Memoni Language Project

MEMONI VERBS

Verbs are a class of words used to show the performance of an action (do, throw, run), existence (be), possession (have), or state (know, love) of a subject. A verb shows what something or someone does. Most statements in speech and writing have a main verb. These verbs are expressed in tenses which place everything in a point in time (present, past, future).

Basic Main Verbs

likhi	to write
sureen	to listen	puchhee	to ask	safai	to clean
boli	to speak		to boil	chhupai	to cover
chewy	to say	bolaye	to call	roui	to cry
kha	to eat		to carry	daree	to fear
pee	to drink		to change
diss	to see		to check	reh	to stay
achee	to arrive	chabaye	to chew

Memoni verbs, unlike English verbs, generally appears at the end of the sentence and they are conjugated (inflected) extensively to reflect not only the subject but its tense, aspect, mood and voice, gender or number etc. Note more research may be needed.

an example to verb "to be" and its equilanat is, are, was, were etc.

		is /are	was /were	will
I	aaun	yan	vo	theeno
we	assan	yun	waa	theena
you (polite)	aaen	yo	wa	theena
you	tu	yien	way	theenay
he	ee	aye	wo	theeno
she	ee	aye	we	theeni
they	ou	yin	wa	theenaa

Example :

	Present tense (be) am, is are	Past tense (be) was, were	Future tense (be) will
I	aaunn Pakistani yan I am Pakistani	aaun Pakistani woy I was Pakistani	aaun Pakistani theeno I will
you	tu Pakistani yien you are Pakistani	tu Pakistani way you were Pakistani	tu Pakistnai theenay
You	aaen Pakistani yo Yor are Pakistani	aaen Pakistani wa You were Pakistani	aaen Pakistnai theena
we	assan Pakistani yun We are Pakistani	assan Pakistani why We are Pakistani	assan Pakistani theena
he	ee Pakistani aye He is Pakistani	ee Pakistani wo He was Pakistani	ee Pakistani theeno
she	ee Pakistani aye She is Pakistani	ee Pakistani wee She was Pakistani	ee Paksitani theenay
they	ou Pakistani yin They are Pakistani	ou Pakistnai wa They were Pakistani	ou Pakistnai theena

Imperative

Present Simple Tenses (Model)

normal	Subject + main verb (inflected agree to subject)
Interrogative	Question word (Kuro ) + Subject + main verb (inflected agree to subject)
Negative	Subject +

Pronoun		Imperative	Simple Present	Simple Past	Future	present continuous	Past continuous	Future continuous	present Perfect
I	aaun	-	likhay to	likhyoyei	likhnose	likhee riyo yan	likhi riyo woye	likhee riyo hunnoye	likhee dinee yaan
You (p)	aaen	likho	likho ta	likhia	likhina	likhi rio yo	likhi rio wa	likhi rio hunnai	likhee diniya yo
you	tu	likh	likhai to	likhay	likhnay	likhi rio yein	likhi riyo woy	likhi riyo hunnai	likhi dinay yien
we	assan	-	likhun taan	likhiyan	likhnas	likhi rio yun		likhi rio hunnai	likhi diniya yun
he	ee	-	likhai to	likhiyo	likhnos	likhi rio aye		likhi riyo ho	likhi dini aaye
she	ee	-	likhai ti	likhiya	likhni	likhi rio yin		likhi riyo hunay
it	ee	-
they	ou	-	likhantan	likhiya	likhna	likhi rio yin		likhi riyo hunaay	ou likhi dinee yin

			to write	to eat	to leave	to speak	to arrive	to do	to know
I	aauN	yaN	Likheto Likheti	Khiyaan-to	Halanto	bolaN-toye	avia-yo	karan- toye	jaNraN-toi	ouNa-toye
you (p)	aaeN	yo	Likhota	Khiyo-ta	Halota	bolo-ta	avia-yo	karo-ta	jaNron-ta	ouNon-ta
you	tu	yein	Likhai-to Likhai-ti	Khiyan-to	Halaito	bolai-to	avia-yo	kare-to	jaNray-to	ouNai-to
we	assaN	yoN	Likhoon-taN	KhiyuN-ta	Halunta	boluN-taN	avia-ya	karuN-ta	jaNrun-ta	ouNun-ta
he	ee	eye	Likhey-to	Khiyan-to	Halaito	bolai-to	avia-yo	karey-to	jaNray-to	ounai-to
she	ee	eye	Likhai-ti	Khaaye-ti	Halaitee	bolai-ti	avee-aye	kare-to	jaNray-ti	ounai-ti
it	ee	eye
they	ou	aiyN	Likhan-ta Likhai-ti	Khain-ta	Halunta	bolainta	aviyaa	karun-ta	jaNraNta	ounanta

aaun likhiyo, aaen likhiya, tu likhay, assan likhain,

aaun likhnoye, aaen likhna, tu likhnay,

aaun likhee riyo yaan, aaen likhee riya yo,

aaun likhee riyo wo,

aaun likhee riyo hoonoye,

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