Basic Conjugation and Verbal Aspect
| Person | Suffix | Example 1 (see) | Example 2 (eat) |
| Imperfective | |||
| 1st sg. | -俺 (-en) | 看俺 kaānen | 食俺 siíhen |
| 2nd sg. | -謁 (-et) | 看謁 kaānet | 食謁 siíhet |
| 1st pl. | -俺每 (-emme) | 看俺每 kaānemme | 食俺每 siíhemme |
| 2nd pl. | -謁夛 (-ette) | 看謁夛 kaānette | 食謁夛 siíhette |
| 3rd | -伊 (-e) | 看伊 kaāne | 食伊 siíhe |
| Perfective | |||
| 1st sg. | -矣俺 (-in) | 看矣俺 kaānin | 食矣俺 siíhin |
| 2nd sg. | -矣謁 (-it) | 看矣謁 kaānit | 食矣謁 siíhit |
| 1st pl. | -矣俺每 (-imme) | 看矣俺每 kaānimme | 食矣俺每 siíhimme |
| 2nd pl. | -矣謁夛 (-itte) | 看矣謁夛 kaānitte | 食矣謁夛 siíhitte |
| 3rd | -矣 (-i) | 看矣 kaāni | 食矣 siíhi |
| Aspect | Suffix | Example |
| Experiential | 過 -ko | 看過俺 kaangon “I have seen before” |
| Delimative | 下 -ha | 看下俺 kaanhan “I take a look” |
| Completive | 到 -to | 看到俺 kaannon “I have (now) seen” |
| Durative | 住 -tsu | 看住俺 kaanssun “I stare” |
| Dynamic | 得 -(t)a(h) | 看得俺 kaantaan “I can see” |
| Person | Suffix | Example 1 (see.CMPL) | Example 2 (eat.MOM) |
| Imperfective | |||
| 1st sg. | -俺 (-en) | 看到俺 kaānnon | 食下俺 siíhän |
| 2nd sg. | -謁 (-et) | 看到謁 kaānnot | 食下謁 siíhät |
| 1st pl. | -俺每 (-emme) | 看到俺每 kaānnomme | 食下俺每 siíhämme |
| 2nd pl. | -謁夛 (-ette) | 看到謁夛 kaānnotte | 食下謁夛 siíhätte |
| 3rd | -伊 (-e) | 看到伊 kaāntoo | 食下伊 siíhää |
| Perfective | |||
| 1st sg. | -矣俺 (-in) | 看到矣俺 kaānnoin | 食下矣俺 siíhäin |
| 2nd sg. | -矣謁 (-it) | 看到矣謁 kaānnoit | 食下矣謁 siíhäit |
| 1st pl. | -矣俺每 (-imme) | 看到矣俺每 kaānnoimme | 食下矣俺每 siíhäimme |
| 2nd pl. | -矣謁夛 (-itte) | 看到矣謁夛 kaānnoitte | 食下矣謁夛 siíhäitte |
| 3rd | -矣 (-i) | 看到矣 kaāntoi | 食下矣 siíhäi |
Copula “to be”
Luanese has two separate copulae or verbs for “to be.” The first copula 关 (on) is used with noun complements in equative phrases (X is Y). 关 (on) originates from the verb 關 (kuon/kon-/-on) meaning “to concern, relate to.” It takes personal endings except for the 3rd person. When personal endings are applied, the final /n/ becomes /l/.
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st | 关俺 (olen) | 关俺每 (olemme) |
| 2nd | 关謁 (olet) | 关謁夛 (olette) |
| 3rd | 关 (on) | |
The second copula 立 (lie) is used to indicate location. I also takes personal endings except for the 3rd person. Unlike full verbs, neither copula can occur with the perfective suffix 矣 (i).
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st | 立俺 (lien) | 立俺每 (liemme) |
| 2nd | 立謁 (liet) | 立謁夛 (liette) |
| 3rd | 立 (lie) | |
Negation
There are three primary negation markers in Luanese, two of which have an emphatic and contracted form and are placed before the verb. The first marker 也叵 (epä) is the imperfective negation marker and has the contracted form 匜 (ei). The second marker 無有 (myyly) is the perfective negation marker and has the contracted form 無 (myy). The contracted forms are the most typical form of negation and take personal endings along with the connegative form of a verb. The connegative is formed by adding 的 (-(t/n/l)e) to the end of the verb root. The emphatic forms are used for emphasis and also occur alongside the connegative form of verbs but they take no personal endings. The third and less common type of negation only occurs in certain aspectual verbal compounds (usually resultative or completive aspects, i.e. 到 and 得) and is infixed between the main verb root and the aspectual suffix.
| Emphatic | Contracted | |
| Imperfective | 也叵 (epä) | 匜 (ei) |
| Perfective | 也無 (emy) | 無 (myy) |
| Resultative | 不 (-put-) | |
| Imperfective | Perfective | |
| 1SG | 匜俺 (en) | 無俺 (myyn) |
| 1PL | 匜俺每 (emme) | 無俺每 (myymme) |
| 2SG | 匜謁 (et) | 無謁 (myyt) |
| 2PL | 匜謁夛 (ette) | 無謁夛 (myytte) |
| 3SG/PL | 匜 (ei) | 無 (myy) |