Kala Verbs: Difference between revisions

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tenses
	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’).

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 === tense / aspect ===
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:600px; height:200px;"
+|+ tenses
+|-
+!
+! Kala
+! gloss
+! English
+|-
+! ''past''
+| '''na inaye''' || <tt>1SG eat.PST</tt> || I ate. / I did eat.
+|-
+! ''recent past''
+| '''na inayehi''' || <tt>1SG eat.REC</tt> || I just ate.
+|-
+! ''remote past''
+| '''na inayeha''' || <tt>1SG eat.REM</tt> || I ate a long while ago.
+|-
+! ''present''
+| '''na ina''' || <tt>1SG eat</tt> || I eat. / I am eating.
+|-
+! ''future''
+| '''na inatli''' || <tt>1SG eat.FUT</tt> || I will eat. (at some point)
+|-
+! ''immediate future''
+| '''na inatlihi''' || <tt>1SG eat.IMM</tt> || I will eat soon.
+|-
+! ''distant future''
+| '''na inatliha''' || <tt>1SG eat.DIS</tt> || 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
+* [[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’).
-have eaten’, ‘I had eaten’). However, one can easily clarify the temporal sequence of two actions by
-marking the earlier one with the adverbial '''tsa''' (‘already’).
 === mood ===