Verbs part I transativity and animacy

Nashtuku verbs are sensative to the animacy of the subject and object, as well as the transitivity of the sentence. We'll use the verb bese- to talk, and we'll start with the normal verb form, which is what's used for verbs in simple sentences.

Normal form

Bese	Animate		Inanimate
Transitive	bebese	Duplicate 1st syllable	bese	Dictionary form
Intransitive	bechese	Duplicate syllable, change second syllable onset  to ‘ch’	bëse	Double length vowel

Little bit of duplication, some fun phonetics... Here's the conjunct form, used to make relative and subordinate clauses

Bese	Animate		Inanimate
Transative	ebebese	Add an e- to the front of the normal form, change for vowel harmony	ebese	Add an e- to the front of the normal form, change for vowel harmony
Intransative	bëchesi	Lengthen the vowel in the first syllable of the normal form	ebëse	Add an e- to the front of the normal form change for vowel harmony

That's all for now, I'll cover the other forms soon, but first I should explain how subjects and objects are marked on verbs. That'll be tomorrow!