Language of the North

Northern verbs are conjugated for ...

 * 1. their number - singular or plural


 * 2. their person - first, second or third


 * 3. their tense - present, past or future


 * 4. their voice - active or passive


 * 5. their mood - indicative, subjunctive or imperative
 * 5.1. The indicative expresses real actions.


 * 5.2. The subjunctive expresses unreal actions, wishes or wants as well as conditions.


 * 5.3. The imperative expresses orders. In connection with a subjunctive, the imperative can express the result of a condition. As it might be hard to understand, here is the structure of a conditional sentence: (If + subjunctive), (then + imperative).

Infinitives of Northern verbs
Northern verbs have a total of 6 infinitives - all verb forms are based on these infinitives. The infinitives are all in the indicative mood but they have different tenses and voices. The most important infinitive is the infinitive present active; this infinitive is found in dictionaries and it also determines the conjugation group of the verb.

Conjugation groups
Northern verbs are arranged in 4 groups depending on how their infinitive present active ends. All conjugation groups use the same suffixes for person / number / mood, but their stems undergo different changes to form the infinitives.

1. group (a-conjugation) 2. group (i-conjugation) 3. group (o-conjugation) 4. group (u-conjugation)

Participles
Northern verbs can form participles. Participles work as verbal adjectives and therefore follow the rules for adjective declension (#adjectives).

Northern verbs have 6 participles - one participle formed from every single infinitive. To form a participle from the infinitive, the suffix "-v" is added.