bechese This is the animate subject, intransitive form
bechesuj I talk
bechesüj we talk
bechesith you talk
bechesïth you (pl) talk
bechese' he/she/it talks
bechesë' they talk
So what's happening here, is that the last vowel of the verb is changing based on the subject, plus adding a consonant.
1st person: final vowel is back i->u o and a are unaffected, add a j
2nd person: final vowel is high a->e, o->u i is unaffected add a th
3rd person final vowel is fronted, o->e, a and I are unaffected add an ‘
For the plural forms, change the vowel, then lengthen it.
How about adding an object to a verb... how about
I talk to you
thebabasuj
the- babasu(u)-j
you speak(animate, transitive) I
The object affix is added to the beginning of the verb... here's the entire table
| Object | |
| 1(s) (I) | je- |
| 1(p)(we) | tsë- |
| 2(s)(you) | the- |
| 2(p)(you) | në- |
| 3(a, s) (he/she/it) | 'e- |
| 3(a,p) (he/she/it) | 'ë- |
| 3(I, s) (he/she/it) | ge- |
| 3(I, p) (he/she/it) | gë- |
| 4(a,s) (he/she/it) | re- |
| 4(a,p) (he/she/it) | rë- |
| 4(I, s) (he/she/it) | le- |
| 4(I,p) (he/she/it) | lë- |
All pretty simple, yes? Leave a question or comment below so I can tell I'm explaining this in a reasonable way :)
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