Irregular Verbs in Faraneit

There are three irregular verbs in Classical Faraneit: kej (when used existentially and with "linking" uses or when used as a locational copula propre), rej, and pafhej.

kej

Kej is a complex verb - two semi-distinct verbs in Classical Faraneit both equally derived from two quite distinct verbs in Proto-Rajo-Faraneit. In the beginning, there was the copula, which was used to denote tense, person, and mood for nearly all verbs, and also acted as the "linking" verb, and increasingly also used as an existential copula, but there was also the locational copula which originally was the existential copula as well, but was increasingly falling out of favor with that use. The linking copula conjugated as follows:

	Narrative Past	Simple Past	Progressive Present	Future
First Person	uz'iθ	ɑuz'iɑi	ez'iɑi	iz'iɑi
Second Person	uz'ɛθ	ɑuz'ɛ	ez'ɛ	iz'iɑ
Third Person	uz'io	ɑuz'io	ez'io	iz'io

The locational copula meanwhile conjugated in the following way:

	Narrative Past	Simple Past	Progressive Present	Future
First Person Singular	kɑs	kɑpt	kɑp	kɑp
First Person Plural	kɑ	kɑʦ	kɑs	kɑs
Second Person	kɑn	kɑn	kɑl	kɑl
Third Person	kɑ	kɑ	kɑk	kɑk

When the linking copula turned into a suffix for all verbs during the development of Faraneit, the linking copula took the nascent verb-noun for the locational copula (*kɑ) and cemented itself to that form and formed the modern copula, which is both linking and existential. Very soon after, however, a sporadic sound change altered this verb's conjugation paradigm, changing j (/ʒ/) to c (/x/) when between two back vowels. The pattern is as follows:

	Narrative Past	Simple Past	Progressive Present	Future
First Person	keujeih	kojeih	kejeih	kijeih
Second Person	keujih	kojih	kejih	kijih
Third Person	keucoah	kocoah	kejoah	kijoah
Verb-noun	keuj	koj	kej	kij

Meanwhile, the locational copula developed from the earlier locational copula which (like most verbs) added on the copula as a suffix, but this verb maintained its earlier conjugation pattern between the root and the new suffixes, creating this pattern:

	Narrative Past	Simple Past	Progressive Present	Future
First Person Singular	kaseujeih	katojeih	kapejeih	kapijeih
First Person Plural	kaheujeih	kasojeih	kazejeih	kazijieh
Second Person	kaneujih	kanojih	kalejih	kalijih
Third Person	kaheujoah	kahojoah	kakejoah	kakijoah
Verb-noun	keuj	koj	kej	kij

Note that the locational copula didn't experience the same sporadic sound change.

rej

To have or to hold, the verb rej experienced the same sound change as the linking kej. Here is its conjugation chart:

	Narrative Past	Simple Past	Progressive Present	Future
First Person	reujeih	rojeih	rejeih	rijeih
Second Person	reujih	rojih	rejih	rijih
Third Person	reucoah	rocoah	rejoah	rijoah
Verb-noun	reuj	roj	rej	rij

pafhej

Pafhej underwent the same sporadic sound change as rej and linking kej, but experienced partially correction in many dialects.

Scekoah Faraneit, Poliseam Faraneik, and Central Lescealh Faraneit did not attempt a correction. This form is largely considered standard:

	Narrative Past	Simple Past	Progressive Present	Future
First Person	pafheujeih	pafhojeih	pafhejeih	pafhijeih
Second Person	pafheujih	pafhojih	pafhejih	pafhijih
Third Person	pafheucoah	pafhocoah	pafhejoah	pafhijoah
Verb-noun	pafheuj	pafhoj	pafhej	pafhij

In contrast, the Cohut Faraneit dialect corrects this in part by reanalyzing everything prior to and including the changed sound in the third person simple past form as the root, and then conjugate the verb regularly, essentially re-regularizing it:

	Narrative Past	Simple Past	Progressive Present	Future
First Person	pafhoceujeih	pafhocojeih	pafhocejeih	pafhocijeih
Second Person	pafhoceujih	pafhocojih	pafhocejih	pafhocijih
Third Person	pafhoceujoah	pafhocojoah	pafhocejoah	pafhocijoah
Verb-noun	pafhoceuj	pafhocoj	pafhocej	pafhocij

Alternatively, the Kupmec Faraneit, Heajaz Faraneit, and Lhezoat Faraneit dialects fuse these two approaches, changing the root's ending fh (/θ/ here [ð]) into c (/x/) when in the forms where there's the change from j (/ʒ/):

	Narrative Past	Simple Past	Progressive Present	Future
First Person	pafheujeih	pafhojeih	pafhejeih	pafhijeih
Second Person	pafheujih	pafhojih	pafhejih	pafhijih
Third Person	paceucoah	pacocoah	pafhejoah	pafhijoah
Verb-noun	pafheuj	pafhoj	pafhej	pafhij