Ayaryé/verbal conjugation

Overview

Verbs can be conjugated (or inflected) for several grammatical categories as:

• Tense
• Aspect
• Mood
• Polarity
• Voice
• Physical state
• Emotional state

All the inflections above are modified for three key categories:

• gender
• person
• number

Verbal Affixes

Prefixes

Mood

• Precative (Asking nicely for something. Please help me here.)
• Imperative (Demanding something. Help me here now!)
• Conditional (Possibility of an action. I would like help. I would do that.)
• Admirative (Express emotions.)
  • Doubt
  • Certainty
• Interrogative (To ask a question.)
• Volitive
  • Weak desire (I would like that to happen.)
  • Strong desire (I want that to happen!)
• Consequential (If she gets that, we will be screwed.)
• Subjunctive (If I were the President...)

Polarity

• Yes (for emphasis)
• Always
• No
• Never

Voice

• Passive
• Reflexive

Sufixes

Tense

Past

• Immediate (0>10 minutes ago)
• Hodiernal (some time earlier in the same day)
• Hesternal:
  • Yesterday
  • The day before yesterday
  • Two days before yesterday
• Recent:
  • Up to 1 week ago
  • Up to 1 month ago
  • Up to 6 months ago
  • Up to 1 year ago
  • Up to 5 years ago
  • Up to 10 years ago
  • More than 10 years ago
  • Imprecise

Future

• Immediate (up to 10 minutes after)
• Hodiernal (some time later in the same day)
• After Today:
  • Tomorrow
  • The day after tomorrow
  • Two days after tomorrow
• Near:
  • Up to 1 week ahead
  • Up to 1 month ahead
  • Up to 6 months ahead
  • Up to 1 year ahead
  • Up to 5 years ahead
  • Up to 10 years ahead
  • More than 10 years ahead
• Imprecise

Aspect

• Perfective (I ate. [action completed])
• Imperfective (I ate vegetables every Sunday.)
• Progressive (I have been eating (present), I had been eating (past))
• Immediate (I am shopping.)
• Habitual (Tuesdays I go shopping.)
• Generic (Fruits grown in trees.)

Emotional State

• Before the Action
• During the Action
• After the Action
• Before and during the action
• During and after the action
• Before, during and after the action

Primary emotion	Secondary emotion	Tertiary emotions
Love	Affection	Adoration, affection, love, fondness, liking, attraction, caring, tenderness, compassion, sentimentality
	Lust	Arousal, desire, lust, passion, infatuation
	Longing	Longing
Happiness, Joy	Cheerfulness	Amusement, bliss, cheerfulness, gaiety, glee, jolliness, joviality, joy, delight, enjoyment, gladness, happiness, jubilation, elation, satisfaction, ecstasy, euphoria
	Zest	Enthusiasm, zeal, zest, excitement, thrill, exhilaration
	Contentment	Contentment, pleasure
	Pride	Pride, triumph
	Optimism	Eagerness, hope, optimism
	Enthrallment	Enthrallment, rapture
	Relief	Relief
Surprise	Surprise	Amazement, surprise, astonishment
Anger	Irritation	Aggravation, irritation, agitation, annoyance, grouchiness, grumpiness
	Exasperation	Exasperation, frustration
	Rage	Anger, rage, outrage, fury, wrath, hostility, ferocity, bitterness, hate, scorn, spite, vengefulness, dislike, resentment
	Disgust	Disgust, revulsion, contempt, loathing
	Envy	Envy, jealousy
	Torment	Torment
Sadness	Suffering	Agony, suffering, hurt, anguish
	Sadness	Depression, despair, hopelessness, gloom, glumness, sadness, unhappiness, grief, sorrow, woe, misery, melancholy
	Disappointment	Dismay, disappointment, displeasure
	Shame	Guilt, shame, regret, remorse
	Neglect	Alienation, isolation, neglect, loneliness, rejection, homesickness, defeat, dejection, insecurity, embarrassment, humiliation, insult
	Sympathy	Pity, sympathy
Fear	Horror	Alarm, shock, fear, fright, horror, terror, panic, hysteria, mortification
	Nervousness	Anxiety, nervousness, tenseness, uneasiness, apprehension, worry, distress, dread

Physical State

• Energetic
• Focus
• Confusion
• Somnolence
• Stupor
• Unconsciousness
• Amnesia
• Dizziness
• Tiredness
• Boredom

• Before the Action
• During the Action
• After the Action
• Before and during the action
• During and after the action
• Before, during and after the action