pronouns Possessive pronouns Verbs Laz verbs are inflected for seven categories: person, number, version, tense, mood, aspect and voice. Person and Number In Laz, like Megrelian, Georgian and Svan, verbs can be unipersonal, bipersonal and tripersonal Monovalent verbs have only subjective person and are intransitive. Bivalent verbs have one subject and one object (direct or indirect). They are: transitive if the object is directintransitive if the object is indirectTrivalent verbs have one subject and two objects (one direct and the other indirect) and are ditransitive. The person may be singular or plural. Subject and object markers in Laz are the same as in Megrelian Subject markers Object markers In pre-consonant position, the markers v- and g- change phonetically: Before voiced consonants: v- → b-Before voiceless (nonglottalized) consonants:v- → b- → p-g- → k-Before glottalized consonants:v- → b- → p̌-g- → ǩ-Version Like Megrelian, Georgian and Svan, Laz has four types of version marking: subjective – shows that the action is intended for oneself, objective – action is intended for another person, objective-passive – the action is intended for another person and at the same time indicating the passiveness of subject, neutral – neutral with respect to intention. Laz version markers compared to Megrelian, Georgian and Svan Tenses The maximum number of screeves in Laz is 22. They are grouped in three series. Two screeves (future I and past of future I) exist only for the verb r-, which serves as a 1st series root for oqopumu/ovapu/oyapu (to be). Paradigm of verb conjugation stems: ç̌ar- (to write) and r- (to be: just for future I and past of future I) According to oldness these screeves can be grouped in two sets: old (primary) (common with Megrelian). new (secondary) derived from the basic screeves (specific Laz). Classification of screeves according to oldness Mood Indicative Indicative statement claims that the proposition should be taken as an apparent fact. Interrogative There are two ways to transform an indicative statement into a question: by means of interrogative words. E.g. mi? (who?), mu? (what?), so? (where?), mundes? (when?), muç̌o? (how?) etc. This rule is valid for Megrelian, Georgian and Svan as well. by adding an interrogative particle -i to the end of a verb. It has the same function as Megrelian -o, Old Georgian -a and Svan -ma/-mo/-mu. Imperative Indicates a command or request. The aorist form is used when addressing 2nd person (singular/plural) and aoristic