Verbal Enclitics

Verbal enclitics attach to the ends of verbs, and add optional TAME (tense, aspect, mood/modality, evidentiality) information to the verb. More than one can attach, and the ordering can vary.

List of Verbal Enclitics

• beye [CL.V] NEG.COMMAND
• bolo [CL.V] infer
• da [CL.V] PASSIVE
• dawa [CL.V] PASSIVE
• doŋi [CL.V] VIS
• dusu [CL.V] HABITUAL
• haŋi [CL.V] CONTINUOUS
• ka [CL.V] COMMAND
• keŋi [CL.V] QUERY
• lala [CL.V] make
• nna [CL.V] BEGIN
• sada [CL.V] hear
• sese [CL.V] reported
• tele [CL.V] can
• tila [CL.V] should