Verbal Paradigm

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Verbs can be marked with several suffixes to add or change meaning. Some of these can be optional and their sequence varied, but in general they should be ordered:

STEM-(SIZE)-(MOOD)-(ASPECT)-(TENSE)-(NEGATIVE)

Example:

na empahipankoyek – 1SG run-DIM-able-PROG-PST-NEG – I was not able to keep jogging.