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==Verbs==

In Rinap, all verbs conjugate according to person, number, tense, mood and voice. Various affixes can be added and vowels change mostly according to this pattern: y → u → i → (e ↔ o) ← a ← ö. Whether 'e' or 'o' is used depends on the vowel combination: 'pei'→'peo' for 'to see'→'sees' and 'doi'→'doe' for 'to hear'→'hears'. If infinitive ends with a consonant, the last vowel is repeated for conjugated forms and then changed ('brel' as an example in the table below).

In Rinap, all verbs conjugate according to person, number, tense, mood and voice. Various affixes can be added and vowels change mostly according to this pattern: '''y → u → i → (e ↔ o) ← a ← ö'''. Whether 'e' or 'o' is used depends on the vowel combination: 'pei'→'peo' for 'to see'→'sees' and 'doi'→'doe' for 'to hear'→'hears'. If infinitive ends with a consonant, the last vowel is repeated for conjugated forms and then changed ('brel' as an example in the table below).

Verbs have two participle forms, present active and past, former formed with suffix 'infinitive-(i)ba' and latter with circumfix 'na(n)-infinitive-t'. The present participle can be used as an attributive verb with nouns: 'wy mub breliba' 'a running man'. When forming the past participle, three-syllable words are favoured so last vowels are sometimes omitted: for example 'benupe' → 'nabenu(p)t' ('travel' → 'travelled').

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 ==Verbs==
-In Rinap, all verbs conjugate according to person, number, tense, mood and voice. Various affixes can be added and vowels change mostly according to this pattern: y → u → i → (e ↔ o) ← a ← ö. Whether 'e' or 'o' is used depends on the vowel combination: 'pei'→'peo' for 'to see'→'sees' and 'doi'→'doe' for 'to hear'→'hears'. If infinitive ends with a consonant, the last vowel is repeated for conjugated forms and then changed ('brel' as an example in the table below).
+In Rinap, all verbs conjugate according to person, number, tense, mood and voice. Various affixes can be added and vowels change mostly according to this pattern: '''y → u → i → (e ↔ o) ← a ← ö'''. Whether 'e' or 'o' is used depends on the vowel combination: 'pei'→'peo' for 'to see'→'sees' and 'doi'→'doe' for 'to hear'→'hears'. If infinitive ends with a consonant, the last vowel is repeated for conjugated forms and then changed ('brel' as an example in the table below).
 Verbs have two participle forms, present active and past, former formed with suffix 'infinitive-(i)ba' and latter with circumfix 'na(n)-infinitive-t'. The present participle can be used as an attributive verb with nouns: 'wy mub breliba' 'a running man'. When forming the past participle, three-syllable words are favoured so last vowels are sometimes omitted: for example 'benupe' → 'nabenu(p)t' ('travel' → 'travelled').