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# They derive from Indo-European ''-mi'' paradigms. | # They derive from Indo-European ''-mi'' paradigms. | ||
# They lack the perfective/imperfective distinction, having only a "present" and "aorist" tense. | # They lack the perfective/imperfective distinction, having only a "present" and "aorist" tense. | ||
# The "aorist" is suppletive. | |||
# They have enclitic forms in the present tense These are used in subordinate clauses, e.g.: ''kūs āsi-ga'' "you are a fish," but ''kūs âtti'' "that you are a fish." | # They have enclitic forms in the present tense These are used in subordinate clauses, e.g.: ''kūs āsi-ga'' "you are a fish," but ''kūs âtti'' "that you are a fish." | ||
It is not known if all Irregular verbs share all these features, nor whether there are any regular verbs that | It is not known if all Irregular verbs share all these features, nor whether there are any regular verbs that have them. | ||