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**Stative verbs have distinct past and present forms - e.g ''us arke'' "he must/may see", ''us arkaaye'' "he must/may have seen"--> | **Stative verbs have distinct past and present forms - e.g ''us arke'' "he must/may see", ''us arkaaye'' "he must/may have seen"--> | ||
====Potential==== | ====Potential==== | ||
*Used for an action/state that might occur in the future. It is optionally preceded or followed by the assumptive particle '' | *Used for an action/state that might occur in the future. It is optionally preceded or followed by the assumptive particle ''shów''. | ||
**Classes I & II: Past affirmative with ''-i'' replaced by ''-e'' - e.g. ''( | **Classes I & II: Past affirmative with ''-i'' replaced by ''-e'' - e.g. ''(shów) us taghe'' / ''us taghi shów'' "he might go" | ||
**Class III: Identical to the corresponding Conjugation 4B form - e.g. ''us ahaathe'' "he might become" | **Class III: Identical to the corresponding Conjugation 4B form - e.g. ''us ahaathe'' "he might become" | ||
====Assumptive==== | ====Assumptive==== | ||
*Used for an action/state that is assumed to have probably occurred in the past. It is equivalent to the simple past preceded or followed by the assumptive particle '' | *Used for an action/state that is assumed to have probably occurred in the past. It is equivalent to the simple past preceded or followed by the assumptive particle ''shów''. | ||
:e.g. '' | :e.g. ''shów us taghi'' / ''us taghi shów'' "he must have gone" | ||
===Compound Forms=== | ===Compound Forms=== | ||