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== Verbal system ==

''See main article: [[Kjaxono verbs]]''

''See main article: [[Kjaxono verbs|Kjaxono verbsnb]]''

Verbs are the most complex part of speech in Kjaxono. It is by far the most difficult aspect of Kjaxono for new speakers of the language to learn, due its system-wide irregularity and general difficulty. Oftentimes, conjugation can encode all of the information needed to parse a sentence. The verbal system of Kjaxono consists of 5 different conjugations, which are called ''~~systems~~'' by most linguists. ~~Kjaxono verbs conjugate for~~ '''~~4 tenses~~''' - ~~''past, hodiernal, present~~, and ~~future -''~~ '''~~7 aspects~~''' - ~~''perfective, momentane, prospective, imperfective, progressive, stative~~, and ~~gnomic'~~' - ''~~'4 moods~~''' - ~~''indicative~~, ~~conditional~~, ~~potential~~, and ~~hypothetical'~~' - ''~~'3 types of evidence~~''' - ~~''direct, reportative~~, and ~~assumptive'' - and~~ '''~~3 voices~~''' - ~~active~~, ~~middle~~, and ~~passive~~. A feature not present in any other language aside from other languages within the [...] language family is the optional marking of definiteness and or indefiniteness, in regards to person marking. Hard to precisely define, they can mark for extremely specific scenarios with little equivelant in any other language. All together, Kjaxono verbs have by far the most inflection and nuance of any part of speech in Kjaxono.

Verbs are the most complex part of speech in Kjaxono. It is by far the most difficult aspect of Kjaxono for new speakers of the language to learn, due its system-wide irregularity and general difficulty. Oftentimes, conjugation can encode all of the information needed to parse a sentence. The verbal system of Kjaxono consists of 5 different conjugations, which are called ''scales'' by most linguists.

* '''Scale 1''' - almost exclusively transitive verbs, and all verbs of which are volitive.

* '''Scale 2''' - almost exclusively intransitive verbs, and all verbs of which are involitive.

* '''Scale 3''' - verbs starting with front vowels, i.e /i(:)/, /æ/, and /e:/.

* '''Scale 4''' - verbs starting wiith back vowels, i.e /u(:)/ and /o(:)/.

* '''Scale 5''' - verbs starting with a consonant

Kjaxono verbs conjugate for tense, person, aspect, mood and modality, evidentiality, and voice. A feature not present in any other language aside from other languages within the [...] language family is the optional marking of definiteness and or indefiniteness, in regards to person marking. Hard to precisely define, they can mark for extremely specific scenarios with little equivelant in any other language. All together, Kjaxono verbs have by far the most inflection and nuance of any part of speech in Kjaxono.

Due to the complexity of the subject, Kjaxono's verbal system entails [[Kjaxono verbs|its own seperate article]].

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 == Verbal system ==
-''See main article: [[Kjaxono verbs]]''
+''See main article: [[Kjaxono verbs|Kjaxono verbsnb]]''
-Verbs are the most complex part of speech in Kjaxono. It is by far the most difficult aspect of Kjaxono for new speakers of the language to learn, due its system-wide irregularity and general difficulty. Oftentimes, conjugation can encode all of the information needed to parse a sentence. The verbal system of Kjaxono consists of 5 different conjugations, which are called ''systems'' by most linguists. Kjaxono verbs conjugate for '''4 tenses''' - ''past, hodiernal, present, and future -'' '''7 aspects''' - ''perfective, momentane, prospective, imperfective, progressive, stative, and gnomic'' - '''4 moods''' - ''indicative, conditional, potential, and hypothetical'' - '''3 types of evidence''' - ''direct, reportative, and assumptive'' - and '''3 voices''' - active, middle, and passive. A feature not present in any other language aside from other languages within the [...] language family is the optional marking of definiteness and or indefiniteness, in regards to person marking. Hard to precisely define, they can mark for extremely specific scenarios with little equivelant in any other language. All together, Kjaxono verbs have by far the most inflection and nuance of any part of speech in Kjaxono.
+Verbs are the most complex part of speech in Kjaxono. It is by far the most difficult aspect of Kjaxono for new speakers of the language to learn, due its system-wide irregularity and general difficulty. Oftentimes, conjugation can encode all of the information needed to parse a sentence. The verbal system of Kjaxono consists of 5 different conjugations, which are called ''scales'' by most linguists.
+* '''Scale 1''' - almost exclusively transitive verbs, and all verbs of which are volitive.
+* '''Scale 2''' - almost exclusively intransitive verbs, and all verbs of which are involitive.
+* '''Scale 3''' - verbs starting with front vowels, i.e /i(:)/, /æ/, and /e:/.
+* '''Scale 4''' - verbs starting wiith back vowels, i.e /u(:)/ and /o(:)/.
+* '''Scale 5''' - verbs starting with a consonant
+Kjaxono verbs conjugate for tense, person, aspect, mood and modality, evidentiality, and voice. A feature not present in any other language aside from other languages within the [...] language family is the optional marking of definiteness and or indefiniteness, in regards to person marking. Hard to precisely define, they can mark for extremely specific scenarios with little equivelant in any other language. All together, Kjaxono verbs have by far the most inflection and nuance of any part of speech in Kjaxono.
 Due to the complexity of the subject, Kjaxono's verbal system entails [[Kjaxono verbs|its own seperate article]].