Irregular verbs in Xwibe * Current irregular verbs are: - caziqi "to walk" - lan "to be" - teqwi "to see" ------------------------------ infinitive "translation" stem: stem� present past progressive person catli tzicatli catihitli ------------------------------ caziqi "to walk" stem: ca� present past progressive wo catli tzicatli catihitli ca cal tzical catihil xiw caz tzicaz catihiz fourth canaw tzicanaw catihinaw woya catla tzicatla catihitla cani cahin tzicahin catihitla xiwba cahe(natl) tzicahe(natl) catihihe(natl) fourth cayal tzicayal catihiyal present past progressive ------------------------------ lan "to be; copula" stem: lane� present past progressive wo lan elan latin ca la ela lati xiw lah elah latih fourth lana elana latina woya latlih elat latitih cani la elaw lati xiwba laneya elahe latine fourth layan elayan latiya present past progressive ------------------------------ teqwi "to see" stem: teqi� present past progressive wo teqtli eteqtli teqtitli ca teqin eteqin teqtin xiw teqwe tzateq teqtiwe fourth teqinawa eteqinawa teqtinawa woya teqtli eteqtlih teqtitli cani teqihin* tziwa teqtihin xiwba teqihewe* tziwahi teqtihewe fourth teqala eteqala teqtala present past progressive * When used for marking future, asewati and asewahe are formal synonyms respectively.
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