Actions (or verbs) have modifiers preceding them in all cases.
Here are most of the action aspects and tenses you might need.
| tense | type | phrase | example |
|---|---|---|---|
| present | simple present | x | I eat an apple. |
| present | present continuous | vut reC x | I am eating an apple. |
| present | present perfect | haz x | I have eaten an apple. |
| present | present perfect continuous | haz vut reC x | I have been eating an apple. |
| past | simple past | sup x | I ate an apple. |
| past | past continuous | sup vut reC x | I was eating an apple. |
| past | past perfect | sup haz x | I had eaten an apple. |
| past | past perfect continuous | sup haz vut reC x | I had been eating an apple. |
| past | past regular | sup gac x | I used to eat apples. |
| future | simple future | wid x | I will eat an apple. |
| future | future continuous | wid vut reC x | I will be eating an apple. |
| future | future perfect | wid haz sup x | I will have eaten an apple. |
| future | future perfect continuous | wid haz vut reC x | I will have been eating an apple. |
Gerunds
| type | phrase | example |
|---|---|---|
| subject | reC x | Eating an apple is cool. |
| object | reC x | I love eating apples. |
| object of preposition | reC x | I am excited by eating apples. |
Here are a few sentences demonstrating some actions.
| flow |
|---|
| It is quickly eating a big apple. |
| vala vuti kweke reC hiti nif brat tapwaka. |
| It will have quickly eaten the apple. |
| vala kweke wid haz sup hiti dan tapwaka. |
| I was having doubts. |
| popa sup vut reC hazi yas skana. |
| The swimming ducks overheard the dirt-covered black bear. |
| dan reC swamo yas barva sup tub hiri dan drata sup kovo vego naqka. |
| The red-headed sparrow plucked recently ripened berries. |
| dan redo sup heda sparola sup plaki sorge sup baxali yas barna. |
| The brightly lit screen has been shining for a long time. |
| dan britane sup mari skrina sup haz vut reC xayni foru nif nuc kala. |
| I saw the rock just under them. |
| popa sup visi dan raka jas bito pema. |
| The tree back behind us is taller and heavier than me. |
| dan dipa lus lusu biba vuti mor talso jonu mor drasko Canu popa. |
| I am connected to my experience. |
| popa vuti dax bido palu bak pop siza. |
| I saw the ants go get them. |
| popa sup visi dan yas formika buq geti pema. |
| The way they came over was weird. |
| dan weka pema tube sup komi sup vuti wirdo. |
| They had some interesting info. |
| pema sup hazi sam reC triso vica. |
| I could not wait to eventually see. |
| popa nun kud weti palu sive visi. |
| The bear goes hunting. |
| dan naqka buqi reC hanti. |
| Yesterday I went swimming. |
| last yoma popa sup buqi reC swami. |