Ataši: Difference between revisions
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* An infinitive verb will always end with vowel followed by a voiceless velar stop (k). | * An infinitive verb will always end with vowel followed by a voiceless velar stop (k). | ||
* Infinitive verbs generally do not have any long vowels in them because of the following reason. | * Infinitive verbs generally do not have any long vowels in them because of the following reason. | ||
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* The past tense is shown by an added "-a" in the infinitive, and a lengthening the vowel of the final syllable for perfective and imperfective. | * The past tense is shown by an added "-a" in the infinitive, and a lengthening the vowel of the final syllable for perfective and imperfective. | ||
* The future tense is shown by a suffixation of -lèsh, meaning "up (and out)" since the concept of time is an movement upwards. | * The future tense is shown by a suffixation of -lèsh, meaning "up (and out)" since the concept of time is an movement upwards. | ||