Al Mastizu/Grammar/Verbs

Verbs conjugate for tense, person, mood and number. Verbs are pro-drop. Auxiliary verbs modify aspect. Al Mastizu marks declarative, subjunctive and imperative. There are both locative and stative forms of the verb "to be", stative "be" and "go" both being irregular.

Suggested Conjugation

(in IPA)

"to play" /xular/

Non-Past Declarative

• 1s /xulu/
• 2s /xulas/
• 3s m /xula/
• 3s f /xulat/
• 1p /xulnus/
• 2p /xulnes/
• 3s m /xulun/
• 3s f /xuluna/

Past Declarative

• 1s /xuli/
• 2s /xulast/
• 3s m /xulur/
• 3s f /xulur/
• 1p /xulnam/
• 2p /xulejis/
• 3s m /xulenun/
• 3s f /xulenun/

Perfect

Formed with 3s m present form of auxiliary verb /far/, hence /tur/, followed by required form of root verb /tur xulu/

Imperfect

Formed with 3s m form of auxiliary verb /far/, hence /fa/, followed by required form of root verb /fa xulu/