VERBAL LESSON SEVEN
In this lesson, we will give the rules to follow in order to find the Imperfective forms of the direct verbals, based on
the distal style as a base.
The first group of verbals are considered the 
verbs. Some are hard to distinguish from the non- verals,
so, memorization of which verbs are in fact the verbs is necessary.
The following are the RU verbs.
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For all other normal verbals (exceptions found below), the final syllable of the verbal STEM needs to be examined. Replace the
syllable with the U one from the same group. For example, replace with 
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The honorific polite verbals are the same in terms of how they are conjugated. They all have *AI at the end in the STEM and
take on the same properties in their direct forms.
The honorific polite direct verbals are not often used. They can be used, for example, to show more friendship between two speakers
of high status.
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And finally, we have the two exceptions to the rules:
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