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Verbs

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These conjugations are the basis of Danjo verbs.

There are 2 declensions: 1st declension, which has vowel-final stems and 2nd declension (more common), with consonant-final stems.

Examples:

1st declension: dreyte 'to dream'

2nd declension: kinete 'to breathe'

Present

dreme 'I dream', dreše 'you (s) dream', drete 'it dreams'

dremes 'we dream', dret 'you all dream', drente 'they dream'

kino 'I breathe', kineše 'you breathe', kini 'it breathes'

kinumo 'we breathe', kinet 'you all breathe', kinu 'they breathe'

Future

The future is marked by noy-V or nyo-C

Nyodrete.
FUT.dream.3sg-1

‘it will dream.’

Past

the past is marked with čin-V or či-C

čiwipo
PST.sleep.1sg-1

‘I slept.’

Negation

negation is marked with an-V or na-C

Nakinumo.
NEG.breathe.1pl-2

‘We do not breathe.’

Conditional

The conditional is marked with i-C or j-V. it signifies conditions or 'if only's

pod
what.ext
inakinumo?
COND.NEG.breathe.1pl

‘what if we do not breathe?’

-pe-

-pe- is used when two actions are performed at the same time. roughly translates to 'verb when verb' it only connects two verbs and nothing else.

-pe- can also mean 'and'

-pe- has four forms: V-p-V, V-pe-C, C-ep-V and C-epe-C.

kinepewipeše.
breathe-CON-sleep.2sg

‘you breathe when you sleep.’

Irregular Verbs

there are two irregular verbs.

išete means 'to be'

asme 'I am', aše 'you are', aste 'it is'

camo 'we are', sta 'you all are' cante 'it is'

bete means 'to become' or 'to make something into'

bo 'i become', bos 'you become', bot 'it becomes'

boma 'we become', bota 'you all become', bwand 'they become'

pocašete

means 'to be able to'

has compound forms: V-poc-V, V-po-C C-opo-C, C-op-V

tonapolubo
2sg-OBJ.NEG.ABL.love.1sg

‘I can't love you.’

Object Pronoun Affixes

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Participle

To make a participle, get a verb's 3rd person singular conjugation and apply these rules:

-te > -teo > -tyo > -čo

-i > -io > -yo

Ton
2SG.GEN
widyo
see.N
aste
be.3sg
navyo!
cloud.ADJ!

‘Your vision is cloudy! (lit. Your seeing is cloud-like!)’

Gerund

to make a gerund:

  1. take its infinitive

  2. replace final vowel with o.

example:

estey
person.PL
čildetey
cry.GND

‘crying people’

Affix Order

here:

Conditional > Object Pronoun > Tense > Negative > Ableness > Root (can be compound) > Ending