User:Meuser2/Storage/Mattish/Irregular Verbs

Mattish contains a small number of irregular verbs. They shall be documented here.

The Copula
The copula ('to be', for non-linguists) is extremely irregular. It should be noted that it also means 'to do' and 'to go'.

The Past Root
The root in the present, as mentioned in the main article, is 0-. This, however, changes in the past. Here it becomes d-. This is used in all except the 3rd person. 'He/she/it/they was/were/did/went' translates as te.

Alterations due to infixes.
The interplay between the copula and infixes is extremely difficult. Firstly, all roots revert back to the standard 0- if there is an infix (mood suffixes do not cause this, though te does change back to d- with such suffixes). The infix -uk- becomes -w- with the copula, and the standard -eb- is reduced to -b-. Note that there is a merger between 'he was' and 'he must have been (imperative)'.