Jonne

Tell me about the verb system in your language. How many time tenses? Any moods? Many irregulars?

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Jonne

oh come on

i will start it with finnish then.

in finnish the system is a bit similar to arabic.
there are four time tenses and four moods.
there are also five types of verbs (sorted by conjugation).
you don't have to add the personal pronoun when it's in (brackets) as you can see it from the suffix.
verb 'to sit' is 'istua' and in present you conjuage it as
i sit = (minä) istun
you sit = (sinä) istut
s/he sits = hän istuu
we sit = (me) istumme
you pl. sit = (te) istutte
they sit = he istuvat

for imperfect (i sat etc) you add -i- before the personal ending. this is a bit different in other verb types.

i sat = (minä) istuin
you sat = (sinä) istuit
s/he sat = hän istui
we sat = (me) istuimme
you pl. sat = (te) istuitte
they sat = he istuivat

for perfect (i have sat) it is as

i have sat = (minä) olen istunut
you have sat = (sinä) olet istunut
s/he has sat = hän on istunut
we have sat = (me) olemme istuneet
you pl. have sat = (te) olette istuneet
they have sat = he ovat istuneet

for pluperfect (i had sat) you just change the e of olen, olet etc into i
minä olin istunut
sinä olit istunut etc.


so that was for time tenses. then the moods:
indicative (tells something simple like 'i sit')
imperative (commands like 'sit!')
conditional (eg. 'WOULD you do something?')
potential (something strange with future??)

for 'you sit' in moods (i'll show this only in present)
indicative = sinä istut
imperative = istu
conditional = istuisitko? (would you sit)
potentional = sinä istunet

potential is difficult to everyone else except finnish teachers.

and most of the moods conjugates in time tenses too (except imperative, for sure.. can you command yourself in past?)

someone else do the same!!

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Jonne

do i have to continue alone ?

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