While most Korbeth verbs are regular, they don't take the common-ending form of verbs in Spanish (always -ir, -er, -ar), Farsi (-dan, -tan), Aywen (-et), or other languages. However, they do conjugate regularly.
TENSE
Korbeth has the same number of tenses as Meroned and they conjugate similarly to Meroned (though whether the similarity is because they're related is debatable). We'll use the example "to know", kelí.
SIMPLE TENSES
Present: do-, dokelí
Past: dá-, dákelí
Future: de-, dekelí
These prefixes are just attached onto the front of the word. With words such as "to open" (eíd), the past tense drops its e's (deíd, beíd), but the rest of the prefixes retain their vowels.
PROGRESSIVE TENSES
Present (is fading): dobá-, dobákelí
Past (was fading): dábá-, dábákelí
Future (will be fading): debá-, debákelí
PERFECT TENSES
Present (has faded): dolai-, dolaikelí
Past (had faded): dálai-, dálaikelí
Future (will have faded): delai, delaikelí
PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES
Present (has been fading): doqe-, doqekelí
Past (had been fading): dáqe-, dáqekelí
Future (will have been fading): deqe-, deqekelí
MOOD
Like Meroned, Korbeth lacks the subjunctive mood. It does, however, include an imperative.
Imperative
-note, kelínote
PERSON
Unlike Meroned and Aywen, Korbeth doesn't have persons - it's the same no matter who's speaking. This does mean, however, that pronouns are necessary. Using dokelí ("know") to speak informally:
Singular
First person (I or nor): nor dokelí
Second person (you or kel): kel dokelí
Third person (he/she/it or ndabí/nádámí/ílá): ndabí/nádámí/ílá dokelí
Plural
First person: (we or yyo): ían dokelí
Second person (you all or mekel): mekel dokelí
Third person (they or bel): bel dokelí
THAT'S IT!
These rules are almost universally applicable. Simpler than most languages.
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