Ex. Naga ipitsial’ uruv’ ema, I have killed with the gun a toucan; mel ul’ etsi g’anga, the child to his village has gone; Okom’ ug’ nemb’ ema, Okome has killed a bird; ake kupa me na, the men have not eaten the potatoes.
III. Person and Number.
These are not expressed by the verb in Fuyuge.
IV. Tense and Mode.
1. There are three principal tenses, present, past and future. The present is found in the indicative and imperative modes, the past in the indicative only, and the future in the indicative and subjunctive. Besides these, there is a method of expressing the infinitive, a passive participle, and two forms of verbal adjectives.
2. Paradigm of tenses and modes.
| ememe, pierce | umbubi, wash | isiei, follow | |
| Indicative present | ememe | umbubi | isiei |
| Indicative past (1) | ema(me) | umbubi(ne) | isia |
| Indicative past (2) | emo(ne) | ||
| Indicative future | ematsi(me) | umbubitsi(me) | isiatsi |
| Imperative (1) | ema | umbubi | isia |
| Imperative (2) | emau | umbubu | |
| Subjunctive (1) | emo(le) | umbubi(ne) | isio(me) |
| Subjunctive (2) | emo(me) | ||
| Infinitive | ema(me) | umbubi(me) | isie(me) |
| Past participle | emam(ane) | umbubim(ane) | |
| Verbal adjective (1) | emabul(ane) | umbubibul(ane) | |
| Verbal adjective (2) | ememond(ana) |
If the Imperative be regarded as the stem, there appear to be three Conjugations, but Dr. Strong gives four based on past tense, thus: i. Verbs with monosyllabic roots, 2. Verbs with roots in a, 3. Verbs with roots in i, 4. Verbs with roots in e.
His examples are:—
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | |
| nen, eat | itede, cut | ongai, break | bole, leave | |
| Present | nene | itede | ongai | bolo |
| Past | na | ita | ongai | bole |
| Future | natsi | itatsi | ongaitsi | bolatsi |
| Imperative | nu | ito | ongai | bo(le) |
| Subjunctive | no | ito | ongai | bolo |
| Infinitive | namubabe | itamubabe | ongaimubabe | bolamane |
| Past participle | namane | itaname | ongaimane | bolamane |
| Adjectival | nab’ula(ne) | itedondona | ongaibula(ne) | bolabula(ne) |