POPE (Mòmì) PU

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The verb "to be" is PU (mù) in POPE. The verb is irregular, but not as illogical as its equivalent in English and most other Indo-European languages.
The irregularity comes from the fact that both the absolutive (object) and the ergative (subject) of "to be" refer to the same object, hence they share the same number and politeness degree.

This is the complete conjugation, including the pronunciation of the three moods (the stressed vowel is underlined):

	equal	humble	respectful
singular	PU	PULI	UUTUUPU
hearsay	vü	vüly	üüzüüvü
suspition	mù	mùly	ùnùmù
fact	bu	buly	uuduubu
dual	PUKUJ	PUKUJULI	UUTUUJALUPU
hearsay	vürhür	vürhürüly	üüzüürhälüvü
suspition	mùngùr	mùngùrùly	ùnùrèlùmù
fact	bugur	buguruly	uuduuralubu
plural	PULI	PULILI	UUTUUTEPU
hearsay	vüly	vülyly	üüzüüzivü
suspition	mùly	mùlyly	ùnùnìmù
fact	buly	bulyly	uuduudebu

Note that the humble singular is identical to the equal plural.

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1. Introduction
2. Pronunciation
3. Nouns and Adjectives
4. Postpositions
5. Articles
6. Numbers
7. Verbs
8. PU (to be)
9. Word Order
10. Origin of the Name
11. Vocabulary
12. Examples

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