Editing Luwian language (section)

=== Verbs ===
Like many other Indo-European languages, Luwian distinguishes two numbers (singular and plural) and three [[grammatical person|persons]]. There are two [[grammatical mood|mood]]s: [[indicative]] and [[imperative mood|imperative]] but no [[subjunctive]]. There are two [[grammatical tense|tense]]s: the [[present tense|present]], which is used to express future events as well, and the [[preterite]].

The following active [[Voice (grammar)|voice]] endings have been attested:

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | 
! Present
! Preterite
! Imperative
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1st person
! singular
| -wi || -ha || –
|-
! plural
| -mina || -hana || –
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2nd person
! singular
| -si, -tisa || -ta || Ø
|-
! plural
| -tani || -tan || -tanu
|-
! rowspan="2" | 3rd person
! singular
| -ti(r), -i, -ia || -ta(r) || -tu(r)
|-
! plural
| -nti || -nta || -ntu
|}

The conjugation is very similar to the Hittite [[Hittite language#Verbs|''ḫḫi'' conjugation]].

For the [[mediopassive voice|mediopassive]], the following endings are attested:{{sfn|Melchert|2003a|p=192}}

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | 
! Present
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2nd person
! singular
|
|-
! plural
| -ttuwar(i)
|-
! rowspan="2" | 3rd person
! singular
| -ar(i), -t(t)ari
|-
! plural
| -antari
|}

A single [[participle]] can be formed with the suffix ''-a(i)mma''. It has a passive sense for transitive verbs and a stative sense for intransitive verbs. The [[infinitive]] ends in ''-una''.