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===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Verbs had the following forms:
Verbs had the following forms:
*imperfect tense (with no person marking)
*imperfect tense
**did double duty as imperative
**did double duty as imperative
*past participle
*past participle
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*present participle
*present participle
*zu-participle
*zu-participle
Verbs were not inflected for person.
====Paradigms====
====Paradigms====
*Strong verbs: basic verbs, conjugated by ablaut
*Strong verbs: basic verbs, conjugated by ablaut
*Weak verbs: verbs formed with verb-forming affixes
*Weak verbs: verbs formed with verb-forming affixes
====Strong verbs====
(1sg, 2sg, 3sg.a, 3sg.h, 3sg.i 1pl, 2pl, 3pl)
*Imperfect: li·taq, di·táq, ʔin·táq, ʔis·táq, ʔa·táq, li·tíqā, di·tíqā, ti·táq
*Preterite:
*Stative:
====Finite verbs====
Do the Old Irishy prefix thing but w/ personal prefixes?
*''ʕáb'' 'see! look (at it)!'
*la·ʕáb-Ø → ''la·ʕáb '' 'I see it'
*la·ri-ʕáb > ''la·ráʕb '' 'I am seen'
*ja·la-ʕab → ''ja·láʕb '' 'I see you folks'
====The verb forms====
====The verb forms====
*The finite forms including the imperative
*The finite forms including the imperative