Editing Yuchi language (section)

===Verbs===
The Yuchi verb consists of a mono- or polysyllabic stem modified almost exclusively by suffixing.{{sfn|Wagner|1938|p=312}} Yuchi features [[attributive verb]]s, which is to say that the language makes very little distinction between verbs and adjectives as parts of speech. For this reason, Yuchi verbs and adjectives are virtually identical.{{sfn|Wagner|1938|p=343}}

====Tense====
The concept of temporal verb inflection is only weakly realized in Yuchi{{sfn|Speck|1909|p=15}} and corresponds more closely in some cases to [[Grammatical aspect|aspect]] rather than [[Grammatical tense|tense]]. The past tense is generally expressed via suffixing of the verb stem.{{sfn|Wagner|1938|p=351-352}}
*-djin{{in5|19}}incomplete past ("ate")
*-dji'nfwa{{in5|13}}complete past ("had eaten")
*-djinfa'{{in5|15}}habitual past ("used to eat")
*-djinfwadji'n{{in5|7}}emphatic past ("happened to eat")
*-djigo'{{in5|16}}uncertain past ("perhaps ate")

There are also two ways of expressing future tense. The first, which usually denotes intentions or events of the immediate future, is expressed by lengthening, stressing and nasalizing the final syllable of the verb stem. The second, pertaining to the distant future, is expressed by the suffix -''e'le''.{{sfn|Wagner|1938|p=352}}

====Modality====
Modality of the verb is also expressed through suffixing.{{Sfn|Wagner|1938|p=354}}
*-no &nbsp; &nbsp; imperative ("go!")
*-wo &nbsp; &nbsp; exhortative ("should go")
*-go &nbsp; &nbsp; potential ("might go")
*-ho &nbsp; &nbsp; emphatic ("did go")
*-te &nbsp; &nbsp; ability ("can go")