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An auxiliary verb added after the main verb can show tense, aspect, and volition, glossed as PST.PFV, VOL.PRES.IPFV, or similar. For volition, there is VOL for voluntary actions, INVOL for involuntary actions which the agent is conscious of but cannot control, NONVOL for involuntary actions which the agent is not conscious of, and NOWILL for events involving no willful agents.  

Adjectives are categorized as ''inherent'', ''attributive'', and ''stative''. An ''inherent adjective'', often ending in ‑''u'' or ‑''r'', describes inherent properties of an object that cannot be separated from it. Such an adjective may be used by itself, where it can be a noun of degree like English ‑ness, or it fuses with a noun and serve to narrow down a category, creating a noun-adjective compound with a definitive meaning, like ''oqulqomu'' "the blue apple". In this case the definite determiner is omitted. An ''attributive adjective'', often ending in ‑''ui'' and palatalizes the preceding consonant, describes an attribute of an object that is considered relatively stable but can be altered. Such an adjective usually fuses with a noun, like ''edrpatlui'' "busy person, person who is always busy". A ''stative adjective'', often ending in ‑''u'', describes a state that is usually temporary and can be changed. Such an adjective may or may not fuse with a noun, like ''edrpatlu'' "busy person, person who is busy in the context of that sentence". With people, the last form is preferred because the previous two forms indicate a potential value judgment.