Faraneit Irregular Verbs

There are only a few irregular verbs in Faraneit, which were mainly produced relatively early in the language's history by sandhi. There is also a developing verbal subclass with a slightly altered conjugation paradigm.

To be - kej

The origins of kej are in the Proto-Rajo-Faraneih roots of *kɒ (existence) and the increasingly pervasive clitic. Early in Faraneit linguistic history the endings of the newly fused verb experienced external sandhi with the still almost always included pronouns. For example, the first person singular form underwent these changes:

• [keʒi ɑv] > [keʒˌjɑv] > [keʒ jɑv] > [keʒ ɑv] (mutation on the pronoun undone by analogy)

Occasionally the results were more intriguing, as with the plural second person irrealis form, which also experienced more internal sound change with speakers anticipating making a similar sound and replacing the first with the same phone:

• [keneɪ maʊli] > [keneɪˌmaʊli] > [keniˌmɔlɪ] > [kenim mɔlɪ] > [kemim mɔlɪ]

These mutated verbal endings replaced the original conjugation pattern even when pronouns were dropped (which quickly became normal as Faraneit developed) or when the verb referred to a noun, rather than pronoun. The resulting paradigm (leaving off the root or various tense infixes) was-

Realis forms:

	Singular	Plural
First Person	-j	-jei
Second Person	-ji	-ji
Third Person	-j	-joa

Irrealis forms:

	Singular	Plural
First Person	-n	-nei
Second Person	-nin	-mim
Third Person	-n	-noat

Optative forms:

	Singular	Plural
First Person	-sc	-tei
Second Person	-tin	-tim
Third Person	-d	-toat

To hold - rej

The verb rej underwent the same external sandhi but with (eventually reversed) additional internal haplology in singular third person simple past forms of the realis and optative moods. In those specific circumstances, the verbal endings developed thus:

Realis: *[χoʒo ˌdon] > [χoʒoˌdon] > [χoʒˌdon] > [χʒˌdon] > [χχˌdon] > [χoχˌdon] > [χoʁ don] (by analogy with /ʁ/'s allophony) Optative: *[χoto ˌdon] > [χotoˌdon] > [χotˌdon] > [χtˌdon] > [χqˌdon] > [χoqˌdon] > [χoq don]

As a result the simple past, singular third person paradigms for rej, kej, and regular verb bafhej (to sit) can be contrasted-

	rej	kej	bafhej
Realis	roar	koaj	bafhoajoa
Irrealis	roan	koan	bafhoanoa
Optative	roaq	koad	bafhoatoa