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*Affirmative: "Imperative Affirmative" - e.g. ''tág'' "go!" | *Affirmative: "Imperative Affirmative" - e.g. ''tág'' "go!" | ||
*Negative: ''há'' + "Imperative Negative" - e.g. ''há tághin'' "do not go!" | *Negative: ''há'' + "Imperative Negative" - e.g. ''há tághin'' "do not go!" | ||
=====Potential/Assumptive===== | |||
*Used for an action/state assumed to be true or that is a possibility. It may be used for the past, present, or future. | |||
*Affirmative: | |||
**Classes I & II: Past affirmative with ''-i'' replaced by ''-e'' - e.g. ''us taghe'' "he must/may have gone" | |||
***Stative verbs have an additional past form, which is as described above but with ''-aay-'' inserted before the ending - e.g. ''us arkaaye'' "he must/may have seen" | |||
**Class III: | |||
***Present: Identical to the corresponding Conjugation 4B form - e.g. ''us ahaathe'' "he must/may be" | |||
***Past: Past affirmative with ''-i'' replaced by ''-e'' (or ''-e'' added in 1S & 3S) - e.g. ''us ahaaye'' "he must/may have been" | |||
*To specify the tense, compound forms may be used. The default tense is assumed to be past for dynamic verbs. | |||
**Future: ''dooni''/''rapi'' - e.g. ''us tághi rape'' "he must/may be about to go" | |||
**Present: ''-aashi'' (only for dynamic verbs) - e.g. ''us tághaashe'' "he must/may be going" | |||
**Stative verbs have distinct past and present forms - e.g ''us arke'' "he must/may see", ''us arkaaye'' "he must/may have seen" | |||
=====Present Progressive===== | =====Present Progressive===== | ||