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RV 62 (Rh) /n-iy-/ by /ñ/, as in /tımməsəggəñalləš/ 'you (f.) are praised/ (masc. /tımməsəgənalləh/)

/l-iy-/ by /y/, as in /tıyalləš/ 'you (f.) say' (masc. /tılalləh/)

With some speakers only the consonant preceding /-iy-/ is replaced. The second person feminine singular is then:

Verbs in /a-/ lose the vowel /ı/ of the prefixes (see Note 3.3) as in /awKalləhu/ 'I know', /yadral/ 'he spends the night', etc.

The verb /malət/ 'to say' is 'irregular'. Its Imperfective form is as follows:

Following is a complete list of verbs that have already occuredoccurred [sic] in Units 1 through 6. The verbs are listed in the infinitive, in the 3rd person masculine singular Perfective, and in the 3rd person masculine singular Imperfective.