Animate Intransitive (AI) verbs are verbs that only have an animate subject and no object. These verbs are further divided into three conjugation classes. Each conjugation class has its own set of verb endings, although the main difference lies in which vowel begins each ending. Examples of each conjugation class are teluisi, 'I am (thus) named' (class 1, or -i class), amalgai, 'I dance' (class 2, or -a class), and ewi'gigei, "I write" (class 3, or -e class). Each conjugation class has fourteen possible person and number combinations, which reflect their possible subjects. The endings for the present indicative for each conjugation class are given below, as well as the endings for their negative counterparts.
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Conjugation Class 1: -i class
Present Indicative
VAI Conjugation Class 1: -i class
| ↓person / number→
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SG
|
DU
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PL
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| 1
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13
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-i
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-ieg
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-ultieg
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| 12
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-i'gw
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-ulti'gw
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| 2
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-in
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-ioq
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-ultioq
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| 3
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-it
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-ijig
|
-ultijig
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| 4 (obviative)
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Negative Present Indicative
VAI Negative Conjugation Class 1: -i class
| ↓person / number→
|
SG
|
DU
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PL
|
| 1
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13
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-iw/-iu
|
-iweg
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-ultieweg
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| 12
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-iugw
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-ultieweg
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| 2
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-iwn/-iun
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-(i)woq
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-uwoq
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| 3
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-iwg/-iug
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-i'wg/-iewg
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-ultiewg
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| 4
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Conjugation Class 2: -a class
Present Indicative
VAI Conjugation Class 2: -a class
| ↓person / number→
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SG
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DU
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PL
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| 1
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13
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-ai
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-aieg
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-a'tieg
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| 12
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-aigw
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-a'ti'gw
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| 2
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-an
|
-aioq
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-a'tioq
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| 3
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-at
|
-ajig
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-a'tijig
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| 4
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Negative Present Indicative
VAI Negative Conjugation Class 2: -a class
| ↓person / number→
|
SG
|
DU
|
PL
|
| 1
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13
|
-aw
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-aweg
|
-a'tiweg
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| 12
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-awgw
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-a'tiwgw
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| 2
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-awn
|
-awoq
|
-a'tiwoq
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| 3
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-awg
|
-a'tiwg
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-a'titiwg
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| 4
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Conjugation Class 3: -e class
Present Indicative
VAI Conjugation Class 3: -e class
| ↓person / number→
|
SG
|
DU
|
PL
|
| 1
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13
|
-ei
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-eieg
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-'tieg
|
| 12
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-eigw
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-'ti'gw
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| 2
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-en
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-eioq
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-'tioq
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| 3
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-et
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-ejig
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-'tijig
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| 4
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Negative Present Indicative
VAI Negative Conjugation Class 3: -e class
| ↓person / number→
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SG
|
DU
|
PL
|
| 1
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13
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-ew
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-eweg
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-'tiweg
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| 12
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-ewgw
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-'tiwgw
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| 2
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-ewn
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-ewoq
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-'tiwoq
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| 3
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-ewg
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-etiwg
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-'titiwg
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| 4
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