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verb stem -shrab
prefix/suffix
a- ashrab I drink
ti- tishrab you drink (m sing)
HOW
ti-...-ee tishrabee you drink (f sing)
yi- yishrab he drinks
THE
ti- tishrab she drinks
ni- nishrab we drink
ti-...-oo tishraboo you drink (pl)
yi-...-oo yishraboo they drink
You will find that sometimes the first vowel of the verb is pro-
nounced or transliterated as e or i in different verbs, depending
LANGUAGE
on the actual sound of the word.
Present Usage
The imperfect conjugation is used for the equivalent of the
present tense. The prefix bi- is added to the forms of the
WORKS

imperfect tense to indicate that the action is taking place in
the present:
verb stem -shrab
biashrab I am drinking
■ Ve r b s
bitishrab you are drinking (m sing)
bitishrabee you are drinking (f sing)
biyishrab he is drinking
bitishrab she is drinking
binishrab we are drinking
bitishraboo you are drinking (pl)
biyishraboo they are drinking
Future Usage
To indicate that an action will take place in the future, use the
imperfect conjugation as above and modify it as follows, add-
ing the prefix ha-:

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