Sargaĺk: The Present Tense

Sargaĺk verb morphology, like its other morphology, is agglutinating. The person-number-gender markers are as follows:

	1sg	2sg	3sg m	3sg f	1 pl	2pl	3pl m	3pl f
Conjugation I	-əi	-i	-ju	-(ĺ)tua	-(k)in	-va	-mu	-nu
Conjugation II	-i	-	-i	-(s)	-i	-u	-n	-n
Exceptional Morphemes	-əta	-ita	-juta	-suta	-(k)in vs. -sim

The difference between conjugations I and II depend on the position of the secondary stress in the verb; if it's on the person morpheme, the verb belongs to conjugation I, otherwise, it belongs to conjugation II. Normally, the stress sits on the first syllable, thus making the third syllable carry secondary stress. However, if the first syllable is closed, the second syllable carries stress, and the final syllable is reduced.

Sargaĺk has a handful of verbs that distinguish inclusive and exclusive first person in their verb forms. Here is an overview of some verbs and the forms that are used for the distinctions.

jarnap – to inherit

jarnakin = we (incl) inherit
jarnasim = we (excl) inherit

karb - to be forbidden to do

karkin = we (incl) are forbidden from doing
karsim = we (excl) are forbidden from doing

jesal - to be permitted to

jeslin (...)
jesim

vak'am - to gain from

vak'in
vak'sim

rosk'ir - to be related

rosk'in
ros:im

The exceptional morphemes for 1sg and 2sg provide forms for when the verb is ditransitive. The third person exceptional forms are only used when the object or the indirect object also has higher animacy.