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====Conjugation==== | ====Conjugation==== | ||
The three conjugations of Themsaran verbs are demonstrated below respectively with the verbs ''mólî'' - 'let me thank', ''nesâi'' - 'let me slay/kill (animate subject)', ''takvêi'' - 'let me know' (The citation form is the 1st person jussive). The first conjugation subsumes: | The three conjugations of Themsaran verbs are demonstrated below respectively with the verbs ''mólî'' - 'let me thank', ''nesâi'' - 'let me slay/kill (animate subject)', ''takvêi'' - 'let me know' (The citation form is the 1st person jussive). The first conjugation subsumes: | ||
*''j''-stem verbs, whose ''j-'' stays ''j-'' before a vowel-onset ending, and assumes the form ''i'' otherwise; | *''j''-stem verbs, whose ''j-'' stays ''j-'' before a vowel-onset ending (except plain ''-e''), and assumes the form ''i'' otherwise; | ||
*''ħ''-stem verbs, where the ''ħ'' assimilates into any consonant that begins an ending, and becomes ''-â'' in the 2nd person masculine singular imperative; | *''ħ''-stem verbs, where the ''ħ'' assimilates into any consonant that begins an ending, and becomes ''-â'' in the 2nd person masculine singular imperative; | ||
*''h''-stem verbs, for which only fricative-beginning endings are so geminated, and for other consonants, undergoes compensatory lengthening of the vowel preceding the ending, and ends in a bare long vowel with a falling tone in the 2sg.m imperative. | *''h''-stem verbs, for which only fricative-beginning endings are so geminated, and for other consonants, undergoes compensatory lengthening of the vowel preceding the ending, and ends in a bare long vowel with a falling tone in the 2sg.m imperative. | ||