Verbs1-4

Non-conjugated Intransitive verbs

• All verbs have non-conjugated form, meaning they do are not conjugated, but are used with a helper verb (Izan or Ukan).
• Some verbs are also conjugated, change the form with tense and subject, and will be studied later.
• Intransitive Verbs are verbs that do not take an object, meaning can’t answer “what”) use IZAN as an auxilary verb
• Ex:You can say “What did he do?, but not “What did he go? So “go” is intransitive and uses IZAN.

Future

• future participle stem + Present of “to be” (IZAN)
• Ni bihar iritsiko naiz
• I will arrive tomorrow.
• It can also translated as the modal shall or will (shall we something?)
• The future participle stem of non-conjugated verbs adds -ko (or -go if the word ends in -n) to the dictionary form.
• Thus iritsi (to arrive) becomes iritsiko.

Lesson 4 Vocabulary

• egongo will stay/ be (location)
• eroriko will fall
• eseriko will sit
• esnatuko will wake up
• ibiliko will walk
• iritsiko will arrive
• bihar tomorrow

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