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In the Lowlands Golic Vulcan language, the verb takes only one form for all three persons, singular or plural, in a tense. There are 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 can take any form, such as estull (to touch) or pstha (to search), and are usually ancient words still in use or borrowings from non-Golic languages. Like the Weak Verbs, they keep the same form in all persons.
Regular Strong Verbs all end with " ~au ". They keep this infinitive form in all present and future tenses. In the past tenses, the ending changes to " ~all ".
All three types of verbs are treated the same way in perfect past tense and the future tense. In the perfect past tense, the verb is prefixed with " hi' ". For example, sarlah means "to come" while hi'sarlah means "has come". In the future tense, all verbs either go by context or are preceded by helper words. In Superior Mode this is fawak (future). For example, fawak pekkau means "will stop" or "shall stop" (literally "future to stop"). In Normal Mode, this is " dunga|-| " (shall, will). For example, dunga-pekkau ("will stop" or "shall stop"). "Dunga" is not hyphenated and affixed with Weak Verbs but is with both Strong Verbs.
EXAMPLES OF VERB FORMS
Li-falar t'Tor-zhit-shidar
Weak Verbs (Normal Mode):
Gla-tor (to see)
Gla-tor nasheh (lit. sees this-one) = I see
Gla-tor du = you (singular) see
Gla-tor sa'eh (lit. sees male-one) = he sees
Gla-tor ko'eh (lit. sees female-one) = she sees
Gla-tor isheh (lit. sees that-one) = it sees
Gla-tor eteh = we see
Gla-tor du'ar = you (plural) see
Gla-tor av = they see
Vesht gla-tor nasheh = I saw, etc.
Hi'gla-tor nasheh = I have seen, etc.
Kub gla-tor nasheh = I am able to see, etc.
Kubi gla-tor nasheh = I could see, etc.
Dunga gla-tor nasheh = I will/shall see, etc.
Kubi hi'gla-tor nasheh = I could have seen, etc.
Dunga hi'gla-tor nasheh = I will/shall have seen, etc.
Vesht dunga hi'gla-tor nasheh = I would/should have seen, etc.
Vesht kub gla-tor nasheh = I was able to see, etc.
Dunga kub gla-tor nasheh = I will/shall be able to see, etc.
Irregular Strong Verbs (Normal Mode):
Sarlah (to come)
Sarlah nasheh = I come
Sarlah tu = you (singular) come
Sarlah sa'eh = he comes
Sarlah ko'eh = she comes
Sarlah isheh = it comes
Sarlah eteh = we come
Sarlah tu'ar = you (plural) come
Sarlah av = they come
Vesht sarlah nasheh = I came, etc.
Hi'sarlah nasheh = I have come, etc.
Kub sarlah nasheh = I am able to come, etc.
Kubi sarlah nasheh = I could come, etc.
Dunga-sarlah nasheh = I will/shall come, etc.
Kubi hi'sarlah nasheh = I could have come, etc.
Dunga hi'sarlah nasheh = I will/shall have come, etc.
Vesht dunga hi'sarlah nasheh = I would/should have come, etc.
Vesht kub sarlah nasheh = I was able to come, etc.
Dunga kub sarlah nasheh = I will/shall be able to come, etc.
Regular Strong Verbs (Normal Mode):
Pekkau (to stop)
Pekkau nasheh = I stop
Pekkau tu = you (singular) stop
Pekkau sa'eh = he stops
Pekkau ko'eh = she stops
Pekkau isheh = it stops
Pekkau eteh = we stop
Pekkau tu'ar = you (plural) stop
Pekkau av = they stop
Pekkall nasheh = I stopped, etc.
Hi'pekkall nasheh = I have stopped, etc.
Kub pekkau nasheh = I am able to stop, etc.
Kubi pekkau nasheh = I could stop, etc.
Dunga-pekkau nasheh = I will/shall stop, etc.
Kubi hi'pekkall nasheh = I could have stopped, etc.
Dunga hi'pekkall nasheh = I would/should have stopped, etc.
Vesht dunga hi'pekkall nasheh = I would/should have stopped, etc.
Vesht kub pekkau nasheh = I was able to stop, etc.
Dunga kub pekkau nasheh = I will/shall be able to stop, etc.
