Verb conjugation
Pick a verb to see all 8 persons in 3 tenses: present, past and future intent.
How conjugation works
- Vowel harmony
- Stems with back vowels (а, ы, о, ұ) take back endings; front-vowel stems (ә, і, е, ө, ү) take front endings.
- Present continuous
- Stem + а/е/й + personal ending. E.g. бар-а-мын = "I go".
- Past (definite)
- Stem + ды/ді/ты/ті + personal ending. The voiceless variant (-ты/-ті) follows voiceless consonants. E.g. бар-ды-м = "I went".
- Future intent
- Stem + мақ/мек + personal ending. E.g. бар-мақ-пын = "I intend to go / I will go".