Braereth verbs can be divided into four basic categories, similar to the verbs of other Romance languages. Most verb infinitives end in -are, -ere, or -ire, and these make up the basis of the first three classes of regular verbs. The fourth category is kind of a junk-drawer of verbs that end in -ure and irregular verbs from the first three categories.
Regular Verbs
-are Verbs | -ere Verbs | -ire Verbs | |
Infinitive: | est-are ‘to stand’ |
iac-ere ‘to put’ |
dourm-ire ‘to sleep’ |
eou | est-au | iac-eu | dourm-iu |
tu | est-aes | iac-eis | dourm-is |
ilju/ilja | est-ae | iac-ei | dourm-ith |
nous | est-amu | iac-emu | dourm-imu |
vous | est-ate | iac-ete | dourm-ite |
iljis/iljes | est-aen | iac-ein | dourm-in |
Present Participle: | est-ante | iac-ente | dourm-inte |
Past Participle: | est-ate | iac-ete | dourm-ite |
Irregular Verbs
There are many, but here are a few of the most useful:
Infinitive: | est-ere ‘to be’ |
abv-ere ‘to have’ |
ire ‘to go’ |
d-are* ‘to give’ |
eou | seou | aou | vaou | d-aou |
tu | eis | aes | vaes | d-aes |
ilju/ilja | ei(th)** | ae | vae | d-ae |
nous | seimu | abv-emu | i-mu | d-amu |
vous | seite | abv-ete | i-te | d-ate |
iljis/iljes | soun | aun | vaun | d-aen |
Present Participle: | est-ente | ante | inte | d-ante |
Past Participle: | est-e | eute | i-te | d-ate |
* Dare is not really irregular; it is just a single-letter stem, hence the first person singular present indicative has ‑aou instead of ‑au.
** Ei becomes eith before a following vowel.
A Note about Participles
When used as a verb (e.g. in compound verb tenses), the present and past participle forms end with ‑e (e.g. Estae dourmint‑e, ‘He is sleeping.’) But declines fully when used as an adjective: Eith un viru dourmint‑u, ‘He is a sleeping man.’