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Conjugation of regular verbs
Sample verbs: as a class I verb, moɕädühä, to pick up, to collect, as a class II verb, xixehühä, to fall, as a class IIg verb, pürücühä, to hit
Active diathesis
Indicative mood
Present tense
The present is a simple tense. The personal endings are added to the present root:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
In the 3rd singular person, which features the ending -́äh or null ending, irregularities may often occur.
The ending -́äh always causes palatalization of the preceding consonant, if this consonant has a palatalized counterpart.
rīrusühä → rīruśäh to see → he/she/it sees
If the involved consonant does not have any palatalized counterparts, the ending is added to the root without any further palatalizing effect.
The null ending causes less often irregularities, like altering the last root consonant:
ṕőrühä → ṕőw to fly→ he/she/it flies
Past tense
The past is a simple tense. The personal endings are added to the past root:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
In the 3rd singular person, which features the ending -́äh or null ending, irregularities may often occur.
The ending -́äh always causes palatalization of the preceding consonant, if this consonant has a palatalized counterpart.
rīrusühä → rurīśäh to see → he/she/it saw
If the involved consonant does not have any palatalized counterparts, the ending is added to the root without any further palatalizing effect.
The null ending causes less often irregularities, like altering the last root consonant:
ṕőrühä → ṕöw to fly→ he/she/it flew
In the class IIg irregularities never occur in the past tense.
Present continuous tense
The present countinuous is a compound tense. It is built with the indicative present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Past continuous tense
The past countinuous is a compound tense. It is built with the indicative past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Perfect tense
The perfect is a compound tense. It is built with the indicative present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Pluperfect tense
The pluperfect is a compound tense. It is built with the indicative past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Future tense
The future is a compound tense. It is built with the indicative present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Anterior future tense
The anterior future is a compound tense. It is built with the indicative present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Future in the past tense
The future in the past is a compound tense. It is built with the indicative past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Subjunctive mood
The subjunctive mood is mostly used in dependent clauses. Its usage in main clauses is quite limited, except for its role as an imperative an exhortative form.
The subjunctive widely features the infix -ün-, which is placed between the root and the personal endings.
Present tense
The present is a simple tense. The infix -ün- and the personal endings are added to the present root:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
In the 3rd singular person, in the classes II and IIg irregularities never occur, while in the class I, the ending palatalizes the subjunctive infix into -üń-.
Past tense
The past is a simple tense. The infix -ün- and the personal endings are added to the past root:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
In the 3rd singular person, in the classes II and IIg irregularities never occur, while in the class I, the ending palatalizes the subjunctive infix into -üń-.
Present continuous tense
The present countinuous is a compound tense. It is built with the subjunctive present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Past continuous tense
The past countinuous is a compound tense. It is built with the subjunctive past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Perfect tense
The perfect is a compound tense. It is built with the subjunctive present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Pluperfect tense
The pluperfect is a compound tense. It is built with the subjunctive past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Future tense
The future is a compound tense. It is built with the subjunctive present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Anterior future tense
The anterior future is a compound tense. It is built with the subjunctive present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Future in the past tense
The future in the past is a compound tense. It is built with the subjunctive past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Optative mood
The optative mood is used to convey wish and desire. It is regularly used both in main and dependent clauses.
The optative widely features the infix -us-, which is placed between the root and the personal endings.
Present tense
The present is a simple tense. The infix -us- and the personal endings are added to the present root:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
In the 3rd singular person, in the classes II and IIg irregularities never occur, while in the class I, the ending palatalizes the optative infix into -uś-.
Past tense
The past is a simple tense. The infix -us- and the personal endings are added to the past root:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
In the 3rd singular person, in the classes II and IIg irregularities never occur, while in the class I, the ending palatalizes the optative infix into -uś-.
Present continuous tense
The present countinuous is a compound tense. It is built with the optative present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Past continuous tense
The past countinuous is a compound tense. It is built with the optative past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Perfect tense
The perfect is a compound tense. It is built with the optative present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Pluperfect tense
The pluperfect is a compound tense. It is built with the optative past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Future tense
The future is a compound tense. It is built with the optative present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Anterior future tense
The anterior future is a compound tense. It is built with the optative present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Future in the past tense
The future in the past is a compound tense. It is built with the optative past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Potential mood
The potential mood is used to convey potentiality and probability. It is regularly used both in main and dependent clauses.
