Raagtaya
In the Insular Golic Vulcan language, the verb took only one form for all three persons, singular or plural, in a tense. There were three types of verbs in this language: Weak, Irregular Strong and Regular Strong.
Weak Verbs are formed from a word root and the suffix " -tor ". This form stays the same for all persons. Weak Verbs are very common in the Golic Vulcan languages.
Irregular Strong Verbs could take any form, such as estuul (to touch) or saarla (to come), and were usually based on ancient words or borrowings from non-Golic languages. Like the Weak Verbs, they kept the same form in all persons.
Regular Strong Verbs all ended with " ~au ". They kept this infinitive form in all present and future tenses. In the past tenses, the ending changed to " ~al ".
All three types of verbs were treated the same way in perfect past tense and the future tense. In the perfect past tense, the verb was prefixed with " kii' ". For example, saarla meant "to come" while kii'saarla meant "has come". In the future tense, all verbs either go by context or are preceded by helper words. In Superior Mode this was faak (future). For example, faak pekau meant "will stop" or "shall stop" (literally "future to stop"). In Normal Mode, this was " duung|-| " (shall, will). For example, duung-pekau ("will stop" or "shall stop"). "Duung" was not hyphenated and affixed with Weak Verbs but was with both Strong Verbs.
EXAMPLES OF VERB FORMS
Lifallaar t'Tor-zit-shiidlaar
Weak Verbs (Normal Mode):
Glaa-tor (to see)
Glaa-tor naasveh (lit. sees this-one) = I see
Glaa-tor du = you (singular) see
Glaa-tor saveh (lit. sees male-one) = he sees
Glaa-tor koveh (lit. sees female-one) = she sees
Glaa-tor iishveh (lit. sees that-one) = it sees
Glaa-tor etek = we see
Glaa-tor dulaar = you (plural) see
Glaa-tor au = they see
Vesht glaa-tor naasveh = I saw, etc.
Kii'glaa-tor naasveh = I have seen, etc.
Kuup glaa-tor naasveh = I am able to see, etc.
Kuupi glaa-tor naasveh = I could see, etc.
Duung glaa-tor naasveh = I will/shall see, etc.
Kuupi kii'glaa-tor naasveh = I could have seen, etc.
Duung kii'glaa-tor naasveh = I will/shall have seen, etc.
Vesht duung kii'glaa-tor naasveh = I would/should have seen, etc.
Vesht kuup glaa-tor naasveh = I was able to see, etc.
Duung kuup glaa-tor naasveh = I will/shall be able to see, etc.
Irregular Strong Verbs (Normal Mode):
Saarla (to come)
Saarla naasveh = I come
Saarla tu = you (singular) come
Saarla saveh = he comes
Saarla koveh = she comes
Saarla iishveh = it comes
Saarla etek = we come
Saarla tulaar = you (plural) come
Saarla au = they come
Vesht saarla naasveh = I came, etc.
Kii'saarla naasveh = I have come, etc.
Kuup saarla naasveh = I am able to come, etc.
Kuupi saarla naasveh = I could come, etc.
Duung-saarla naasveh = I will/shall come, etc.
Kuupi kii'saarla naasveh = I could have come, etc.
Duung kii'saarla naasveh = I will/shall have come, etc.
Vesht duung kii'saarla naasveh = I would/should have come, etc.
Vesht kuup saarla naasveh = I was able to come, etc.
Duung kuup saarla naasveh = I will/shall be able to come, etc.
Regular Strong Verbs (Normal Mode):
Pekau (to stop)
Pekau naasveh = I stop
Pekau tu = you (singular) stop
Pekau saveh = he stops
Pekau koveh = she stops
Pekau iishveh = it stops
Pekau etek = we stop
Pekau tulaar = you (plural) stop
Pekau au = they stop
Pekal naasveh = I stopped, etc.
Kii'pekal naasveh = I have stopped, etc.
Kuup pekau naasveh = I am able to stop, etc.
Kuupi pekau naasveh = I could stop, etc.
Duung-pekau naasveh = I will/shall stop, etc.
Kuupi kii'pekal naasveh = I could have stopped, etc.
Duung kii'pekal naasveh = I would/should have stopped, etc.
Vesht duung kii'pekal naasveh = I would/should have stopped, etc.
Vesht kuup pekau naasveh = I was able to stop, etc.
Duung kuup pekau naasveh = I will/shall be able to stop, etc.
