To learn verbs in the present, we actually need to start one step earlier. I will be teaching verbs in a very specific style. Verbs should be learned a little differently than a native speaker. A native learns to speak by hearing the different words and piecing the pattern together. For you and me, this is going to create a long, frustrating road. I want us to learn using pattern recognition and applying it across verb suites. If you were to learn every individual way a verb can be said there are about 36 different ways you can do it. That is before adding possession to verbs. My goal is once you learn the pattern you only need to add the base form of the verb and apply it across the suite. I will show you all the different ways the verb can be conjugated and then explain the patterns. There are special cases you will need to memorize for specific verbs but we won't get into that now.
akal = to eat
Past
ana akalt
enta akalt
enti akalti
howa akal
heya akalit
e7na akalna
homma akalo
ento akalto
Present
ana baakal
enta batakal
enti batakali
howa bayakal
heya batakal
e7na banakal
homma byakalo
ento batakolo
Future
ana haakal
enta hatakal
enti hatakali
howa hayakal
heya hatakal
e7na hanakal
homma hyakalo
ento hatakalo
Dependent
ana akal
enta takal
enti takali
howa yakal
heya takal
e7na nakal
homma yakalo
ento takalo
I find starting with the dependent form is the easiest way to map it all. You need to remember the I + dependent form. Once you have that, that is when the memory need to kick in. You need to remember in what ways you add in the other letters. For enta and enti, you add a t in the beginning for enti there is also an i at the end. For howa you add a y. Heya is the same as enta. e7na adds a n. homma is the same as howa with an o at the end. Ento is the same as enta with an o at the end.
From this map, the present tense is simply adding a ba to the beginning of the word. Future is adding ha to the beginning of the word. Past tense has a few more intricacies, but at this point you can start seeing the patten elements from the base form akal. With this you can then apply it to almost any verb. We will go over various special cases another time.