VERBS

Where would we be if there never was any action, man?

We'd be dead, that's where.  Uncool.  In serious need of regrooving.  So love the verbs.  Use verbs. Or you might as well be speaking ALLNOUN.   --sUmUs cAcOOnUs 

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Philosophically, one's essence, or inherency, is manifested by the declaration or thought of "I am." This thought is equated with a concept of "being." By one's mere existence, taking up the four dimensions (so far) of height, width, depth, and time, the concept of BEING emanates from the one who says, "I am." Perhaps Yahweh said it best.  (Of course, let's not forget Popeye, who said, "I yam what I yam.")

 
 

    In DiLingo, the verb "be" is the morpheme, "ing." The infinitive of any verb in DiLingo is formed by doubling the first person singular. Therefore, "being" is "inging."

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The verb "to be"
Being-----Inging

Being............Inging

     It is no coincidence that the first person pronoung, i.e., "I," is "ing" also, just like the first person singular of the verb "to be," i.e., "am." This is so that, just as is philosophically, also linguistically, the connection is made and the identification thereby established between BEING and I AM, and between INGING and ING ING, interchangeably. Phonetically, these two identical concepts sound indentical --sUmUs cAcOOnUs.

Ing ing ring AS ying ing ring AS ying ing ing AND ings ings ALL TOGETHER GOO GOO GOO JOOB! ---J.L.

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NEGATION

Negation is formed by the insertion of the equivalent of "not," i.e., ~nct:  "INCT, ANCT, UNCT, ONCT, ENCT"
(See the SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS page for malleable forms.)

 

I am not		ing ing inct, or (the contraction) ing ing'ct
I am not doing		ing ing inct dingding (or, ing ing'nct dingding)
I do not do		ing ding inct ding (or, ing d'inct ding windows)

 

~nct example:
I will not do (I won't do) is Ing zing inct ding, or Ing zing'ct ding
I haven't done is Ung zung'ct dung.  See TENSES page for the use of malleable verbs for tense designation.

No is simply ninct. (N~nct: ninct, nanct, nunct)  No I'm not would be n'ing'ct, which sounds the same as ninct, but of course also means the same.

NEXT, see TENSES page, which explores the grunger (~) and the firesigns.

INFINITIVE

The infinitive is formed by the prefix "~~-" (long vowel grunger, "~") before the word;
if the word begins with a vowel, then "~~n-".

GERUND and GERUNDIVE

These noun-verbs and adjective-verbs are formed by doubling the first-person singular of the verb.

Other grunger variations:

He was doing  is Tang ang dangdang.
You had been doing  is  Yong ong dongdong.  (DiLingo doesn't get any better than this, eh?)

IMPERATIVE

The imperative is designated by a hypenated prefix, "cha-"

The imperative is not malleable, of course, since it implies a command 
to do something now.  Unless you can bend time like the 10D citizens of 
Sango Jingo.  In fact, a sure tip-off that you've bumped into someone from
Sango Jingo is when you hear a malleable imperative.  They often visit 
Las Vegas and New Orleans, both places where time is pretty meaningless.
--sUmUs cAcOOnUs, D.E.

PASSIVE MOOD

Conversion to passive mood is done by placing a "qu-" rhyme of the ~ng root in front of the verb.

EXAMPLE

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

These various forms employ designated prefixes:

*The above forms of firesigns (prefixes) add an additional appropriate vowel if they prefix a verb beginning with a consonant.

ought to    ~nks:  inks/anks/unks (See "Malleable Words" on the SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS page.)

I ought to be good ----------- Ing inks iining bing.

EMPHASIS

Employs the alteration of "do," i.e., "ding"
d~nk --->   (dink, dank, dunk, etc.)

ABILITY

Ability is designated by the firesign interfix, -ab- + the ~ng grunger root of the verb.

EXAMPLE:

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CONVERSION TO NOUNS

     For most verbs, there are nouns that are doing the actual verbing. Conversion employs suffixes, "-oo" or "-or," depending on whether the verb is being converted into a deed or a doer.

I have two beers ...............Ing hring twip ingors. (For Advanced DiLingo speakers only; for advanced beer drinkers only.)
 

Note on elocution:

     I borrow heavily from Italian here. For when ending on that long "a," it is helpful to flip one's hand in the air. It isn't just "Dis ingct ingii slingaa," but...

"Dis-ing'ct / ing-ii / sling--GAY!"

     The hand flip is sooooo necessary, of course.
 

_{"An ingor for your dolor."  --sUmUs cAcOOnUs}

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A review of the firesigns used in VERBS:  

Firesign	Example	English	Function
~~-, ~~n-	iiding; iining	to do; to be	Forms infinitive
cha-	chaching	Pay! ("you deadbeat" understood)	Forms imperative
qu- + root rhyme	ang quang-dang	I was done.	Forms passive mood
eebr-,   (e)	Ing eebreding	I can do	Subjunctive: CAN
ebr-    (e)	Yungs ebredungs	You may have done	Subjunctive:  MAY
iibr-,    (i)	Sing iiding	She might do	Subjunctive:  MIGHT
ibr-     (i)	Ring ibrihapping	It could happen	Subjunctive:  COULD
oobr-   (o)	Tung oobrung	He should have been	Subjunctive:  SHOULD
uubr-   (u)	Ungs uubrungs	We would have been	Subjunctive:  WOULD
aabr-, (a)	Ying aabricling pinks	You must love people.	Subjunctive:   MUST
-ab-	Ring oobring dingabing	It should be doable	Ability
-aa	slingaa	seat	Noun conversion:  deed
-or	slingor	sitter	Noun conversion:  doer

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An Ingor For Your Dolor! --sUmUs cAcOOnUs, D.E.