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Irregular verbs

elé (to be)

Elé is irregular in the singular forms. In plural, it is regular with the stem el-, using ending of the -i'é conjugation.

m

f

mx

1sg

el

ela

2sg

elé

eli

3sg

em

ema

1pl.ex

elira

elirqa

elirtha

1pl.in

elirli

elirqi

elirthi

2pl

elirt

eliret

elirá

3pl

eliru

elirqu

elirthu

Past participle: eleiu

Conditional participle: elaio


síé (to have)

Síé is irregular in the singular, taking on similar endings as elé. In the plural, -é conjugation endings are used with the si- stem, forming hiatus where the endings starts with a vowel.

m

f

mx

1sg

si

si'a

2sg

síé

si

3sg

sem

sema

1pl.ex

si'a

siqa

sitha

1pl.in

si'i

siqi

sithi

2pl

si'ít

si'et

si'á

3pl

si'u

siqu

sithu

Past participle: seiu

Conditional participle: saio


Oli'é (to go)

The verb oli'é is irregular in the singular, taking the same endings as síé. In plural it is regular.

m

f

mx

1sg

ol

ola

2sg

olé

oli

3sg

olem

olema

1pl.ex

ola

olqa

oltha

1pl.in

oli

olqi

olthi

2pl

olít

olet

olá

3pl

olu

olqu

olthu

Past participle: oleiu

Conditional participle: olaio


Li'elé (question verb - "is it true that....")

Li'elé is inflected the same as elé.

m

f

mx

1sg

li'el

li'ela

2sg

li'elé

li'eli

3sg

li'em

li'ema

1pl.ex

li'elira

li'elirqa

li'elirtha

1pl.in

li'elirli

li'elirqi

li'elirthi

2pl

li'elirt

li'eliret

li'elirá

3pl

li'eliru

li'elirqu

li'elirthu

Inthéra li'eli? Do you work?

Quer´tel li'em? Is it Querítel?


Note the question verb is used with a dependent infinitive. In copula-questions, only the question verb is used.


Past participle: li'eleiu

Conditional participle: li'elaio


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