Graul's Class II: Weak present/future, ÿ¢ past.

As mentioned above, the Graul classification II has weak present and future markers, but ÿ¢ nd and þ« nj in the past. There are a number of different kinds of verbs in this class.

1. Verbs whose imperative forms have long vowels, but have stem-alternants with short vowels when tense is marked.
   • ÂÔ vaa `come': Weak present/future, past: ÂÿØ»¨ vandeen
   • »Ô taa `give': Weak present/future, past: »ÿØ»¨ tandeenIn some dialects, this verb is only used with first and second person subjects.

2. Verbs formed on the based of ÂÔ vaa `come':
   • ×´ÔýàÂÔ konduvaa `bring s.t.': conjugated like ÂÔ. ×´Ôý¹Ô kondaa (variant of ×´ÔýàÂÔ konduvaa `bring s.t.'): conjugated like ÂÔ but vowel remains long throughout: ×´Ôý¹ÔØŨ kondaareen, etc.
   • î¥Ü´Õ¥àÂÔ kuuttikittuvaa `bring a person'

3. Intransitive verbs that have transitive analogs are numerous in this class. Many of these verbs end in vowels other than Ë u, e.g. LT Ï, ST Í e, É i; their transitive analogs are members of class VI.
   • ÂÄç valaru `grow (intr.)': Âįÿ»â vala(r)ndadu `it grew'
   • ´×Á kale `be separate, be excluded, dispersed': ´×Áþ¶â kalenjadu `it was dispersed'.

4. Verbs that end in LT Ï ai and É and i (and ST Í e(y)), causing palatalization in the past marker; In our classification these are 3b:
   • Ð×¹ ode `break (of its own accord)': Ð×¹þ¶â odenjadu
   • ×»ÀÕ teri `be known': ×»ÀÕþ¶â terinjadu `it was known'.

5. Verbs with final rhotics ( r sounds), which are deleted or otherwise changed before the past marker:
   • С´Ôç okkaaru `sit': С´Ôÿ»Ô¨ okkaandaan `he sat'.
   • Èê aa= to0pt.25ex ##= by .25ex u `be deep': È°ÿ»â aandadu or aalndadu `it was deep'
   • ÂÕê vi= to0pt.25ex ##= by .25ex u `fall': ÂÕêÿ»â vi= to0pt.25ex ##= by .25ex undadu or vilndadu `it fell'.

6. Verbs belonging to Class I in LT, but showing nasal palatalization in the past in ST:
   • ׶² seyyi `do, make': ׶þ¶â senjadu `it make'
   • ×½² peyyi `rain': ×½þ¶â penjadu `it rained'