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===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Verbs are ordered as person|tense|aspect|mood|verb.


{| class=wikitable
Verbs are inflected for gender, tenses, and the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative moods.
!Mood!!Infix
 
|-
{|class=wikitable
!Indicative
!Gender!!Far past!!Near past!!Present!!Near future!!Far future
| -Ø-
|-
!Energetic
| -ogo-
|-
|-
!Dubitative
|Spiritual
| -mtse-
|-
|-
!Interrogative
|Animate
| -ku-
|-
|-
!Imperative
|Vegetative
| -na-
|-
|-
|Inanimate
|}
|}


{| class=wikitable
====Indicative====
!Aspect!!Infix
 
|-
The indicative is used to form simple factual statements.
!Continuous
 
| -pu-
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Gender!!Far past!!Near past!!Present!!Near future!!Far future
!Perfective
| -wə-
|-
!Imperfective
| -nya-
|-
!Frequentative
| -le-
|-
!Continuous
| -nti-
|-
|-
!Prospective
|Spiritual
| -raz-
!-nyo
!-no
!-ng
!-nga
!-nya
|-
|-
!Terminative
|Animate
| -isu-
!-go
!-go
!-ge
!-geng
!-gong
|-
|-
!Continuative
|Vegetative
| -gəb-
!-gola
!-la
!-lang
!-le
!-leng
|-
|-
|Inanimate
!-king
!-ki
!-kuo
!-ko
!-keng
|}
|}
====Imperative====
The imperative is used not just when issuing commands, but also making emphatic statements. It is formed from the present indicative, e.g. ''komekuo'' "it eats" becomes ''komekuoəng'' "it eat!"


{|class=wikitable
{|class=wikitable
!Tense!!Infix
!Gender!!Far past!!Near past!!Present!!Near future!!Far future
|-
!Distant past
| -des-
|-
!Recent past
| -to-
|-
|-
!Present
|Spiritual
| -Ø-
|-
|-
!Near future
|Animate
| -tur-
|-
|-
!Distant future
|Vegetative
| -tutur-
|-
|-
|Inanimate
|}
|}


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