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This example is somewhat misleading | This example is somewhat misleading, as a more analytical construction would be used colloquially, but is still representative of most formal texts. | ||
Verbs are much simpler structurally speaking than nouns. For example, the verb ''ezingira'', meaning ''to have needed long ago'', can simply be broken down as ''ezi-'', the far past indicative prefix, and ''ngira'', the verbal root meaning to need. Azkali verbs are very regular, only containing some four irregular verbs, and only two different sets of conjugations (usually called ''declension classes'' when discussing Azkali). | Verbs are much simpler structurally speaking than nouns. For example, the verb ''ezingira'', meaning ''to have needed long ago'', can simply be broken down as ''ezi-'', the far past indicative prefix, and ''ngira'', the verbal root meaning to need. Azkali verbs are very regular, only containing some four irregular verbs, and only two different sets of conjugations (usually called ''declension classes'' when discussing Azkali). | ||