkhute'' "I'm still standing"
*: ''yųlake nūkhiṣyate'' "(s)he will still be eating"
* ''infinitive'' + ''prigirake'' (to move backwards): to redo X, to do X again.
*: ''dhulte pritegeru'' "I rewrite, write [it] again"
* ''infinitive'' + ''nåndike'' (to suddenly feel the need to)
*: ''yæyake anåndyaṃte'' "I have suddenly felt the need to read."
*: ''šudhulte nåndyekte'' "(s)he suddenly felt the need to write [it] down."
* ''infinitive'' + ''pidyåjyake'' (to float in the air facing something (monodirectional)): to feel like X-ing
*: ''dorṣire taili ħaṇu yųlake pindeyåjyu'' "I want to/feel like eating an insane amount of candy/halva"
*: ''mūmikke gu pindayejyau ša'' "I didn't feel like dancing"


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