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! present | ! present | ||
| ''jém'', (colloquial) '' | | ''jém'', (colloquial) ''kiém'', (poetic) ''czém'' || ''jér'' || ''isь'' || ''sim'' || ''sith'' || ''sinь'' | ||
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! past | ! past | ||
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{{PAGENAME}} word order is V2 but is more similar to Icelandic than German. German-style SOV is considered poetic. | {{PAGENAME}} word order is V2 but is more similar to Icelandic than German. German-style SOV is considered poetic. | ||
:'''''Fanь | :'''''Fanь kiém már, ví ik biegrán ne lyriernie.''''' | ||
:''When I grow up, I want to become a teacher.'' | :''When I grow up, I want to become a teacher.'' | ||
:(German: Wenn ich groß bin, will ich Lehrerin werden.) | :(German: Wenn ich groß bin, will ich Lehrerin werden.) | ||
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====Progressive==== | ====Progressive==== | ||
Progressive tenses denote ongoing actions. An Irish-like construction is used: the auxiliary ''bión'' is used (which carries the tense), and the lexical verb becomes ''at'' 'at' + infinitive. In formal Glommish, the direct object of the verb takes the genitive. | Progressive tenses denote ongoing actions. An Irish-like construction is used: the auxiliary ''bión'' is used (which carries the tense), and the lexical verb becomes ''at'' 'at' + infinitive. In formal Glommish, the direct object of the verb takes the genitive. | ||
* '' | * ''Kiém at jaten the apel.'' "I'm eating the apple." | ||
* ''The hund vaz at thróten jan.'' "The dog was threatening him." | * ''The hund vaz at thróten jan.'' "The dog was threatening him." | ||
* '' | * ''Kiém thárat.'' "I'm on it." | ||
====Perfect==== | ====Perfect==== | ||