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Verbs

The verbal system of Nämty language displays the following features:

• tense:
  • present, imperfect, past, pluperfect, future, anterior future, future in the past
• mood:
  • definite moods: indicative
  • indefinite moods: infinitive, active participle, passive participle

The different tenses are distinguished by a typical thematic vowel. All these vowel patters divide all verbs in 5 groups, called conjugations.

The citation form of verbs is the present infinitive, marked by different endings, depending on the conjugation. These endings, thus, mark the conjugation, which a verb belongs to. From such form the verbal root can be inferred and can be changed in every other verbal form.

The following personal endings are then added to the root in the indicative mood. In this way, verbs show their agreement with the clause subject in person and number:

1st sing.	-m
2nd sing.	-d
3rd sing.	-g
1st plur.	-my
2nd plur.	-dy
3rd plur.	-gy

The non-finite verbal forms are meant as nominal/adjectival forms of the same verbs. They do not add the personal endings, but they are declined as nouns or adjectives with the nominal declension endings.

As verbal forms can, however, be formed the various temporal forms. The infinitive is regarded as an invariable form in tense.

The non-finite endings are:

• infinitive: -se
• agentive participle: -ty
• passive participle: -ňi

The infinitival form is meant as a class II noun.