Kjaxono verbs: Difference between revisions

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Only the parts in '''bold''' are required to be present within a Kjaxono verb.

In Kjaxono~~, preverbs serve many functions~~. ~~In some subscales they are~~ used to ~~differentiate between different tenses (most notably each of the perfect tenses) but they serve other uses as well~~. The ~~existance of post-verbs universally is highly debated~~, but ~~they are a prevelant feature of~~ the [.~~..] dialect,~~ and are ~~beginning to be used~~ in ~~mainstream dialects. In most dialects, preverbs only conjugate for~~ the ~~perfect, past~~, and ~~nonpast tenses;~~ in ~~the hodiernal~~ and ~~present tenses~~ the ~~preverb is usually simply absent. Like how preverbs function, postverbs are also present, usually serving as a postposition~~.

==== Preverb and postverb ====

The terms preverb and postverb in Kjaxono refer to particles surounding verbs. The term preverb is used to signify tense and locative and vaguely prepositional information. The modern Kjaxono preverb used to be an auxiliary verb, but now it has been incorporated into the verb complex. The postverb is a mostly optional auxiliary verb that simultaneously encodes for evidentiality and pattern - these are doubly marked, both of these features being included in the verb complex, and in several of Kjaxono's dialects and sister languages, the postverb has gradually faded away in use.

== Transitive scale (Objective scale) ==

As previously stated, the transitive scale is used for transitive verbs and verbs with volition - i.e intent. Due to the fact that there is no marking for volition in Kjaxono, the only way to determine volition in a verb is it's conjugation. Most transitive scale verbs are paritally defective in tense - in some scenarios, they only conjuate for three tenses, being the past, perfect, and nonpast.

=== Northern objective scale ===

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=== Southern objective scale ===

The southern objective scale appears to be majorly defective, being

=== Eastern objective scale ===

== Intransitive scale (Nonobjective scale) ==

The intransitive scales are generally the most defective types of scales: they are much more simplified than their transitive counterparts.

=== Northern nonobjective scale ===

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 Only the parts in '''bold''' are required to be present within a Kjaxono verb.
-In Kjaxono, preverbs serve many functions. In some subscales they are used to differentiate between different tenses (most notably each of the perfect tenses) but they serve other uses as well. The existance of post-verbs universally is highly debated, but they are a prevelant feature of the [...] dialect, and are beginning to be used in mainstream dialects. In most dialects, preverbs only conjugate for the perfect, past, and nonpast tenses; in the hodiernal and present tenses the preverb is usually simply absent. Like how preverbs function, postverbs are also present, usually serving as a postposition.
+==== Preverb and postverb ====
+The terms preverb and postverb in Kjaxono refer to particles surounding verbs. The term preverb is used to signify tense and locative and vaguely prepositional information. The modern Kjaxono preverb used to be an auxiliary verb, but now it has been incorporated into the verb complex. The postverb is a mostly optional auxiliary verb that simultaneously encodes for evidentiality and pattern - these are doubly marked, both of these features being included in the verb complex, and in several of Kjaxono's dialects and sister languages, the postverb has gradually faded away in use.
 == Transitive scale (Objective scale) ==
-As previously stated, the transitive scale is used for transitive verbs and verbs with volition - i.e intent. Due to the fact that there is no marking for volition in Kjaxono, the only way to determine volition in a verb is it's conjugation. Most transitive scale verbs are paritally defective in tense - in some scenarios, they only conjuate for three tenses, being the past, perfect, and nonpast.
 === Northern objective scale ===
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 === Southern objective scale ===
+The southern objective scale appears to be majorly defective, being
 === Eastern objective scale ===
 == Intransitive scale (Nonobjective scale) ==
+The intransitive scales are generally the most defective types of scales: they are much more simplified than their transitive counterparts.
 === Northern nonobjective scale ===