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The infinitive of a main verb is used together with auxiliary verbs. Helping word 'öx' is used for negation: ''''Öxöm ney''' kweo' 'I '''am not''' there.' Modal helping verbs such as 'lio' ('can') and 'xun' ('must') are also in use: 'Zoxunum bea po kweo?' 'Do I have to go there?' | The infinitive of a main verb is used together with auxiliary verbs. Helping word 'öx' is used for negation: ''''Öxöm ney''' kweo' 'I '''am not''' there.' Modal helping verbs such as 'lio' ('can') and 'xun' ('must') are also in use: 'Zoxunum bea po kweo?' 'Do I have to go there?' | ||
===Specialities=== | |||
One-syllable verbs ending with 'n', such as 'san' 'to smell something' have special conjugation: sam, sah, sno, samho, sanho, snoho for present and som, sani, snoi, samhi, sanhi, snohi for past. The last 'n' is in a way forgotten, but added to the third person forms. | |||
With 'doz' 'hunt', for 'I hunted' 'dozöm' is used if nothing was caught (instead of regular 'dozem'). Similarly 'zoduzim' 'I searched' can become 'zoduzöm' if nothing was found despite rigorous search efforts. | |||
Verb 'nyal' 'love' has a shorter 'nyo' for 's/he loves' instead of 'nyalo' just because it's easier to say when feeling emotional. 'Nyalo' is sometimes used for expressing unrequited love: 'Nyalo thy thek (on öxa nyal thi thuk).' 'He loves her, but she doesn't love him.' | |||
==Adjectives== | ==Adjectives== | ||