Verbsfalei

Verbsfalei is a term used in linguistic discussions of verb-centered inflection systems, often in the context of constructed languages. It refers to a comprehensive verbal paradigm in which the verb root encodes the event and a fixed sequence of affixes conveys core grammatical information such as subject agreement, tense, aspect, mood, voice, and evidentiality. The name blends a generic “verb” concept with a coined morpheme that signals a complete verbal framework.

Morphology in verbsfalei is orderly and agglutinative. The standard form is built as root plus a chain of suffixes in a fixed order: subject/number, tense, aspect, mood, evidentiality, and then optional voice/valency modifiers. Subject suffixes mark person and number; tense distinguishes past, present, and future; aspect contrasts perfective and imperfective; mood signals indicative or subjunctive; evidentiality encodes source of information (direct, reported, etc.). The system allows stacking of affixes to create rich, single-word verb forms, and sometimes derivational changes alter valency (causative, applicative, etc.).

Syntax and usage in a verbsfalei framework are flexible because the verb bears much of the grammatical load. In many descriptions, the language allows subject pronouns to be omitted when the subject is recoverable from the verb suffix. Typical sentences favor a strong verb-centric structure, with auxiliary elements or particles marking certain arguments or temporal nuances, while the verb form itself remains the primary carrier of information.

Example: a hypothetical verb form using the root fala meaning “to speak” for first-person past, perfective, indicative, direct evidentiality could be written as fala-o-p-pf-m-d, glossed as “I spoke.” This illustrates how a single verb form encodes subject, time, aspect, mood, and evidentiality.