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## Verbal

Verbal conjugation are decided by mood, tense, and aspect.
Infinitive verbs all have the ending -zy, which is changed by conjugation.
They are respectively indicated by a vowel, a tone, and a consonant.

### Mood

There are five moods:

- indicative: a
- ritual: e
- interrogative: i
- imperative: o
- subjunctive: u

### Tense

- past: falling
- present: level
- future: rising

### Aspect

- habitual: j
- continuous: r
- perfective: unmarked

### Gender

In the ritual mood, another vowel representing subject's gender is added after
the aspect consonant.  Note that it is not uncommon to use ritual mood without
this vowel.