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==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 17:26, 14 February 2016

Poswa verbs have 8 conjugation classes corresponding to the final letter of the stem of the verb. The commonest final vowel is /a/, so -a is considered the first conjugation class. Each verb also conjugates for three persons (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and three tenses: past, present, and imperative. The "plain" future tense is derived from the imperative. Verbal moods are handled by inflecting the conjugated verb (which always ends in a vowel) with consonants that resemble noun inflections. It could thus be said that verbs in Poswa are merely a subset of nouns. Lastly, each verb can be inflected for transitivity, so from each verb stem can be formed 54 forms. [1]

Conjugation tables

VERB Past Present Imperative
Intransitive 1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Transitive 1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Notes

  1. This seems low?