2.2 Morphology - Verbs
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2.0 Morphology


2.2 Verb Inflections


2.2.1 Person/Number


SinglePaucalPlural
11p1P
22p2P
33P
3inan.3Pinan.

2.2.2 Tense


Tenses are formed by adding a particle before the verb.
These can be found under the 'Derivational Morphology' section
Historical Past
This is usually taken to mean things that are written down in history books, or taught through oral traditions - often things that happened a hundred years ago minimum. This tense can also be realised as a distant past instead, which may be used for things even within one's own lifetime. This distinction can usually be seen amongst differing generations, as newer generations bring the cut-off point for this tense even more recent than the last generation.
Past
Present
Today
This is a tense that is becoming rarer in more recent generations, which is mostly due to the fact that its usage can vary from culture to culture. These can be the following:
Today Past - used for things that have happened either since morning, or more commonly, since the speaker has woken up.
Today Future - used for things that will happen before night, or before the speaker goes to sleep.
These two can occasionally be seen in conjunction, where they will use an agglutination of Today and either Future or Past.
Today General - This is the least commonly seen use of the Today Tense, where it is used to mean something that can take place any time during the current day. For example, "I sell.today the cow" means that the cow will, or has, been sold today, but it does not matter.
Future

2.2.3 Aspect


-Prospective
Used for something that is about to happen, anticipation. E.g, (I am going to cry)(He is about to fall)
-Perfect
Event viewed in its entirety, without reference to its temporal structure during its occurance. E.g, (I struck the bell)
-After-Perfect
Recent perfect, e.g, (I just ate)
-Imperfective
Ongoing
-Habitual
Happens often

2.2.4 Tense/Aspect


Some tense/aspect combinations will need supplimentive words to feel grammatically correct to the usual speaker. The following combinations are deemed illegal, and the needed words will be included.
Historical Past/Prospective
Historical Past/AfterPerfect
Past/Prospective
Today/Habitual
Future/Habitual

2.2.5 Mood


-Indicative
This is used as just the basic form of a sentence, where no other distinction needs to be made. While it does imply it has happened, this can be augmented by Evidentualities.
e.g, "John ate the apple" with a Personal Experience Evidentuality implies you saw it happen, i.e, it did. But "John ate the apple" with a Guess Evidentuality implies that it probably didn't happen.
-Conditional
E.g, "John would eat the apple, if you gave it to him"
-Imperative
E.g, "John, eat the apple"
-Deonic
Things that should happen, or are supposed to happen. This can mean that it did not happen if used in past tenses.
E.g, "John should have eaten the apple, but he didnt have it"
In the future tense, this implies more of a hopeful sense when used even without a Hopeful Likelihood Evidentuality on it.
E.g, "Tomorrow, John should eat the apple"