Dal'qörian verbs

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Almost all dal’qörian verbs are regular in inflection. The position of the verb is much the same as in English, in that it normally follows the subject, except when the word order of a prepositioned phrase takes preference. dal’qörian verbs are non finite; they do not take an inflection in the 3rd person singular as the verb agreement is denoted from the noun or pronoun that precedes it.

Conjugations

The following is a quick glance at the various conjugations of the dal'qörian verb, using gör-to go as an example. Here, we will use the first person singular pronoun I as the subject since there is no verb agreement change in the third person singular he/she or it:

I go	binä gör
I am going	binä göria
I went	binä gä'gör
I have gone	binä gä'ábragör
I had gone	binä gä'ádragör
I will go	binä göræ
I will have gone	binä gä'ábragöræ
I would go	binä görquas
I would have gone	binä gä'ábragörquas

The forms that do not exist in dal'qörian are: will be going, would be going, was/were going, have/had been going and the passive tense. The negative form adds x to the end of the inflection (see Negatives)

Participle formation

The dal'qörian present participle (the English ing form) adds ia to the infinitive and always implies am/are and is with the verb:

• gör-go göria-am/are/is going

• quascr-ask quascria-am/are/is asking

The past participle is formed with the prefix gä’ to the infinitive. Unlike English, there is no spelling change in either the simple past verb or the past participle:

• ságr-say gä’ságr-said

• örendör-specify gä’örendör-specified

The present perfect and past perfect tense are formed by inserting ábra-have and ádra-had between the prefix and the infinitive: (in dal'qörian, the present perfect participle is called a perfect participle)

• gä’ábragör-have gone gä’ádragör-had gone

• gä’ábraquascr-have asked gä’ádraquascr-had asked

The present tense

The present tense indicates something which is happening now. It includes habitual actions and statements of fact:

• The building is collapsing.

• She lives in France.

• I visit my brother every Tuesday.

The present progressive

This is the ing form of the verb used with a present tense form of the verb to be. It can have several functions in English:

a to describe an action that is going on at this moment:

• She’s talking too loudly!

• Ask that man what he’s selling.

• He is driving too fast!

• They are expecting him here at any moment.

b to describe an action that is going on during this period of time or a trend:

• Are you still working for the same company?

• More and more people are becoming vegetarian.

c to describe an action in the future that has already been planned or prepared:

• We’re going on holiday next week.

• I’m meeting my boyfriend tonight.

• Are they visiting you next winter?

d to describe a temporary event or situation:

• He usually plays the drums, but he's playing bass guitar tonight.

• The weather forecast was good, but it's raining at the moment.

e with always, forever, constantly, to describe and emphasize a continuing series of repeated action:

• Stacey and Brian are always arguing!

• You're forever complaining about your mother-in-law!

The dal'qörian present progressive tense is used to denote 'only' the action that is happening now, as in example a and most times in example b above:

• Mæ evédria den vös! He is driving too fast!

• Binä quascria diöra ni qualtédrämös! I am asking you a question!

• Jöna grætölária Palö. John is congratulating Paul.

• Yil yil! stæabetár diöra giÞvetária! Oh do stop exaggerating!

• 'Diö, máriÞ di méÞril sä ädavonas, brát ábæÞria, yil? Are you still working for the same company as before?

• DanöÞ brát mériÞ nörasáb,, taÞ vädenária stæmöjátsiel. There are more and more people becoming vegetarian.

The Dalcurian present progressive is only used to denote the future if the event will happen on the same day:

• IádaninÞi, binä tirigöria di qömerinöj qve binöra. I'm meeting my boyfriend tonight

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