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