Badul tenses: simple present

Construction

Normal Verbs

The verb order in Badul is verb-subject-object. The simple present tense is no different.

Hreethe mi means I run
Yem mi means I jump

Different Verbs

However, some verbs in Badul are not in accordance with this construction. Instead they use the verb a tha (to be), which takes different forms to comply with its grammatical person. These verbs are called tha verbs and describe the state, quality or position of something. More broadly, the way something is.

There are many tha verbs, but the most common ones are:

English	Badul
to act	a neim
to become	a sregh
to be born	a fribt
to come	a hig
to cost	a luy
to die	a mad
to fall asleep	a frusan
to grow	a ċuw
to go	a ċey
to live	a bu
to stay	a vi
to stop	a dwai
to wake up	a dusk

The construction is as follows, first the verb to be, then the subject and then uc followed by the root form of the verb. Uc becomes oc when in the third person singular.

Thet i oc frusan.