Verbs

Exactly three tenses. No irregular verbs. Structure: STEM + TENSE + MODE + PERSON.

Verb structure

STEM + TENSE + MODE + PERSON

Aigramma has exactly three tenses: past, present, future. There is no perfect, progressive, or pluperfect morphology. Finer time uses adverbs (nuna, hiera, morga), cases, and context.

Person endings

Person	Suffix	Present (kala)	Past	Future
1SG	-m / -um\|-im	kalam	kaladum	kalabum
2SG	-c / -uc\|-ic	kalac	kaladuc	kalabuc
3SG	-∅ / -\|-	kala	kalad	kalab
1PL	-min / -umin\|-imin	kalamin	kaladumin	kalabumin
2PL	-cin / -ucin\|-icin	kalacin	kaladucin	kalabucin
3PL	-nin / -unin\|-inin	kalanin	kaladunin	kalabunin

Present

-∅ / -|-

Zero tense marker. Stem + mode + person = present / habitual action.

Kalam.

I walk.

Edam.

I eat.

Vidam.

I see.

Sa solat vida.

He/she sees the sun.

Past

-d / -ud|-id

Past marker -d after vowels; -ud/-id after consonants.

Kaladum.

I walked.

kala-d-um

Edadum.

I ate.

Vidadum.

I saw.

Man skolep iradumin.

We went into the school.

ira-d-umin

Future

-b / -ub|-ib

Future marker -b after vowels; -ub/-ib after consonants.

Kalabum.

I will walk.

kala-b-um

Edabum.

I will eat.

Vidabum.

I will see.

Morga sa venab.

Tomorrow he/she will come.

Comparison

Kaladum. / Kalam. / Kalabum.

I walked. / I walk. / I will walk.

Edadum. / Edam. / Edabum.

I ate. / I eat. / I will eat.

Vidadum. / Vidam. / Vidabum.

I saw. / I see. / I will see.

Verb conjugator

STEM + TENSE + MODE + PERSON. Harmony: back (a/o/u)

Verb stemTenseModePerson

STEM kala→TENSE ∅→MODE ∅→PERSON m=

kalam