3A: Verbs with vowel change when conjugated
The verb is 3A if: there are 2 consonants before the final vowel "o" (ex: baxso, cabso) [not including verbs with "yso" at the end ex: adkayso]; if there is a single consonant "k" before the final vowel "o" (ex: buko)
****Additionally, so far verbs which end in "ow" appear to also be 3A verbs. They are different because these verbs are in a change of status (caddow=to become white)****
3B: Verbs with vowel loss when conjugated
The verb is 3B if: there is 1 consonant before the final vowel "o" (ex: cabo, dego, dhimo); if the verb ends in "yso" (ex: akdayso, dhageyso, etc.)
EXCEPTIONS (found so far): Words like "NOQO" [3B verb: to become, to return] do not have a vowel change for the 2nd person. Basically it seems that if the 3B verb which ends in "o" also has the short vowel "o" prior to the last consonant (noqo, soco, doco)
Past Simple: waan/wuu noqdey, waad/wey noqotey, waannu noqonney, weydin noqoteen, wey noqdeen
DISCLAIMER: Please understand this is NOT a proven fact, only a theory.
Pronoun/WAA form | 3A Root Verb | 3A Vowel Change | 3A Suffix | 3A Conjugated Verb |
---|---|---|---|---|
I / WAAN | JOOGSO | Change final "O" to "A" | -DAY | JOOGSADAY |
You / WAAD | JOOGSO | Change final "O" to "A" | -TAY | JOOGSATAY |
He / WUU | JOOGSO | Change final "O" to "A" | -DAY | JOOGSADAY |
She / WEY | JOOGSO | Change final "O" to "A" | -TAY | JOOGSATAY |
We / WAANNU | JOOGSO | Change final "O" to "A" | -NNAY | JOOGSANNAY |
You All / WEYDIN | JOOGSO | Change final "O" to "A" | -TEEN | JOOGSATEEN |
They / WEY | JOOGSO | Change final "O" to "A" | -DEEN | JOOGSADEEN |
Pronoun/WAA form | 3B Root Verb | 3B Vowel Change | 3B Suffix | 3B Conjugated Verb |
---|---|---|---|---|
I / WAAN | QABO | Drop final vowel | -TAY | QABTAY |
You / WAAD | QABO | Drop final vowel | -ATAY | QABATAY |
He / WUU | QABO | Drop final vowel | -TAY | QABTAY |
She / WEY | QABO | Drop final vowel | -ATAY | QABATAY |
We / WAANNU | QABO | Drop final vowel | -ANNAY | QABANNAY |
You All / WEYDIN | QABO | Drop final vowel | -ATEEN | QABATEEN |
They / WEY | QABO | Drop final vowel | -TEEN | QABTEEN |
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