Past:

in priguan verbs really only have to inflect for whether they are in the past, or not, this inflection creates the perfective past of the verb. That's it. The past suffix is "-(č)a", the caron in theparenthesies means, that the sound (ʂ) is used immediately after the sound before the suffix is of the different category than the sound in the parenthesies, so in this case, a vowel. For example, the verb "ti" (to be) would be come "tica", but "burum" (to cook) would become "buruma".

The simple definition of the caron in the parenthesies is: added everywhere, besides immediately after a sound of the same category (the categories being: vowel, consonant)

The "added" verbs: these are the verbs that can be used with past verbs to specify their exact meaning. they are used ONLY with past tense verbs.

1. "loc" (to have) - habitual. Example: "ki'ez" (to do) => "loc neb ki'eza" (i have been doing OR i used to do)

2. "ti" (to be) - imperfectve: "burum" (to cook) => "ti z'dburuma" (she was cooking)

PS: i'm honestly surprised with how simmilar these constructions are to english, i wasn't even thinking about that when i chose these verbs.

Inflection for adequate person:

even though the past is the only thing a verb has to inflect for, it is normal, and even prefered to also inflect the verb for the person that is doing the verb. it is not difficult to do so, though. Just take the pronoun of the what-it's-called that is doing the verb, change the first vowel into a schwa (written as an apostrophe), and stick that modified pronoun on the very beginning of the verb.

So, for example, "i am" would be "n'bti". "y'all like" would be "peck'okse".

One has to remember, the addition of the pronoun onto the verb is a very new process in priguan, so it is the very last step one takes in inflecting the verb.

Passive verbs:

there is also a preety usefull prefix "dim(a)-". In my notebook i wrote that it basically turns "to cook" into "to be cooked", i believe that this means that it makes the verb passive. Notice, that in the parenthesies there is no caron, this means that the sound is added to break up any non-allowed sound clusters.

Example: "burum" (to cook) => "dimburum" (to be cooked); "treluk" (to choose) => "dimatreluk" (to be chosen).

Causative* verbs:

there is also a suffix for creating the causative verbs: "-(e)lakso". This creates the equivalent of this construction: "make someone X", and yes, the X can be filled by any noun, verb, and adjective.

Example: "burum" (to cook) => "burumlakso" (to make someone cook); "gine" (quiet) => "ginelakso" (to make someone quiet; to silence someone)

Verb creation:

this is done by the suffix "-(ť)arb's". NOTE that the "t" has a caron in the parenthesis. There is not a much more specific description than "it verb-ifies the root"

Examples: "pelsa" (eye) => "pelsatarb's" ("to eye"; to look, see, watch); "krut" (thick) => "krutarb's" (to be fat, thick)

NEGATION:

if you want the equivalent of "-n't", place the word "kan" before the verb and pronoun

Exaple: "kan neb ti" (I'm not), but often shortened to "kan n'bti"

if you want to turn a verb 180 degrees and completely flip the meaning, use "bu-". This suffix doesn't have any parenthesis for an option to break up any phonotactic violation. If it is necesary to fix the word up, use an apostrophe!

Examples: "eala" (to run) => "bu'eala" (to be sluggish, slow, lazy); "zido" (to look for something) => "buzido" (to hide/remember something)

Noun-ification:

there are two ways to create nouns out of priguan verbs:

1. the name of the action ("to relax" => "relaxing"); use "-(d)el"

Example: "monor" (to protect, shield, care for, defend) => "monorel" (protection, care)

2. the thing that the action happens to ("to eat" => "food"); use "-(x)'rga". The "x" in the parenthesis means that you delete the vowel that touches the suffix for it to be added correctly.

Examples: "se'um" (to think) => "se'um'rga (thought); "ti" (to be) => "t'rga" (a being); "adug" (to tell a story) => "adug'rga" (a story; a telling)