Ylysepen:verbs
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Verb tags.
| Past | Present | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | Recent | Immediate | Generic/ Habitual | |||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 1s | 0 | 1 | 1s | 0 | 1 | 1s | 0 | 1 | 1s | |
| Singular | ver | ver (o) | verom | sjer | sjer (o) | sjerom | es | eso | esom | ja | jao | jaem |
| Plural | veren | veron | verons | sjeren | sjeron | sjerons | esen | eson | esons | jan | jano | jans |
| Future | Relative | |||||||||||
| Near | Remote | Predictive | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 1s | 0 | 1 | 1s | 0 | 1 | 1s | 0 | 1 | 1s | |
| Singular | teẗ̛ | teẗ̛ (o) | ted̛̈em | tt̛ral | tt̛ral (o) | tt̛ralem | kowa | kowao | kowam | émke | émko | émkom |
| Plural | ten | ten (o) | tenem | tt̛ralen | tt̛ralon | tt̛ralens | kowan | kowan (o) | kowans | émke | émko | émkom |
Remote
- The man saw the dog. (in the past)
- I imer ver o kanak kjosen.
Recent
- The man just saw the dog.
- I imer sjer o kanak kjosen.
Immediate
- The man is looking at the dog.
- I imer es o kanak kjosen.
Generic/Habitual
- The man generally looks at dogs.
- I imer jao kanak kjosen
Near
- The man is about to look at the dog.
- I imer teẗ̛ o kanak kjosen.
Remote
- The man will look at the dog.
- I imer tt̛ral o kanak kjosen.
Predictive
- The man might look at the dog.
- I imer kowao kanak kjosen.
Relative
- The man wants to look at the dog.
- I imer es émko kanak kjosen spɪren.
Syncope occurs with y and the immediate present tags.
- Y's murieren.
- I am crying.
- Y'som lis̈jer o̧los kipzen nelem lyki.
- I hold the smooth stones in my hands.
