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- verbs in u with a preceding have ha (ka), ra (re). Exception: niyanggumbi (he, re).
- verbs in i with a preceding have ha (ka), ra (re). Exception: alanggimbi (he, re).
- verbs in i with e preceding have he (ke), re. Exception: kesimbi (ha, re).
- verbs in u with e preceding have he (ke), re. Exception: feksimbi (ha, re).
Dahambi forms daha (instead of dahaha), bahambi forms baha.
A number of verbs, however, contrary to the above rules, take ha, ra; ha, re; he re; ho, ro; ka, ra; ka, re; ke, re; ko, ro; ha and ka, ra; ha and ka, re; ha and ke, re; ha and he, re; ha and ko, ro; ke and ho, ro; he and ke, re; ho and ko, ro; ke and ko, ro. It would be to no purpose to give the long lists of these verbs, Sakharoff’s Dictionary gives the affixes used by each verb.
The following verbs are only used in the Indefinite Past: abulikabi, abšakabi, bemberekebi, delerekebi, farakabi, feherekebi, giegerekebi, genggerekebi, giyabsarakabi, gūwasakabi, ilmerekebi, jakjarakabi, jerekebi, joholikabi, juyekebi, laifarakabi, lebderekebi, lukdurekebi, werukebi.
The following verbs are found only as participles in ka, ke and ko: fuseke, niyekseke, oyoko, sureke, uldeke, undarako.
Certain verbs form the Preterite in ngka, ngke, ngko, the future in ndara, ndere, ndoro. Other form the Past Gerund in pi, mpi instead of in fi The following list gives the verbs with these irregularities, including the verbs already mentioned with irregular Imperatives.
LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS.
| Verb. | Imperative. | Preterite. | Future. | Past Gerund. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bahambi | baha | |||
| baimbi | baisu | baiha | baire | |
| bambi | bangka | bandara | ||
| bimbi | bisu | bihe | bisire | |
| bisarambi | bisarapi | |||
| bombi | bongko | bore, bondoro | infin. bonme | |
| cambi | caha, cangka | cara | cafi | |
| colgorombi | colgoroko | colgororo | colgoropi | |
| dahambi | daha | |||
| deserembi | deserepi | |||
| duksembi | duksepi | |||
| dulembi | dulepi | |||
| eldembi | eldeke | eldere | eldepi | |
| eyembi | eyepi | |||
| falarambi | falarapi | |||
| farambi | faraha, faraka | farara | farapi | |
| febumbi (fembi) | febuhe | febure | fempi | |
| fombi | foha | fore | fompi, condit. fomci | |
| fosombi | fosopi | |||
| fumbi | fungke | fumpi | ||
| gaimbi | gaisu | gaiha | gaire | |
| gajimbi | gaju | |||
| gerembi | gerehe, gereke | gerere, gerendere | ||
| gombi | goha | gondoro | ||
| guwembi | guwengke | guwendere | guwempi, cond. guwen | |
| gūmbi | gūha | gūndere | ||
| gūwaliyambi (hū) | gūwaliyaka | gūwaliyara | gūwaliyapi, hūwaliyapi |
