Inconstant Conjugations

I've decided that with the old verb conjugations, not that they're that old, the post was only a few weeks back, but upon a little further thought, the plosives render pronunciation clunky. So it's been reworked.

The tense infixes have been changed from [-pi-], [-te-] and [-ca-] to [-ze-], [-gi-] and [-fa-], the differing types of sounds serving to differentiate the tenses more markedly. Instead of three voices, there are now four, distinguishing the reflexive from the reciprocative. There can be multiple meaning for each stem, as some meaning are clearly intransitive and can be complemented by related transitive concepts. I'm not sure if I still need an infinitive either, so for now I'll just give the finite forms.

Using the verb 'leze', live, as an example, the simple, intransitive/reflexive [-e], simple system is :

leze, lezem - live, do not live

lege, legem - lived, did not live

lefe, lefem - will live, will not live

For the continuous aspect, the infix [-v-] is added, and the tense infixes are no longer reduced by the voice suffix.

lezeve, lezevem - is living, is not living

legive, legivem - was living, was not living

lefave, lefavem - will be living, will not be living

The incipient aspect uses the infix [-va-]. Note that there are currently no standard diphthongs for Tas Eldwaraj, though it would be pretty easy for speakers to slip into it with the compounds that emerge in this system, so that may be added in eventually.

lezevae, lezevaem - is beginning to live, is not beginning to live

legivae, legivaem - has begun to live, has not begun to live

lefavae, lefavaem - will begin to live, will not begin to live

Conversely, the perfect aspect substitutes the [-va-] for [-vi-].

lezevie, lezevaim - is ceasing to live, is not ceasing to live

legivie, legivaim - had lived, had not lived

lefavie, lefavaim - will cease to live, will not cease to live

The habitual aspect, the last aspect, retains the use of the consonant [-r-]

lezere, lezerem - lives regularly/daily, does not live regularly/daily

legire, legirem - lived regularly/daily, did not live regularly/daily

lefare, lefarem - will live regularly/daily, will not live regularly/daily

For the other voices, the active and passive have the same suffixes, yielding :

Active Voice

lezo, lezom, lego, legom, lefo, lefom

lezevo, lezevom, legivo, legivom, lefavo, lefavom

lezevao, lezevaom, legivao, legivaom, lefavao, lefavaom

lezevio, lezeviom, legivio, legiviom, lefavio, lefaviom

lezero, lezerom, legiro, legirom, lefaro, lefarom

Passive Voice

lezu, lezum, legu, legum, lefu, lefum

lezeru, lezevum, legivu, legivum, lefavu, lefavum

lezevau, lezevaum, legivau, legivaum, lefavau, lefavaum

lezeviu, lezevium, legiviu, legivium, lefaviu, lefavium

lezeru, lezerum, legiru, legirum, lefaru, lefarum

Of course, there is no active or passive equivalent of 'to live', so a related meaning would be associated with the active and passive voices for verbs of this stem. A possible verb would be 'to nourish/give life'

The reciprocative voice suffix is no longer [-odu], to avoid fusional endings with the natural dative noun case. Instead it will be [-otu]

Reciprocative Voice

lezotu, lezotum, legotu, legotum, lefotu, lefotum

lezerotu, lezevotum, legivotu, legivotum, lefavotu, lefavotum

lezevaotu, lezevaotum, legivaotu, legivaotum, lefavaotu, lefavaotum

lezeviotu, lezeviotum, legiviotu, legiviotum, lefaviotu, lefaviotum

lezerotu, lezerotum, legirotu, legirotum, lefarotu, lefarotum

Thus, there are a total of 120 conjugations now, excluding any forms for an infinitive or imperative. Which I don't really think the language needs at the moment. The participle system will now have 2160 forms in total, based on 60 positive verbal endings multiplied by 36 case endings of nouns. The features of the Tas Eldwaraj participle system will be explained in future post. Too tired to think at the moment.