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| === tense ===
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| * past tense - '''-ye'''
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| :: '''na inaye'''
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| :: ''1SG eat.PST''
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| :: I ate. / I did eat.
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| ! '''''Tense''''' || '''Kala''' || ''Gloss'' || English
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| | '''''past''''' || '''na inaye''' || ''1SG eat.PST'' || I ate. / I did eat.
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| | '''''recent past''''' || '''na inayehi''' || ''1SG eat.REC'' || I just ate.
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| | '''''remote past''''' || '''na inayeha''' || ''1SG eat.REM'' || I ate a long while ago.
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| | '''''present''''' || '''na ina''' || ''1SG eat'' || I eat. / I am eating.
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| | '''''future''''' || '''na inatli''' || ''1SG eat.FUT'' || I will eat. (at some point)
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| | '''''immediate future''''' || '''na inatlihi''' || ''1SG eat.IMM'' || I will eat soon.
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| | '''''distant future''''' || '''na inatliha''' || ''1SG eat.DIS'' || I will eat a long while from now.
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| * [[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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| === mood ===
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| ! '''''Mood''''' || '''Kala''' || ''Gloss'' || English
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| | '''''ability''''' || '''na inapa''' || ''<small>1SG eat.ABIL</small>'' || I am able to eat.
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| | '''''negative''''' || '''na inak''' || ''<small>1SG eat.NEG</small>'' || I do not/am not eating.
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| | '''''permissive''''' || '''ta inamyo''' || ''<small>2SG eat.PERM</small>'' || You are allowed to eat.
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| == Index == | | == Index == |
