Lesson 05:
Conjugation of Verbs
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To conjugate a verb we need to use a root plus personal pronoun(s). The latter have two set of forms.
The ones you want to use independently or in front of the verbs, and those you want to use after the
conjugated verb. The second set is always needed whereas you can delete the first set.
| First set of personal | Second set of personal | |||
| Pronouns (Frontal) | Pronouns (Anterior) | Who? | Notes | |
| Man- | -am | I | ||
| To- | -i | You | (2nd person singular) | |
| U- | -ad | S/He-It | (No gender considerations) | |
| Maa- | -im | We | ||
| Shomaa- | -id | You | (2nd person plural) | |
| Aanhaa- (or) Ishaan- | -and | They |
Present tense:
Your choice of the “verb-root” determines the tense of the action required.
The first set of roots is used to make the present tense:
Frontal pronoun + Mi + Root 1 + Anterior pronoun = Present tense
| (Man) mi aa (y) am | I come / I am coming | (Note the liaison between two “a”s) | |
| (To) Mi aa i | You come / You are coming | ||
| (U) mi aa (y) ad | He/She/It comes – is coming | (Note the liaison between two “a”s) | |
| (Maa) mi aa im | We come / We are coming | ||
| (Shomaa) mi aa id | You come / You are coming | (Plural) | |
| (Ishaan) mi aa (y) and | They come / They are coming |
Past tense:
The first set of roots is used to make the present tense:
Frontal pronoun + Root 2 + Anterior pronoun = Present tense
| (Man) aamad am | I came | ||
| (To) aamad I | You came (singular) | ||
| (U) aamad | sh/she/it came | Notice the absence of anterior pronoun | |
| (Maa) aamad im | We came | ||
| (Shomaa) aamad id | You came (plural) | ||
| (Ishaan) aamad and | They came |
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