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verb conjugating

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The verb is a word that describe an action. It is the only type of word that can be conjugated, either with a pronoun or a noun phrase. If a noun phrase is the subject, the verb is gonna be conjugated just like with ili or sili, depending of the number of the noun.

The verb is splitted in two different parts: the redikulkus (the root) and the ternikason (ending), with the last one being the part that is changing when we conjugate the verb.

The verb is an agreement reciever. It takes the number and the gender of the pronoun or the noun group taking the role of the subject.

The different ternikaison of the three verb types in the simple present tense looks like this:

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When we conjugate the verb at the different types, we take the redikulkus and add the ternikaison just like a suffix.

There are three conjugating groups with their specific ternikaison and a model verb to use as a base. If the verb ends in -te, it's part of the first group, with akerte as the model verb. If it ends with -ie, it's part of the third group, with lerie as it's model group. If it ends with any other consonants+e, it's part of the second group, with the model verb being amere

If it becomes impossible to say the conjugated word, add an "e" before the ending.

When talking in the present, you only use the present continuous tense to talk about an action being made. Else, for an affirmation of something, you use the present tense.

Some verbs like to think (kolore) are what we call composed verbs. A composed verb needs to have a verb (or adjectives for some verb) for the sentence to make sense. Like in the following:

Ego
kolorca
ego
akerla
benus.

‘I think I am good.’

The verb that is composed, called the base verb, is conjugated at the time you would use with a normal verb. In the example, you would say the verb to be akerte, to be, in the simple present tense, so as akerla. So you would conjugate kolore as kolorce. As for the second verb, called the orbital verb, you conjugate it at the same tense as the base verb.

For other verbs, like to need (débore) are semi-composed. This means they that they can be used as a normal verb, but can also be used as a composed verb. In that case, the orbital verb is conjugated at the infinitive tense.

Lawrencian's conjugating system has two moods: the Indicative mood and the subjective mood. The Indicative mood is the normal form of the verb, used for affirmative and factual sentences, while the subjunctive form is used to express things that is being considered (a wish, a doubt, a feeling).

The subjunctive mood can only be used on the simple present, simple past tense and their continuous versions. It is made by switching the letters of the verb's ending, (while replacing the final e in the plural forms by ê) meaning the verb akerte (to be) in the subjunctive mode would become akeral and akerêl in the simple present tense, akerma and akerêm in the simple past tense, etc...