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Tense inflection uses a combination of prefixes, reduplication and ablaut. The exact paradigm depends on the verb. | Tense inflection uses a combination of prefixes, reduplication and ablaut. The exact paradigm depends on the verb. | ||
The tenses are: | The tenses are present, past, future, imperative and verbal noun. | ||
An example paradigm: | |||
*Present: ''plang'' 'stands'; feminine ''uplang'' | *Present: ''plang'' 'stands'; feminine ''uplang'' | ||
*Past: ''plaang'' 'stood' (ablaut, from PLak ''*-H'' for perfective); feminine ''uplaang'' | *Past: ''plaang'' 'stood' (ablaut, from PLak ''*-H'' for perfective); feminine ''uplaang'' | ||