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 
     According to sUmUs cAcOOnUs, D. E. :
(Ring ling:)

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

 

Singular

Plural
I am ing ing   we are ings ings
you are ying ing you are yings ings
he/she/it is ting/sing/ring ing they are tings/sings/rings ings
 
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.

NEGATION

Negation is formed by the use of:   ~nct,
Inct  Anct  Unct
 
I am ing ing
I am not ing ing inct (contraction: ing'ct)
 
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-".
 
to be iining (or iing)
to do iiding
I am to be Ing ing iining
I was to do Ang ang aadang
You were to have done Yang ang aadang
He was to have been Tang ang aanang
They ought to be Tings inks iinings

GERUND and GERUNDIVE

These noun-verbs and adjective-verbs are formed by doubling the first-person singular of the verb.
 
Being Inging
Doing dingding (another favorite of mine)
Being is doing. Inging ing dingding.
I was being. Ang ang angang.
I ought to have been doing Ung unks iinung dungdung...
 
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-"
 
Pay! Cha-ching! (Amazing how certaing things just fall into place.)
Pay me twice. Cha-ching mink t-twip.
Do! Cha-ding!
Be! Cha-ing!
Do-be-do-be-do Cha-ding cha-ing cha-ding cha-ing cha-ding. (Was a personal favorite of Frank Sinatra.)
  
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.

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 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.

PASSIVE MOOD

Conversion to passive mood is done by placing a "qu-" rhyme of the ~ng root in front of the verb.
EXAMPLE
 
I did ang ang
I was done ang quang-dang (qu- + -ang- + dang)
I would have done ung uudung  (Subjunctive Mood, see below)
I would have been done ung quuubrudung-uubrudung 
(I've always wanted to see three U's together, anywhere.)
 

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

These various forms employ designated prefixes:
 
can eebr(~)-   I can do   Ing eebriding* (prefix eebre- + ding)
may ebr(~)- You may have done Yungs ebrudungs
might iibr(~)- She might do Sing iibriding
could ibr(~)- It could happen Ring ibrihapping
should oobr(~)- He should have been Tung oobrung
would uubr(~)- We would have been Ungs uubrungs
must aabr(~)- You must love people. Ying aabricling pinks
 
*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.)
 
I do have Ing dink hring
I did have Ang dank hrang, or...
He does have Ting dink hring
I had Ang hrang

ABILITY

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

EXAMPLE:

 
speak ling
It is speakable Ring ing lingabing
It was unspeakable Rang ang anct langabang
It should be doable Ring oobring dingabing
 

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 sit Ing sling
seat slingaa
sitter slingor
do ding
deed dingaa
doer dingor
Be ing
Be-er ingor
 
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
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.