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 ===Verbs===
-Abilitative and conditional verbs are marked with a preceding particle ''nĝ''.
+Verbs agree in person with both agent and patient, and mark aspect and mood.
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+|+ Copulae
+|-
+! colspan="2" | !! {{gcl|IND}} !! {{gcl|SUBJ}} !! {{gcl|IMP}} !! {{gcl|JUS}}
+|-
+! rowspan="2" | {{gcl|1}}/{{gcl|3}} !! >{{gcl|2}}
+| ∅ || -ha || rowspan="2" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" | || hu
+|-
+! >{{gcl|1}}/{{gcl|3}}
+| -aj || -j || ju -j
+|-
+! rowspan="2" | {{gcl|2}} !! >{{gcl|2}}
+| m- || yi- || hu || rowspan="2" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" |
+|-
+! >{{gcl|1}}/{{gcl|3}}
+| sr- || y- || y- yu
+|}
+*Subjunctive mood is often also used for future marking.
+*''Hu'', ''ju'', and ''yu'' bear the verb's tone.
+*Jussive and imperative ''hu'' precede and follow their verb respectively, and dative nouns must be placed between jussive ''hu'' and the verb.
+In verbs with modifiable tone imperfective aspect is marked with falling tone; in some regions verbs with modifiable lexical low tone are instead marked with low falling tone.
+Verbs are passivized with a preceding particle ''r'' which bears the verb's tone; in most regions and in standard Knrawi ''r'' precedes jussive ''hu'', but in some regions and in Royal Knrawi is directly precedes the verb.
+Infinitive verbs are marked with ''i-'', iterative/durative verbs are marked with ''-qm'' (in some regions and in standard Knrawi directly after the verb root, and in other regions after other suffixes, and in Royal Knrawi instead a separated following particle ''qm''), and abilitative and conditional verbs are marked with a preceding particle ''nĝ''.
 Questions are marked with a particle ''wuj'' at either the beginning or end (as in standard and Royal Knrawi) of the clause. See also [[Knrawi#Pronouns|Pronouns]].