Verbs: Perfect is the 24th skill in the High Valyrian language course.
Grammar Notes[]
In this unit we will see the perfect tense of High Valyrian. You use the perfect to indicate that an action has been completed, usually in the past. Forming the perfect in High Valyrian is fairly simple. Most of the time, one adds a t to the root and then adds the present tense agreement endings. Here's a regular example below:
| Indicative | Jorrāeltan | Jorrāeltā | Jorrāeltas | Jorrāelti | Jorrāeltāt | Jorrāeltis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjunctive | Jorrāelton | Jorrāeltō | Jorrāeltos | Jorrāeltoty | Jorrāeltōt | Jorrāeltosy |
This holds for many verbs whose stems end in a consonant, and almost all verbs whose stems end in a vowel.
A good number of verbs whose stems end in a consonant have an irregular stem in the perfect. This stem will need to be learned and memorized, although many are somewhat predictable. Here, for example, is the conjugation for the verb rȳbagon, "to hear" in the perfect active indicative:
- Ryptan "I heard"
The verb urnegon us highly irregular. it is conjugated with ūn- stem and the ending of the verb using a d instead of a t:
- Ūndas: she/he saw"
The verbs emagon, jagon, and sagon are likewise irregular, and conjugate the same way. Their perfect stems are ēd-, ist-, and ist-. (Note: This renders jagon and sagon identical in the perfect.)
Lessons[]
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