Language/Volapuk/Grammar/present-tense
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To form the present tense, remove the ending -ön of the infinitive, and put the relevant pronoun in its place; if you want to emphasize the person involved, then place the pronoun also at the beginning as separate word; where a word is the recipient of an action (that is, the direct object) it has the ending -i. (Please note that the verb ‘to be’ does not have a direct object!)
- Visitobs domi ‘we visit (we are visiting) the house’
- of vilof toodi ‘she wants (she does want) a car’
- binom flen ‘he is a friend’
- finükoms penedi ‘they finish (they are finishing) the letter’
- ed ol binol flen ‘and you are a friend’
Source: http://www.xn--volapk-7ya.com/quick-look-at-volapuk.html