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Verbs are not conjugated in Chipilak and the tense is expressed by the context
Verbs are accented on the penult
Verbs endings are "as", "es", or "os"
The question structure is: element(s) - verb(s) (comma) pronoun (question mark)
Xefs� xaas, muwa? "Are you reading a book?"
Akmi akkfsalk�ho tukmos, mullwa? "Did you (pl) like this experience?"
The imperative structure is: pronoun (comma) element(s) - verb (exclamation mark)
Muwa, pales! "Come!"
Muwa, xapolmosmu! "Stand up!"
Reflexive verbs add the nominative pronoun as a suffix
Axwa kalmosax "He sits down"
Hillwa mepasmoshill "We amuse ourselves"
Impersonal verbs don't have any kind of conjugation and the verb itself is used
Xipas "It rains"
Lapos "It snows"
Negative verbs to make a verb negative the negative prefix li is added
Axowa lielpemosax "She did not invite him"
Ruknokn�llwa oul lipixpas "The boys have not return yet"
Verb chain: many verbs can be juxtaposed. Each verb in the chain modifies the element or verb at its left side.
Axwa kostalm�ma fis�ho ripas pas tusos fimas "He could swear that he saw the sargeant's mouth move"
Axillwa pekemoshill gomos makos "They want to try to visit us"
Purpose: to state that the action word (verb) is the purpose for the preceding elements the word fso is used
Axwa xofe�llho rismas fso litsemos "He bit his lips not to scream"
Tuolwa ul riralm�al fso sakfesos fosos "John stopped a moment to breath"
Conditional: to state a condition for the action (verb) to happen the word oboki is used
Oboki muwa libasas hiwa linakos "If you don't want it I will not do it"
Oboki hiwa fokmosi melas�ho malas akmiho birfsos "If I had enough money I would buy it"
Verbs can be omitted, specially the verbs to be and to have
Nirfs�ma bofax�wa jalbi "The man�s hair is white"
Lomawa oxe "Nobody is there"
Ul fsijar�: axillwa karfsa ruhniruh norfsi "There was a problem, they were always hungry"
Oxeal gak nirfs�llwah mik rutas�llwa "There are three men and two women there"
Naxas�al ul xeg�ma xakn� "There is a liter of milk in the refrigerator"
Pot�wa u-gal�bil aeroport� makma hima bok�al nokmo ul nis� rok rame� "The trip by subway from the airport to my house takes one and a half hour"
Some verbs use prepositions, like to think of, to dream of, etc.
Nirfs�llma gofot�ma nojos "The men talk about work"
Hiwa pobom�ma killos "I dream of the vacation"
Hiwa oret�ma sabismos "I remember (of) my friend"
Oret�wa mullho pekemosma opemi "My friend is anxious (of) to visit us"
Verbs can modify nouns, in a similar way as the gerund in English, conveying the idea that the action was already performed for or by the actor. To do this, the ending of the verb is replaced by i
Oxeromos -- oxeromi: Fass�wa oxeromi "To feed" -- "The dog was fed"
Ofses -- ofsi: Xefs�wa ofsi "To open" -- "The book is open"
Makemes -- mak | 