The pre-ending '-//-'

This is used to indicate an action which took place in the past or a condition which used to exist.
-When the final vowel of the verb stem is ',', it takes '--'
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-When the final vowel of the verb stem is any other vowel like ', , , ', it takes '--'.
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-When the verb is a '' verb, it takes '--'.

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