Unlike many other neighbouring Tygenoci languages, standard Elithoan Celinese has relatively few irregular verbs, and almost all verbs follow the same conjugational pattern in the present tense - even sí (to be), discussed on the previous page. Consequently, just as you add an -s onto sí to make 'you (singular) are', you'd do the same to norí, tyrthí and torí to make 'you want,' 'you say' and 'you act.' Here is the standard pattern of conjugation:
Norí - to want, I want Norís - you (singular) want Norío - he, she or it wants Norím - we want Noríot - you (plural) want Norín - they want
You may notice that the infinitive itself is never truly altered - one just adds one or two letters on the end each time. There are varieties of Celinese with a number of irregular verbs, particularly the more conservative varieties of Gwyðach, a small Celinophone land located northwest of Elitho, and of Lynnín, the capital city of Circassio, as well as in dialects spoken in NW Elitho and in isolated rural areas in the west.
Quiz: how would you say the following in Celinese?
1. you work (to work is caithí) 2. s/he smokes (to smoke is blechí) 3. we sleep (to sleep is somerí) 4. they dream (to dream is nolothí) 5. you plural enjoy (to enjoy is lyrí) 6. I love (to love is mairí)
Extra info:
In Celinese itself, this tense is often referred to not as the present tense but as the 'torlech anroimeg' or non-past tense. This is because it is used for a variety of other purposes, the most important being to refer to a near future event, such as in "lena hyðor séilot lo b-Perís anðím" (we're going - lit. we go - to Perís in 4 days), and to refer to events that began in the past and continue into the present, e.g. "daist 3 go nefosain, ochríen ecosí," (I've been studying - lit. I study - Ochrien for - lit. since - 3 years.) Some speakers also use this tense instead of inflecting for the past when referring to past events whose past nature has been specified - e.g. "hiðor sé nyrí" (lit. yesterday I see him) - but this is basilectal and almost never seen in written Celinese.