Seuna verbs

In finite form, the verb has always three slots after the main word. These slots are for subject, mood and tense.

The subject slots are filled as follows ;-

I	-a-	we(exc.)	-au-
		we(inc.)	-ai-
you	-i-	you(pl.)	-e-
he/she	-o-	they	-u-

There is also an impersonal passive form of the verb. For ths -oi- is used for singular and -eu- is used for plural.

Verbs

A I AU we I you E you (pl) AI we (inc.) U he, she, it O they ……….. 7 person

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R indicative RT negative indicative S dubitative, evidential ... "I guess" presumed from evidence ST negative dubitative F dubitative, hearsay ... "they say" FT negative dubitative Y imperative

RW passive SW passive evidential FW passive hearsay

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E present tense O general tense U future ................. NAU = "this" as when applied to a undivulged sequence of events......... UWA future particle i.e. the book that must be read ??? I past ................. NAI = "that" as when applied to a sequence of events ......... IYA past or passive particle ??? A perfect UA future perfect IA past perfect AI simultaneous AU consequential tense …… 9 tenses

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The active verb is formed by first taking off the final vowl. Then suffixing the person to the verb, followed by the mood and then the tense. Foe example

TIMPA = to hit, hitting

TIMPIRE(TIMP + I + R + E) = You are hitting

Also N can be added to the end of all that to give reciprocal voice, and S for reflexive.

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Verbs to nouns

SOLBE = to drink

SOLBELA = a drinker SOLBEMA = a machine that drinks

SOLBO = a drink, a beverage(verbal noun representing a substancive) 

The copula

This is exactly the same as the person mood tense verb tag

ARE = I am (I am being) AURE = we are IRE = you are ERE = you are, you lot are, you'll is AIRE = we (inc.) are RE = he, she, it is ……. Note that the 'U' is left out. ORE = they are

• … The 'O' is also left out if the noun that 'they' represent is inclused in the sentence

The copula has all the person, mood and tense tags that a regular verb has. Note the difference in meaning between the to tenses “E”, and “O”. They roughly correspond in function to the to verbs “estar” and “ser”. i.e.

ARE ill = I am sick ARO ill = I am an invalid

Negatives

OMBE = to eat OMBARE = I am eating

Any verb is negated by putting a T after the R.

OMBARTE = I am not eating

There is also a more emphatic negative. This involves putting a KA in front of the verb.

KA OMBARTE = I am not eating ... Notice that the T is retained.

This KA is used in two other verbal situations with a non-emphatic sense (see below)

RO HAGADI = She is beautiful KA RO HAGADI = She is not beatiful

KA OMBE = not to eat

And it also turns up sentence finally as one way to ask a question.

Imperative

The imperative forms are SOLBIYA = drink, SOLBEYA = drink (to two or more people) Now the way to negate a verb is to stick KI in front of it ie. KI SOLBARE = I am not drinking The way to negate an imperative is to stick KYA in front of the verb. Ie KYA SOLBE = don't drink, KYA SOLBE = don't drink (to two or more people) KYA IRO SOLBESI = don't be inclined to drink KYA IRO SOLBEDA = don't be drunk

Index

1. Introduction to Seuna
2. Seuna : Chapter 1
3. Seuna word shape
4. The script of Seuna
5. Seuna sentence structure
6. Seuna pronouns
7. Seuna nouns
8. Seuna verbs (1)
9. Seuna adjectives
10. Seuna demonstratives
11. Seuna verbs (2)
12. Asking a question in Seuna
13. Seuna relative clauses
14. Seuna verbs (3)
15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
17. Numbers in Seuna
18. Naming people in Seuna
19. The Seuna calendar
20. Seuna units