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Conjugation of Dlatci Verbs

Auþor’s Note: Þe dlatci language is currently undergoïng ſeveral raþer dramatic changes, including þē addition of ſeveral new letters and þe reſtructuring of many of þē old ones. It may be ſome time before þis webſite is completely updated wiþ þeſe changes.
example: love
infinitives: to love
to have loved
to be loved
to have been loved
participles: beloved
loving
(participles are always used adjectively)

There are in fact several possible conjugations of dlaci verbs depending on the subject. In addition to the usual pronouns, other conjugations are possible - although not necessary - for demonstrative adjectives and certain other “base words” (any dlatci word which uses a single letter as its root) one wishes to use. Therefore, several possibilities are open to stylistic preference, and the only absolutes are conjugations following pronouns. (With the exception of vulgar slang, which will be covered later.) For example, if you were to say “that man loves,” you could use the conjugation “that” () or for “he” () or for “person” ().

The following is an incomplete list of possible dlatci conjugations and their respective translations.

active simple tenses:

conditional future present past imperfect
  
I   would love shall love love loved used to love
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

active perfect tenses:

conditional future present past imperfect
  
I   would have loved will have loved have loved had loved used to have loved1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

1 There is technically no good translation for the “imperfect perfect” tense, which seems a contradiction in and of itself. This tense is very similar to the conditional tense, however, only referring to the historic past. For example: “If that had happened ten years ago, I would have done (used to have done) something else.”

passive simple tenses:

conditional future present past imperfect
  
I   would be loved shall be loved am loved was loved used to be loved
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
passive perfect tenses:
conditional future present past imperfect
  
I   would have been loved will have been loved have been loved had been loved used to have been loved1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

2000.11.07·2003.10.23