Kala Verbs: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:13, 23 March 2013

Tense	Kala	Gloss	English
past	na inaye	1SG eat.PST	I ate. / I did eat.
recent past	na inayehi	1SG eat.REC	I just ate.
remote past	na inayeha	1SG eat.REM	I ate a long while ago.
present	na ina	1SG eat	I eat. / I am eating.
future	na inatli	1SG eat.FUT	I will eat. (at some point)
immediate future	na inatlihi	1SG eat.IMM	I will eat soon.
distant future	na inatliha	1SG eat.DIS	I will eat a long while from now.

Kala does not distinguish perfect and imperfect aspects of the verb (e.g. ‘I ate’, ‘I used to eat’, ‘I have eaten’, ‘I had eaten’).

Mood	Kala	Gloss	English
ability	na inapa	1SG eat.ABIL	I am able to eat.
negative	na inak	1SG eat.NEG	I do not/am not eating.
permissive	ta inamyo	2SG eat.PERM	You are allowed to eat.

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 ==Verbs==
+=== tense ===
+{| class="wikitable" border=1 style="text-align:center; width:700px; height:200px;"
+! '''''Tense''''' || '''Kala''' || ''Gloss'' || English
+|-
+| '''''past''''' || '''na inaye''' || ''1SG eat.PST'' || I ate. / I did eat.
+|-
+| '''''recent past''''' || '''na inayehi''' || ''1SG eat.REC'' || I just ate.
+|-
+| '''''remote past''''' || '''na inayeha''' || ''1SG eat.REM'' || I ate a long while ago.
+|-
+| '''''present''''' || '''na ina''' || ''1SG eat'' || I eat. / I am eating.
+|-
+| '''''future''''' || '''na inatli''' || ''1SG eat.FUT'' || I will eat. (at some point)
+|-
+| '''''immediate future''''' || '''na inatlihi''' || ''1SG eat.IMM'' || I will eat soon.
+|-
+| '''''distant future''''' || '''na inatliha''' || ''1SG eat.DIS'' || I will eat a long while from now.
+|}
+* [[Kala]] does not distinguish perfect and imperfect aspects of the verb (e.g. ‘I ate’, ‘I used to eat’, ‘I have eaten’, ‘I had eaten’).
+=== mood ===
+{| class="wikitable" border=1 style="text-align:center; width:700px; height:100px;"
+! '''''Mood''''' || '''Kala''' || ''Gloss'' || English
+|-
+| '''''ability''''' || '''na inapa''' || ''1SG eat.ABIL'' || I am able to eat.
+|-
+| '''''negative''''' || '''na inak''' || ''1SG eat.NEG'' || I do not/am not eating.
+|-
+| '''''permissive''''' || '''ta inamyo''' || ''2SG eat.PERM'' || You are allowed to eat.
+|-
+|}
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