First person plural
The pronoun of first person plural is WI (184x) or WY (26x).
Conjugation seems to be the same as for third person plural, but this has not been studied yet.
List of verbs that are used more than once (in Oera Linda) in first person plural:
| verb (inf.) | transl. | total | present | past |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HÀVA, NÀVA | (not) have | 48 | 23 | 25 |
| WÉSA | be | 27 | 22 | 5 |
| WILLA, NILLA | (not) will, wish | 24 | 13 | 8 |
| MÜGA | may | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| SKILA* | shall | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| KVMA | come | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| MOTA | must | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| AGA | ought | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| WINNA | win | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| GÁ | go | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| WRDA | become | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| DVA | do | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| LEDSA | lay, lie | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| KUNNA | can | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SJA | see | 2 | 0 | 2 |
(* Infinitive SKILA is a reconstruction, not found anywhere in the texts.)
Chapters with most use of first person plural are:
- 48x: S3a. Alexander (26x) and S3b. Demetrius and Friso (22x)
- 15x: L2a. Jon and Minerva
- 11x: F2. Minerva
- 10x: Ja. Before Bad Times
- 10x: R4b.Teachings 2
Conjugation
Present
- Irregular: WÉSA — WI SEND (En: we are, Ge: wir sind, Du: wij zijn)
- 25x -ATH: WILLATH (13, incl. 1 NILLATH) HÀVATH (6 incl. 3 NÀVATH), KVMATH (2), LEDSATH, MÜGATH, RÉKENJATH, WINSTATH (all 1)
- 21x -ON: HÀVON (7), MÜGON (6), AGON (4), MOTON (4)
- 18x -E: HÀVE (9 incl. 1 NÀVE), MÜGE (6), KVME, SKILE, STÁNE (all 1)
- 17x -A: KVMA (2), WINNA (2), VRDVA, FÁTA, FINDA, FÍRJA, HÀVA, HELPA, VPHOLDA, KÀLTA, MÁKJA, MÜGA, REDDA, SNAKKA, THVRA, WINNA (all 1)
- 9x -UN: only SKILUN
In-verb variety
The most frequent verb (23x) HÀVA has four varieties:
- 9x HÀVE (incl. 1 negative in U2a.)
- 7x HÀVON
- 6x HÀVATH (incl. 3 negative in U3a.)
- 1x HÀVA (D5.)
MÜGA (14x):
- 6x MÜGE
- 6x MÜGON
- 1x MÜGATH (S5.)
- 1x MÜGA (H.)
SKILA (10x):
- 9x SKILUN
- 1x SKILE (F2., which also has 4x SKILUN)
KVMA (5x):
- 2x KVMA (U4.)
- 2x KVMATH (S2.)
- 1x KVME (F1c.)
There are not enough data yet to distinguish changes in conjugation from older to younger texts.
Past
In chapter 7a the varieties ending with -ON were used consistently (10x), but otherwise no clear pattern was found.
HÀVA (25x):
- 13x HÉDE (incl. 3 negatives)
- 12x HÉDON (incl. 2 negatives)
KVMA (10x): KÉMON
SKILA (8x):
- 5x SKOLDE
- 3x SKOLDON
WILLA (8x):
- 5x WILDON (incl. 2 negatives)
- 3x WILDE (incl. 2 negatives)
MÜGA (5x):
- 3x MACHTON
- 2x MACHTE
WÉSA (5x):
- 4x WÉRON
- 1x WÉRE
MOTA (4x):
- 3x MOSTON
- 1x MOSTE
GÁ (3x):
- 2x GVNGON
- 1x GVNGE
WRDA (3x):
- 2x WRDON
- 1x WRDE
KUNNA: KVNDON and KVSTE
SJA: SAGON (2x)
other, all once:
BIKÀNDE, BILÉWON, BROCHTON, BVWADON, DÉDON, FORON, HÉRDON, KÉRON, LÉIDE, LÉTON, MÉTON, MISTE, PALDON, SÉIDE, SATON, SKÉPTE, SPODE, TÁLDON, WÁNDE, WONON, WROCHTON