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* '''nā/nī verbs''': verbs which add '''nā''' ('''na''' in some forms) or '''nī''', or nothing, to the root depending on form. | * '''nā/nī verbs''': verbs which add '''nā''' ('''na''' in some forms) or '''nī''', or nothing, to the root depending on form. | ||
* '''ah verbs''': verbs which add '''-ah''' (or its allomorphs '''-ar''', '''-aš''', '''-ą''') to the root. | * '''ah verbs''': verbs which add '''-ah''' (or its allomorphs '''-ar''', '''-aš''', '''-ą''') to the root. | ||
A sixth commonly recognized pattern is '''ru verbs'''. These are verbs formed by borrowed verb roots from Ancient Kūṣṛmāthi (where verbal nouns end in ''-ru'') and in the present and past undergo stem modifications like in that language. There are few common -ru verbs, and in usual speech they are often substituted by compounds with their root and either ''dṛke'' (to do) or ''jānake'' (to feel (physical)) or ''gyake'' (to be), as in ''pāṭṭaruke'' vs. ''pāṭṭaru-dṛke''. (to study). | |||
Moods apart from the indicative mainly just follow root structure, with different allomorphs depending on whether the root ends in a consonant or in a vowel. | Moods apart from the indicative mainly just follow root structure, with different allomorphs depending on whether the root ends in a consonant or in a vowel. | ||