Atráve/Irregular Verbs

Atráve contains numerous irregular verbs. As each Atráve verb has about 50 distinct forms in up to 3 persons, 3 numbers, 2 voices, and 3 moods, numerous verbs, usually common or phonologically unusual ones, are irregular.

The majority of irregular verbs belong to the -ega and -siga verbs, with there being two irregular -iga verbs (nacuriga and báriga) and no irregular -oga verbs.

For each irregular verb, only the tenses that deviate from the normal conjugation (which is always based off the -ga form of the verb) are shown, as some verbs are only irregular in some tenses.

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Category I: Regular Verbs
More than 90% of Atráve verbs are regular. There are four different ways to conjugate a regular verb, depending on which -ga ending it has (which in turn usually depends on the final sound of the verb's root). Given below are the conjugations of one regular verb from each class.

(Note: the formal singular "you" (esenu) is the same as the 2d (second-person dual) conjugation. In addition, im stands for "impersonal/passive".)

tevega "to answer/respond" (regular -ega verb)
Infinitive: tevega

Past Participle: tevat

Present Participle: tevar

Class IV: Multi-Stem Verbs
These are highly-irregular verbs whose infinitive stem differs from that of its present and past tense. This class comprises just two verbs, gega and viga. In addition to being the two most common verbs in the language (both meaning "to be"), they are the most irregular. Despite ending in -ega and -iga, these two verbs form a small pseudo-class of their own: the -ga verbs. Thus, their regular stems are ge- and vi- (which are observed in some tenses).

gega "to be"
Infinitive: gega

Past Participle: get

Present Participle: ger

viga "to be"
Infinitive: viga

Past Participle: vit

Present Participle: vir

Viga is arguably the most irregular verb in Atráve, having only regular imperfect and imperative forms. As opposed to gega, viga is used as "to be" in temporary aspects, such as condition, emotion, and location. With the infinitive, viga is used to mark the progressive aspect, albeit not as often as in English. Viga has two different, synonymous future tenses; one has the regular stem vi-, while the other has the unrelated stem la-. This could be used as a potential "dialectical difference".

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