| Stative Verbs example: ruš | Present Unmarked | Past -(d)a(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Perfective Unmarked | Simple ruš I hold a belief | Past rušas I held a belief |
| Habitual First syllable reduplicated | Habitual ruruš I regularly hold a belief | Past Habitual rurušas I regularly held a belief |
| Dynamic Verbs example: eic | Present Unmarked | Past -(d)a(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Perfective Unmarked | Simple eic I run | Past Perfective eicas I had run (at that time) |
| Imperfective First syllable reduplicated | Present Imperfective eieic I am running | Past Imperfective eieicas I was running |
| Habitual -(a)hlurum | Habitual eicahlurum I often run | Past Habitual eicasahlurum I used to run |
| +(u)koruš example: eic | Present Unmarked | Past -(d)a(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Perfective Unmarked | Future Perfective eickoruš I will run | Conditional eickorušas If I run |
| Imperfective First syllable reduplicated | Future Imperfective eieickoruš I will be running | Irresultative Conditional eieickorušas I would have run if |
“Going to go” = koruško
“I would have gone if…” = koruškas
“I will be going” = kokorušo
“I would have gone, but...” = kokorušas
Verb + ‘To know’ = Potential
→ eicbul “I can run”
Verb + ‘To be allowed’ = Permissive
→ eicarum “I am allowed to run”
Verb + ‘To need’ = Necessitative
→ eicunkin “I must run”
Verb + ‘To have seen’ = Have done before
→ eicyonas “I have run before”
‘No’ + (k) + Verb = Negation
→ nuukeic “I am not running (right now)”
Verb + i = Deontic
→ eici “I shall run; Run!;”
Verb + (a) + 'To want' = Desiderative
→ eicahaf “I want to run"
Verb + 'To continue' = Continuative
→ eickolora “I continue to run"
Verb + '(u)ša' = Gerund
→ eicuša “Running"
Verb + (a) + 'roilan' = Involuntary
→ eicasaroilan “I accidentally ran"
'maada' + (k) + Verb = Repeated
→ maadakeic “I run again"