Editing Chechen language (section)

===Verbs===
Verbs do not inflect for person (except for the special d- prefix for the 1st and 2nd persons plural), only for number and tense, aspect, mood. A minority of verbs exhibit agreement prefixes, and these agree with the noun in the absolutive case (what in English translation would the subject, for intransitive verbs, or the object, with transitive verbs).

Example of verbal agreement in intransitive clause with a composite verb:
*{{lang|ce|Со цхьан сахьтехь '''вогІур ву'''}} ({{transliteration|ce|so tsHan saHteH '''voghur vu'''}}) = I (male) will come in one hour
*{{lang|ce|Со цхьан сахьтехь '''йогІур ю'''}} ({{transliteration|ce|so tsHan saHteH '''yoghur yu'''}}) = I (female) will come in one hour
Here, both the verb's future stem ''-oghur'' (will come) and the auxiliary ''-u'' (present tense of 'be') receive the prefix ''v-'' for masculine agreement and ''y-'' for feminine agreement.

In transitive clauses in compound continuous tenses formed with the auxiliary verb ''-u'' 'to be', both agent and object are in absolutive case. In this special case of a ''biabsolutive'' construction, the main verb in participial form agrees with the object, while the auxiliary agrees with the agent.
*{{lang|ce|Cо бепиг '''деш''' '''ву'''}} ({{transliteration|ce|so bepig '''diesh vu'''}}) = I (male) am making bread.
Here, the participle ''d-iesh'' agree with the object, whereas the auxiliary ''v-u'' agrees with the agent.<ref name=DottonWagner/>

Verbal tenses are formed by ablaut or suffixes, or both (there are five conjugations in total, below is one). Derived stems can be formed by suffixation as well (causative, etc.):

{| class="wikitable" 
|- bgcolor='#C0F0F0' 
!Tense
!Example
|- 
|Imperative (=infinitive) || д*ига
|- 
|simple present || д*уьгу
|- 
|present composite || д*уьгуш д*у
|- 
|near preterite || д*игу
|- 
|witnessed past || д*игира 
|- 
|perfect || д*игна
|- 
|plusquamperfect || д*игнера 
|- 
|repeated preterite || д*уьгура
|- 
|possible future || д*уьгур 
|- 
|real future || д*уьгур д*у 
|}

{| class="wikitable" 
|- bgcolor='#C0F0F0' 
!Tempus
!Basic form ("drink")
!Causative ("make drink, drench")
!Permissive ("allow to drink")
!Permissive causative ("allow to make drink")
!Potential ("be able to drink")
!Inceptive ("start drinking")
|-
|Imperative (=infinitive) || мала || мало || малийта || мала д*айта || мала д*ала || мала д*āла
|-
|simple present || молу || мала д*о || молуьйто || мала д*ойту || малало || мала д*олу 
|-
|near preterite || малу || малий || малийти || мала д*айти || мала д*ели || мала д*ēли
|-
|witnessed past || мелира || малийра || малийтира || мала д*айтира || мала д*елира || мала д*ēлира
|-
|perfect ||мелла ||малийна || малийтина || мала д*айтина || мала д*елла || мала д*аьлла
|-
|plusquamperfect ||меллера || малийнер || малийтинера || мала д*айтинера || мала д*елера || мала д*аьллера
|-
|repeated past || молура || мала д*ора || молуьйтура || мала д*ойтура || малалора || 
|-
|possible future || молур || мала д*ер || молуьйтур || мала д*ойтур || малалур || мала д*олур 
|-
|real future || молур д*у || мала д*ийр д*у || молуьйтур д*у || мала д*ойтур д*у || малалур д*у || мала д*олур д*у 
|}