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The Wati language has l (“ell”), null, n, and ng (“ing”) classes for this process, among the most in the Pama–Nyungan family. Per the title of a Franz Bopp paper, this process’s rules in Sanskrit contrast with those in Greek, Latin, Persian, and Germanic languages. Modern Hebrew eliminated the “vav-consecutive” construction for this process. (10[1]-5[2])In Japanese, words (10[1])called “ichidan” remove or replace the final kana via this process, (-5[1])unlike (10[1])“godan” words. (10[1]-5[2])In the French preterite form, (10[1])this (10[1])process (10[1])replaces the final (10[1])“er” (“E-R”) and replaces (10[2])it with (10[1])“ai” (10[5])(“A-I”) for the first- (10[4]-5[2])or third-person. (10[4]0[1]-5[2])In contrast (10[4])to (10[1])declension for nouns (10[1])or adjectives, (10[4])this process (10[1])is the inflection of verbs. (10[7])For 10 points, name this process in which verbs (10[1])are modified to match (10[1])categories (10[1])like grammatical person, as in the difference between “I buzz” and “he buzzes.” (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

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