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* eventive: verbs that depict an action, with a definite beginning and end.

Pataxea verbs behaved differently, and indeed conjugated differently based on their aspect. Several strategies existed to switch a verb one aspect to another, most commonly by auxiliary verbs or suffixes.

Pataxea verbs behaved differently, and indeed conjugated differently based on their aspect. Several strategies existed to switch a verb one aspect to another, most commonly by auxiliary verbs or suffixes. Verbs have three moods:

Verbs have three moods:

* indicative: the default mood, indicating that something is a statement of fact.

* subjunctive: used to represent various states of unreality like assumption, emotion, obligation, opinion, possibility, etc.

* optative: used to indicate wish or hope.

Verbs have four tenses:

* non-past: used for actions not in the past; equivalent to a present tense.

* future: used for actions that will happen in the future.

* past: used for actions that previously occurred.

* far-past: used for actions that previously occurred long ago, for timeless states of being, and other various uses.

Verbs have three grammatical voices:

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* passive: used when the subject of the clause is the verb's patient.

* reciprocal: used when both participants take the role of agent and patient in respect to each other.

There is also a category unique to Pataxea and Azkali, called ''version''. Version is semantically diverse and can either add abstract meaning to a verb stem or provide additional information to the verb, including causality, accompaniment, and so on. Azkali's version system is much fuller than Pataxea's version system.

Verbs have three grammatical persons, the first, second, and third. The third person is subdivided into the masculine, feminine, and neutral. There is no distinction made between grammatical number.Pataxea verbal morphology is in general substantially less complicated than Azkali verbal morphology: unlike in Azkali, in which all verbs can conjugate for the full spectrum of tense, mood, persons, etc, only a very small subset of Pataxea verbs can. The verbs that can conjugate like this are called ''synthetic verbs'', while the rest are called ''periphrastic'' (''verbs''). The only synthetic Pataxea verbs are '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), '''ahha''' (to do), '''eiexe''' (to have), '''reas''' (to run), and '''ea''' (to give). In Pataxea, the sentence ''Kre saxanerel sarieak'' translates to "I ate with him". This can be broken down into:

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==== Synthetic verbs ====

Synthetic verbs represent the most complicated portion of Pataxea morphology. As stated previously, synthetic verbs conjugate for tense, mood, voice, person, and version, unlike periphrastic verbs. There are only six synthetic verbs: '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), '''ahha''' (to do), '''eiexe''' (to have), '''reas''' (to run), and '''ea''' (to give).

== Writing system ==

=== Branchscript ===

== Lexicon ==

== Influences on other languages ==

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 * eventive: verbs that depict an action, with a definite beginning and end.
-Pataxea verbs behaved differently, and indeed conjugated differently based on their aspect. Several strategies existed to switch a verb one aspect to another, most commonly by auxiliary verbs or suffixes.
+Pataxea verbs behaved differently, and indeed conjugated differently based on their aspect. Several strategies existed to switch a verb one aspect to another, most commonly by auxiliary verbs or suffixes. Verbs have three moods:
-Verbs have three moods:
 * indicative: the default mood, indicating that something is a statement of fact.
 * subjunctive: used to represent various states of unreality like assumption, emotion, obligation, opinion, possibility, etc.
 * optative: used to indicate wish or hope.
+Verbs have four tenses:
+* non-past: used for actions not in the past; equivalent to a present tense.
+* future: used for actions that will happen in the future.
+* past: used for actions that previously occurred.
+* far-past: used for actions that previously occurred long ago, for timeless states of being, and other various uses.
 Verbs have three grammatical voices:
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 * passive: used when the subject of the clause is the verb's patient.
 * reciprocal: used when both participants take the role of agent and patient in respect to each other.
+There is also a category unique to Pataxea and Azkali, called ''version''. Version is semantically diverse and can either add abstract meaning to a verb stem or provide additional information to the verb, including causality, accompaniment, and so on. Azkali's version system is much fuller than Pataxea's version system.
 Verbs have three grammatical persons, the first, second, and third. The third person is subdivided into the masculine, feminine, and neutral. There is no distinction made between grammatical number.Pataxea verbal morphology is in general substantially less complicated than Azkali verbal morphology: unlike in Azkali, in which all verbs can conjugate for the full spectrum of tense, mood, persons, etc, only a very small subset of Pataxea verbs can. The verbs that can conjugate like this are called ''synthetic verbs'', while the rest are called ''periphrastic'' (''verbs''). The only synthetic Pataxea verbs are '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), '''ahha''' (to do), '''eiexe''' (to have), '''reas''' (to run), and '''ea''' (to give). In Pataxea, the sentence ''Kre saxanerel sarieak'' translates to "I ate with him". This can be broken down into:
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 ==== Synthetic verbs ====
+Synthetic verbs represent the most complicated portion of Pataxea morphology. As stated previously, synthetic verbs conjugate for tense, mood, voice, person, and version, unlike periphrastic verbs. There are only six synthetic verbs: '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), '''ahha''' (to do), '''eiexe''' (to have), '''reas''' (to run), and '''ea''' (to give).
 == Writing system ==
+=== Branchscript ===
 == Lexicon ==
 == Influences on other languages ==