The conjunct verbs are capable of taking present, past and future tense markers alongwith appropriate person—gender and number markers. Similarly, the adjectival and adverbial participle also can be formed out of these. The aspectuals are also formed.
5.13 Modal verbs or defective verbs
The verbs of this class are not inflected for tense and gender—number. When used they convey impersonal meaning. The verbs belonging to this class are
bo:u
‘need or want’
bo:a
‘do not need, do not want'
gottu
‘know’
gottu ka:i
‘do not know’
po:ra
‘not enough’
mati
‘enough’
All the above defective verbs take only a dative subject.
u
a 
