Provitano/conjugating-verbs

Conjugating Verbs in Provitan
Provitan is a Romance language and therefore has very complex verbs. They conjugate for many persons and in many tenses and moods. Below are the Conjugations for each of the 3 types of verbs across the various moods and tenses. There is only a small explanation for now, but I will work to clarify how to use the tenses, though for now using Spanish or Catalan as a model should be more than sufficient.

Indicative
The indicative is a realis mood which means it is used to state facts. Most of this wiki page, normal conversation, and simple sentences are in the indicative. We will address this mood first.

Present Tense
This is the simple present tense. Sentences like this in English could be: "I go to the store." "I want to go to the park." Etc. We will give examples of the conjugation of verbs in this tense.

1st Conjugation 

2nd Conjugation 

3rd Conjugation

There are three sub-conjugations in this conjugation.

3A -isí verbs

3B -í verbs

3C -sc- verbs

''Note that /ʃ/ changes to /sk/ before the -o- in the first person. ''

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Preterite Tense
This is sometimes called the "simple past" and is used for things like 'I went to the store' or 'I ate dinner.'

1st Conjugation 

2nd Conjugation 

3rd Conjugation

3A -isí verbs 

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<p style="text-align:center;">3C -sc- verbs

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Imperfect Tense
The imperfect does not exist in Englihs but is used comparatively like Spanish uses the imperfect. This transaltes into English usually as 'I used to do' like 'I used ot go to the store' or 'I used to work for Mr. Sanchez.'

1st Conjugation
amá - to love

jo amava, tu amaves, ell amava, nos amavâm, vos amaváit, ellos amavan 

2nd Conjugation
corré- to run

jo correva, tu correves, ell correva, nos correvâm, vos correváit,ellos correvan

3rd Conjugation
There are three sub-conjugations in this conjugation. (3A and 3B have identical forms in this tense)

3A -isí verbs

finisí- to finish

jo finiva, tu finives, ell finiva, nos finivâm, vos finiváit, ellos finivan 

3B -í verbs

dormí- to sleep

jo dormiva, tu dormivas, ell dormiva, nos dormivam, vos dormiváit, ellos dormivan 

3C -sc- verbs

conoscé- to know (a person)

jo conosceva, tu conosceves, ell conosceva, nos conoscevâm, vos conosceváit, ellos conoscevan.