There are strong and weak verbs.
Strong verbs are always monosyllabic with a close syllable. (or disyllabic if an unstressed prefix is added)
Some verbal roots have a strong/weak alternance, with the strong verb being dynamic transitive and the weak being stative intransitive.
Verbs conjugate after aspect: imperfect, perfect and immediate.
Strong verbs undergo a vowel change in the root:
| imperfect (unmarked) |
perfect | immediate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ɨ | i | E | ɛ | e | U | ʊ | u |
| y | y | y | V | ʌ | a | E | ɛ | e |
| E | ɛ | e | 1 | ɨ | i | O | ɔ | o |
| V | ʌ | a | E | ɛ | e | O | ɔ | o |
| O | ɔ | o | E | ɛ | e | 1 | ɨ | i |
| U | ʊ | u | O | ɔ | o | E | ɛ | e |
| 9 | œ | ø | y | y | y | U | ʊ | u |
Modals are particles, most of them monosyllabic, that mark mode and tense. The most common are (present, past, future)
| mood | present | past | future | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive indicative: | pA | pɑ | pá | pe | pe | pé | pow | pow | pov |
| negative indicative: | 9Yr` | œʏɽ | ýr | ar` | ɑɽ | ár | er` | eɽ | ér |
| interrogative: | ke | ke | cé | ki | ki | cij | kow | kow | cov |
| irrealis: | V? | ʌʔ | ah | E? | ɛʔ | eh | O? | ɔʔ | oh |
| potencial: | s9n: | sœn | sø̀n | syn: | syn | sỳn | sUn: | sʊn | sùn |
Usually if context and tense is clear, positive indicative can be left out.
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