The potential widely features the infix -äɕ-, which is placed between the root and the personal endings. This infix can cause irregularities, because it palatalizes every consonant, which has a palatalized counteparts. This makes the potential the richest mood in irregularities.
Present tense
The present is a simple tense. The infix -äɕ-, which often palatalizes the last consonant of the root, and the personal endings are added to the present root:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
Since the consonant of the potential infix -äɕ- has no palatalized counterpart, in the 3rd singular person the personal endings of the classes can cause no further irregularities.
Past tense
The past is a simple tense. The infix -äɕ-, which often palatalizes the last consonant of the root, and the personal endings are added to the past root:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
Since the consonant of the potential infix -äɕ- has no palatalized counterpart, in the 3rd singular person the personal endings of the classes can cause no further irregularities.
Present continuous tense
The present countinuous is a compound tense. It is built with the potential present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Past continuous tense
The past countinuous is a compound tense. It is built with the potential past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Perfect tense
The perfect is a compound tense. It is built with the potential present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Pluperfect tense
The pluperfect is a compound tense. It is built with the potential past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past participle of the conjugated verb, agreeing in number with the clause subject:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular, being the only irregularities in the participial formation.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Future tense
The future is a compound tense. It is built with the potential present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Anterior future tense
The anterior future is a compound tense. It is built with the potential present forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active past infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Future in the past tense
The future in the past is a compound tense. It is built with the potential past forms of the verb cänühä, to be, with the active present infinitive of the conjugated verb:
| 1st sing. | |||
| 2nd sing. | |||
| 3rd sing. | |||
| 1st plur. | |||
| 2nd plur. | |||
| 3rd plur. |
This tense is regarded as essentially regular.
The 3rd person of the auxiliary verb cänühä, essere, displays only the short form, regardless of the class of the conjugated verb.
Non-finite forms
The non-finite verbal forms are:
Infinitive
It is regarded as the citation form of the verb, and it is not conjugated in person or number. It has, however, a present and a past form, respectively built on the present root and on the past root. It is marked by the ending -ühä.
| present | |||
| past |
The infinitive is a nominal form of a verb and it can be declined also in the plural number in this function. In this function it is also usually adjoined by the articles.
äs xemunühä the food
Participle
The participle is an adjectival form of a verb. It isn has a passive meaning and it is linked to nouns which undergo an action, or inactively are in a certain state. It is, thus, usually not used with intransitive verbs (with some of which it may take an impersonal value). In verbal conjugation, it agrees with the subject in number, while it agrees also in case with its adjoining noun, displaying thus a complete declension, in its adjectival role.
It has, however, an imperfective and a perfective form, respectively built on the imperfective root and on the perfective root. It may also take the modal infix -už-, diplaying thus a conditional form. It is marked by the ending -uǵ (whose plural form is -ugi). This ending very often causes irregularities, such as the lenghtening of the last root consonant or its alteration (the conditional infix undergoes no alteration).
| imperfective | ||
| perfective |
Besides its verbal or adjectival role, in some cases the participle may be used as noun, if preceded by the article.
äs mäɕod́uhi the harvest
Passive diathesis and impersonal form
The passive diathesis displays a far lesser amount of forms than the active diathesis. It is formed with the participle, which distinguished only the verbal aspect and the number of the clause subject.
- The imperfective form of the participle is used to convey an ongoing action, mainly in the present or in the future.
- The perfective form of the participle is used to convey a completed and finished action, mainly in the past.
Examples:
ež hunno həjšeččuǵ the field is/will be cultivated
ežno hunnono ežəjšeččugino the fields were cultivated
Intransitive verbs do not have a proper passive diathesis, but they may have a participial form. This form is used with an impersonal value, instead of a passive one.
hišegguǵ one falls, people fall
The impersonal form is mostly used in the singular number, but it may be found also in the plural, with a kind of collective meaning.