("I wrote it") მოგწერე mogts'ere ("I wrote it to you") მივწერე mivts'ere ("I wrote it to him/them") გადაგიწერე gadagits'ere ("I wrote to you (from a place)") As can be seen from the examples, the preverb changes according to the indirect object (the person for (to) whom the verb is being done). Many verbs have a common root. For example, "end" and "stay" have the same verb root, -rch-. The meanings of the verbs are distinguished by their preverbs and other elements of the verb compound: რჩება rcheba ("he is staying"), დარჩება darcheba ("he will stay") რჩება rcheba ("it is ending"), მორჩება morcheba ("it will end") As is clear, the verbs are identical in the present tense but differ in the future tense by their preverbs. Modern Persian A preverb is a morpheme, which is applied together with the participles modifying their meaning and the meaning of their derivates. Persian preverbs, referred to as "āndar" or "dar", are: bar bāz farā and hā farāz foru and hō ham negah and negāh pas piš ru sar var vā Pre-verbs can modify the procedure attribute of the verbs and the infinitives, but they do not change their objective attribute: The Pre-verb is normally positioned ahead of the verb. If the verb is composed of two separable components, the pre-verb is positioned ahead of the second component. The Pre-verb can be positioned at the end of the sentence, owing to versification requirements: از کارِ خير عزمِ تو هرگز نگشت باز هرگز زِ راه بازنگشته‌ست هيچ تير Manuchehri (11th - 12th Century AD) Algonquian In Algonquian languages, preverbs can be described as phonologically separate words that may precede a verb and share its inflection. In particular, pronominal prefixes or initial change are applied to the first preverb, if any, of the verb complex rather than to the verb stem. Their meaning can range from past tense or perfective aspect to meanings for which English might use an adverb or another verb, like these from Ojibwe: In Munsee, some words can come between a preverb and its verb. See also prenoun in such languages. Pingelapese Pingelapese is a language spoken on the Island of Pingelap atoll, located in Micronesia. This language uses preverbs in existential sentences, one of their four sentence structures. The verb is used when a character of a story or statement is already known. References PVB:preverb Grammar Parts of speech