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'''Verb form'''
'''Verb form'''


The verb form is used along as any normal verb, the positive form and negative form refers to the polarity of the modality. While there is general derivation of each of the three forms some verbs do not follow it and have other forms in the quadrouplet.
The verb form is used along as any normal verb, the positive form and negative form refers to the polarity of the modality. While there is general derivation of each of the three forms some verbs do not follow it and have other forms in the quadrouplet. This infix is often placed between the vowel and the final consonants in the last syllable of the root.


'''Adjectival form'''
'''Adjectival form'''
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! colspan=1 | Base
! colspan=1 | Base
| colspan=1 | -Ø
| colspan=1 | -Ø
| -žwaa'''C'''<sup>1</sup>
| -žžw(y)<sup>1</sup>-
| - || -
| - || -
|-
|-
! Gerundive
! Gerundive
| -mjo'''C''' || -dzwëë'''C'''
| -mj(o)- || -dzw(ëë)-
|-
|-
! Abilitative
! Abilitative
| -ve'''C''' || -pju'''C'''
| -v(e)- || -pj(u)-
|-
|-
! Hypothetical
! Hypothetical
| -njy'''C''' || -müü'''C'''
| -nj(y)- || -m(üü)-
|}
|}


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*'''Hypothetical''': Marks that the noun it modifies could be the object or subject of the verb
*'''Hypothetical''': Marks that the noun it modifies could be the object or subject of the verb


<sup>1</sup> '''C''' Refers to the original ending, tl, l, sw, dzj or mj
<sup>1</sup> vowels are omitable if the phonotactic allows it


===Sequence of tenses===
===Sequence of tenses===

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