Mbembli Verb Paradigms
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Explanation of verb syntax and analytic grammar.
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[comments] mbemblimbeverbsconjugationgrammar General Purpose Verb Info
Mbembli word order is typically VSO.
Verb infinitives always end in -Vn, where V is a short vowel.
For verbs of all moods, the particles indicating tense and continuity of action must precede the verb if the verb takes a noun as its subject. If it takes a pronoun as a subject and there are multiple particles in use, one may optionally be placed after the verb. The particles are:
"et" = past / perfect tense particle
"lor" = future tense particle
"mil" = continuous mode particle
These particles may be combined to effect additional cases:
"et et" or "etet" = pluperfect
"et mil" = imperfect
"et et mil" or "etet mil" = pluperfect continuous
e.g.
"sirtenta" = "she goes"
"mil sirtenta" = "she is going"
"et mil sirtenta" = "she was going"
"etet mil sirtenta" = "she had been going"
"lor et" or "loret" = future perfect
"lor lor" or "lorlor" = very distant future / "plufuture"
"lor mil" or "lormil" = future continuous
"lor et mil" = future perfect continuous
"lor lor mil" or "lorlor mil" = plufuture continuous
e.g.
"lor ajugende" = "you will understand"
"lorlor ajugende" "you will eventually understand"
Indicative Mood
The subject of the verb immediately follows the infinitive form. If the subject is a pronoun, it may be suffixed to the infinitive form.
"ajugen alaite" = "a person understands"
"ajugente" = "they (sg) understand"
"ajugenete" = "they (pl) understand"
In the case of the pronoun starting with a non-alveolar sound, the /n/ at the end of the verb assimilates
"ajugeñga" = "I understand"
"ajugenaga" = "we understand"
Imperative Mood
Imperative verbs drop their final /n/ for a /t/.
"egren" = "to move"
"egret" = "move" (sg. imperative)
To pluralize the imperative, simply add "-e" to the singular.
"egrete" = "move" (pl. imperative)
"sirtete" = "go" (pl. imperative)
Subjunctive Mood
Subjunctives follow the same conjugation rules as indicatives, but the vowel in the -Vn ending of the infinitive stem
becomes long.
"sirten" = "to go"
"sirtén" = "would go", "might go" ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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