vé, v. To be.

usage: This has several different grammatical appearances:

• When used to indicate that a noun has a certain attribute, ideally one should use a combining suffix like -ivé ([noun]-being) or -ivíuvé ([adjective]-bearer-being) for simple cases: wistona-la wistorivis, "the lemon is sour."
• When indicating that one noun is another noun, use the subject complement: olí wistona saní wistonas vis, "this lemon is my lemon."
• When indicating that one noun bears a more complex trait, or to express things more clearly, use the subject complement with the -ivíu suffix or the compacted -íu form. This is permissible in formal language even though -íu generally isn't: saní wistona wistorías vis, "my lemon is sour."
• When used to call attention to the act of being, the direct object may be used: la lergalsau vis, "she is preoccupied with the trappings and/or logistics of being a saviour." This usage often appears in English in a critical sense, but is not necessarily negative in Lilitic.
• To state or ask if something exists, use with Ossa in the locative, e.g. olú apal Ossa vis kai, "this exists."

veshé, v. (a) To experience; (b) to be (without agency).

usage: For (a), the object complement (ukhil, etc.) may be used to provide a description of the thing experienced, and the subject complement can do the same for the speaker: Sa aleponí Lilitas veshis laní tshítset sithed, "I as a free Lilitu experienced her words as sound." In dialects lacking the complements, genitives can be used: Lilitán aleponis sa vásye sitheyi tshítsaki lán. For (b), as with vé. In this case, the only distinction is that the subject does not feel she has control over the events: Sa polurías vis, "I am happy [by choice]" vs. Sa polurías vish, "I am happy [whether I like it or not]."