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* First conjugation: Verbs ending in ''-er'', the prototypical verb is ''parler'' "to speak". It is the most common conjugation group.
* First conjugation: Verbs ending in ''-er'', the prototypical verb is ''parler'' "to speak". It is the most common conjugation group.
* Second conjugation: Verbs ending in ''-ir'', the prototypical verb is ''partir'' "to divide".
* Second conjugation: Verbs ending in ''-ir'', the prototypical verb is ''partir'' "to divide".
* Third conjugation: Verbs ending in ''-r'', but always subject to metathesis if the final consonant cluster deemed unpleasant (''*hezr'' → ''he'''r'''z'' "to do", ''*pierdr'' → ''p'''r'''ierd'' "to lose"<ref>Although faithful, the verb is not expected to become ''*pierrd'' because etymologically the cluster ''-rr-'' was stood as {{IPA|/rdʒ/}}.</ref>
* Third conjugation: Verbs ending in ''-r'', but always subject to metathesis if the final consonant cluster deemed unpleasant (''*hezr'' → ''he'''r'''z'' "to do", ''*pierdr'' → ''p'''r'''ierd'' "to lose").<ref>Although faithful, the verb is not expected to become ''*pierrd'' because etymologically the cluster ''-rr-'' was stood as {{IPA|/rdʒ/}}.</ref>
 
=== Principal parts ===
To conjugate a verb, one needs 5 principal parts to complete them. It may differ according to conjugation groups.
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Present singular
! Present plural
! Imperfect singular
! Imperfect plural
! Preterite
! Past participle
|-
! First
| style="background:pink" | ''gemst-''
| style="background:orange" colspan="2" | ''estm-''
| style="background:lime" | ''estem-''
| style="background:cyan" | ''estev-''
| 's'ested''
|}


== Indicative mood ==
== Indicative mood ==

Revision as of 20:25, 18 January 2022

Verbs in Garonnian is a extremely complex subject, with being conjugated for 4 moods (indicative, conditional, subjunctive, and imperative), 6 tenses (present, imperfect, future, preterite, pluperfect, future perfect), 3 persons (first, second, third), numbers (singular, plural), and also polarity and interrogative conjugations. This page only discusses regular verbs, for irregular verbs (such as errs "to be", air "to have", and herz "to do"), see Garonnian/Irregular verbs.

Overview

  • First conjugation: Verbs ending in -er, the prototypical verb is parler "to speak". It is the most common conjugation group.
  • Second conjugation: Verbs ending in -ir, the prototypical verb is partir "to divide".
  • Third conjugation: Verbs ending in -r, but always subject to metathesis if the final consonant cluster deemed unpleasant (*hezrherz "to do", *pierdrprierd "to lose").[1]

Principal parts

To conjugate a verb, one needs 5 principal parts to complete them. It may differ according to conjugation groups.

Present singular Present plural Imperfect singular Imperfect plural Preterite Past participle
First gemst- estm- estem- estev- 's'ested

Indicative mood

Present tense
Singular Plural
First Second Third First Second Third
1st Declarative -∅2 -s2 -d2 -oms1 -eds1 -n2
Interrogative -ue1 -es1 -en1 -mus1 -dis1 -enn1
2nd Declarative -∅2 -s2 -d2 -ims1 -ids1 -n2
Interrogative -ue1 -is1 -in1 -mus1 -dis1 -inn1
3rd Declarative -∅2 -s2 -d2 -ms1 -ds1 -n2
Interrogative -ue1 -is1 -in1 -mus1 -dis1 -inn1

Notes

  1. Although faithful, the verb is not expected to become *pierrd because etymologically the cluster -rr- was stood as /rdʒ/.