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===Other categories=== Muscogee has suffixes at the ends of sentences indicating the functions of sentences. Statements end in ''-(e)s'', questions seeking a yes or no answer end in -''v'', and singular commands end in -''vs''. {| class="wikitable" |+Mood forms of ''nesetv'' 'to buy' !Mvskoke ! !English ! |- |nēses |/ni:s-ís/ |he/she is buying it |statement |- |nēsv? |/ni:s-a/ |is he/she buying it? |question |- |nesvs! |/nis-ás/ |buy it! |command |} Like other Muskogean languages, Muscogee has a system of ablaut or "grades" that indicate distinctions in [[grammatical aspect]].<ref name="Martin_a" /> {| class="wikitable" |+Grade forms of ''wvnvyetv'' 'to tie' !Mvskoke ! !English ! |- |wvnvyetv |/wanay-itá/ |to tie |infinitive |- |wvnvyvs |/wanáy-as/ |tie it! |zero grade |- |wvnayes |/wana:y-ís/ |he/she is tying it |lengthened grade |- |wvnahyes |/wanáhy-is/ |he/she tied it (today/last night) |aspirating grade |- |wvnayes |/wanâ:y-is/ |he/she has tied it |falling tone grade |- |wvnąyes |/wanǎ:ⁿy-is/ |he/she keeps tying it |nasalizing grade |} Verbs in Muscogee sometimes have different forms when their subjects or objects are plural.<ref name=":2" /> Verbs like this generally describe position or motion. {| class="wikitable" |+Plural forms of verbs !singular subject !dual subject !triplural subject ! |- |vretv |welvketv |fulletv |to go about |- |hueretv |sehoketv |svpakletv |to stand |- |letketv |tokorketv |pefatketv |to run |- |wakketv |wakhoketv |lomhetv |to lie |}
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