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* habitual - the action is something that happens on a regular basis
* habitual - the action is something that happens on a regular basis


We’ll use the example verb: ''agen'' “to see”
We’ll use the example verb: ''[[Contionary:agen|agen]]'' “to see”


The perfective version of the verb is the basic of the verb: ''agen''
The perfective version of the verb is the basic of the verb: ''[[Contionary:agen|agen]]''


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| ''leed'' || ''agen''
| ''[[Contionary:leed|leed]]'' || ''[[Contionary:agen|agen]]''
|-
|-
| I || see
| I || see
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‘I see.’
‘I see.’


The progressive form of the verb takes the key vowel and appends it to the end of the word: ''agena''
The progressive form of the verb takes the key vowel and appends it to the end of the word: ''[[Contionary:agena|agena]]''


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| ''leed'' || ''agena''
| ''[[Contionary:leed|leed]]'' || ''[[Contionary:agena|agena]]''
|-
|-
| I || see-PROG
| I || see-PROG
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The habitual form is a little more complex. The last vowel of the verb is moved to the end, and is replaced by the
The habitual form is a little more complex. The last vowel of the verb is moved to the end, and is replaced by the
key vowel: ''agane''
key vowel: ''[[Contionary:agane|agane]]''


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| ''leed'' || ''agane''
| ''[[Contionary:leed|leed]]'' || ''[[Contionary:agane|agane]]''
|-
|-
| I || see-HAB
| I || see-HAB
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The past version of a verb is where the key vowel of the verb is replaced with the contrasting vowel.
The past version of a verb is where the key vowel of the verb is replaced with the contrasting vowel.
So agen becomes ''aagen''.
So agen becomes ''[[Contionary:aagen|aagen]]''.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| ''leed'' || ''aagen''
| ''[[Contionary:leed|leed]]''|| ''[[Contionary:aagen|aagen]]''
|-
|-
| I || see-PAST
| I || see-PAST
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| ''leed'' || ''aagenaa''
| ''[[Contionary:leed|leed]]''|| ''[[Contionary:aagenaa|aagenaa]]''
|-
|-
| I || see-PROG/PAST
| I || see-PROG/PAST
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| ''leed'' || ''aagaane''
| ''[[Contionary:leed|leed]]''|| ''[[Contionary:aagaane| aagaane]]''
|-
|-
| I || see-HAB/PAST
| I || see-HAB/PAST