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Grammar of the Brahuiky Language, 



Singula? 



Present tense of the verb substantive. 

 Plural. 



T aret 

 Ni ares 

 Od are 



I asut 

 Ni asus 

 Od asak 



I' masasut 

 Ni masasus 

 Od masas 



I' masunut 



Ni masunus 

 Od mas 



I marev 



Ni mare s 

 Od marek 



I' marot 



Ni mar os 

 Od maroi 



Ni mares 

 Od mare 



I' masut 



Ni masus 

 Od masuk 



I am 



Thou art 

 He is 



I was 

 Thou wast 

 He was 



I was being 

 Thou wast being 

 He was being] 



I had been 

 Thou hadst been 

 He had been 



We were 

 You were 

 They were 



We were being 

 You were being 

 They were being 



We had been 

 You had been 

 They had been 



We will now be 

 You will now be 

 They will now be 



V harraffiva 

 Ni harraffisa 

 Od harraffik 



I' harraffenut 



Ni harraftenus 

 Od harraffene 



I' harraffeta 

 N harraffesa 

 Od hanaffek 



I harrafesasut 

 Ni harrafesasus 

 Od h-arrafesas 



Nan aren We are 



Num areri You are 



Dafk arer They are 



1st Imperfect. 



Nan asun. 

 Num asure 

 Dafk asur 

 2nd Imperfect. 



Nan masasun 

 Num masasure 

 Dafk masasu 

 Perfect. 



Nan masunun 

 Num masunure 

 Dafk masunu 

 Future tense present. 

 I will now be Nan maren 



Thou wilt now be Num mareri 



He will now be Dafk marer 



Future tense literal. 

 I will hereafter be Nan maron We will hereafter be 



Thou wilst hereafter be Num marode You will hereafter be 

 He will hereafter be Dafk maror They will hereafter be 



Imperative. 

 Be thou Num marere 



Let him be Dafk maror 



Subjunctive mood. 

 Preceded by agar if. 

 If I might be Nan masun 



If thou mightest be Num masude 



If he might be Dafk masur 



Conjugation of the Verb To Ask. 

 Infinitive or verbal substantive, harrafing. 

 I ask Nan harrafon We ask 



Thou askest Num harrafore You ask 



He asks Dafk harrafor They ask 



1st Imperfect. 

 I asked Nan harraffenun We asked 



Thou askedst Num harratfenure You asked 



He asked Dafk harraffenur They asked 



2nd Imperfect. 

 I was asking Nan harraffena We were asking 



Thou wast asking Num harraffere You were asking 

 He was asking Ofk harraffera They were asking 



Perfect. 

 I had asked Nan harrafesasun We had asked 



Thou hadst asked Num harrafesasure You had asked 

 He had asked Dafk harrafesasu They will ask 



Be you 

 Let them be 



If we might be 

 If you might be 

 If they might be 



