conjugri

Conjugri is a hypothetical verb-conjugation framework used in linguistics and conlang design. It is not tied to a specific natural language but illustrates how a compact morphological system might encode core grammatical categories in a modular way.

In Conjugri, subject agreement is handled by a set of prefixes attached to the verb stem to indicate person and number. Tense, aspect, and mood are realized through a fixed sequence of suffixes that attach to the stem after the prefix. A separate evidentiality marker can be appended to convey the source of information, such as direct observation or reported speech. The morpheme order is typically strict: subject prefix, verb stem, then tense-aspect-mood suffixes, voice marker, and evidential suffix. This organization supports a regular inflection paradigm for each verb root while allowing optional reduplication to emphasize aspect or emphasis.

Example: root daro meaning “to see.”

I see: pa-daro-li

They saw: ju-daro-to-ru

You will see: ka-daro-fu-ra

Note: The above forms are illustrative and not drawn from a natural language. Conjugri is used in theoretical discussions of morphology to explore how multiple grammatical layers can be encoded in a compact, modular system and to compare the effects of affix order and morpheme granularity on learnability and typology.

Applications include conlang workshops, computational morphology experiments, and typological surveys. See also morphology, evidentiality, and syntactic morphology.