II.3.4. Verbs

Because of the sound changes of Fénilar three conjugations developed; the characteristics of these conjugations developed due to the different endings and the different base forms of Eleiar.
The simple stems and the extendes stems on -sa of Eleiar formed the consonant, the extended verbs on -ja formed the i- and the stems with the extension -wa formed the o-conjugation. Examples: landdan (to see); slididdan (to give) und berdoddan (to sing).

The forms with the incorporated relative pronoun were dropped in Fénilar.

1.) Forms of the indicative (active)
We will show the conjugations on an example each.
a) present

Consonant verbs which stem from the extension -sa have different forms in the fourth person; el. ceisath Þ fen. céth (we hit); el. elsath Þ fen. ylth (we jubilate).

b) preterite

* In some persons a new epenthetic vowel -a- developed in front of the personal ending. This is no reflex of the endings of Eleiar; but due to vowel harmony it got the same form.

c) perfect

* Note the circumstance that the perfect was formed by using the pure stem. Therefore: cénan (I have hit), of céddan.

d) future

A form which hasn't been changed since Eleiar is célan (i will hit (Ü el. ceilan).

2.) Forms of the optative
Fénilar did no longer form the optative by conjugation, because the sound changes would have made it too similar to the present. Therefore a periphrastic (paraphrased) form was introduced by using the still used optative of the auxiliary theoddan (to be) and the genitive of the verbal adjectives on -al and -da, which are used as present participles of the Elven language. We will use the first person of all three tenses:

present: thun landu (I want to see); thun slidil (I want to give); thun bardol (I want to sing);
preterite: thuthan landu, thuthan slidil, thuthan bardol
perfect: thúnun landu, thúnun slidil, thúnun bardol.

3.) The imperative:

4.) Forms of the passive
As had happened with the optative, so also the passive introduced a special construction instead of the conjugated forms. Here the conjugated forms of the auxiliary are used together with the perfect participle of the main verb. Because of the meaning we will use other example verbs in part. We will use the first person here:

a) indicative:
present: thuan uruis (I am found), thuan lemis (I am seen), thuan inis (I am carried)
preterite: thúthan uris, thúthan lemis, thúthan inis
perfect: thúnan uris, thúnan lemis, thúnan inis
future: thuilan uris, thuilan lemis, thuilan inis

b) Optative:
present: thun uris (I want to be found), thun lemis (I want to be seen), thun inis (I want to be carried)
preterite: thuthan uris, thuthan lemis, thuthan inis
perfect: thúnun uris, thúnun lemis, thúnun inis.

6.) Infinitive
Normally the infinitive will be formed with -addan as in Eleiar; but some stems lose the vowel after the accent. The extended verbs of Eleiar on -ja and -wa have a different form of the vowel.
Examples:
present: slididdan (to give); landdan (to see); ánddan (to trust); berdoddan (to sing).
perfect: sléndaddan (have given); lananddan (have seen)
future: slélladdan (will give); lalladdan (will see)

6.) Perfect Participle
The ending on -is has withstood the change of the plural ending to -es; e.g. berdis (sung); slédis (given), lemis (seen).
The participle declines like a noun of the consoant declension:

7.) The auxiliary thúddan (to be)

a) indicative

*Here the final vowel remained. 

b) Optative

c) Imperative