Verb conjugation

Verbs are conjugated following regular rules, according to their class (list). Verbs are conjugated for agent and tense as well as for object and clusivity. As well as this, there are several other roots that can be used agglutinatively in verbs to describe it more fully e.g. ჵაშბჵყენტფჲცფ 1st person + do + past + quickly + it > I did it quickly or ჵაშბჵყფჷჩშბახხალფ 1st person + present perfect (now+do+before) + past + not + it > I haven't done it. All conjugations utilise the verb root combined with personal pronouns. The combining form of the agent (e.g. in the singular, first vowel (fronted if possible) of regular form აჸაჩ > ჵა, ჲფაჩ > ჵჲ) appears at the beginning of the last syllable of the verb and the object (ჸააჩ > ჸ, ფჲაჩ > ფ) goes at the end.

Dynamic transitive
Dynamic verbs are actions, e.g. to explain something as opposed to the stative to understand something. Dynamic verbs are unmarked.

Stative transitive
Further information: Stative transitive Stative verbs are states, e.g. to know one's limits as opposed to the dynamic to test one's limits. There is a marker for stative verbs.

Intransitive
''Further information: Noun cases, Ergative case Intransitive verbs don't have an object: compare he lay on the bed vs he laid his clothes on the bed. The argument of an intransitive verb (he lay on the bed) behaves the same as the object of a transitive verb (he laid his clothes on the bed). This absolutive case is unmarked. The agent of a transitive verb (he laid his clothes on the bed) is the ergative, and it has the marker : (me) >  (I), etc.

Class 1
Class 1 verbs are verbs with monosyllabic stems, e.g. - to play or  - to breathe. The combining subject comes directly before the stem, after any other prefixes. Before vowels, a /ʔ/ ends the syllable.

Class 2
Class 2 verbs are verbs with polysyllabic stems, e.g. - to think. The combining agent comes before the final syllable of the stem. In the case of the inherently long ბ, the /ʀː/ is 'split in two' and comes after the agent's vowel to close the syllable.

Class 3
Class 3 verbs are verbs whose stems end in two consonants, e.g. to kill. The combining agent comes between them.

Infinitives
A non-finite form of a verb is defined as one that cannot be used as the core of a sentence: he to sleep compared to he sleeps. In Rakal, several 'partly conjugated' verbs are considered infinitives. For example, to run quickly or to love her. In the case of these non-finite verbs, the infinite marker is not used.