User:Masako/nkala

tense

Present

• Me pasea (I walk, I am walking)
• Me es en media de pasea (I’m in the middle of walking) If necessary to emphasize the action is in process

Past

• Me ia pasea (I walked, I had walked, also: I was walking)

Past perfect

• Me ia pasea ja (I had walked already)

Prospective perfect

• Me ia vade a pasea (I was going to walk, literally: I was going to walk, I went to walk)
• Me ia es a punto de pasea (I was just about to walk, literally: I was at the point of walking)

Imperfect

• Me ia pasea (I was walking)
• Me ia es paseante (I was walking) If necessary to emphasize the action was in process
• Me ia es en media de pasea (I was in the middle of walking)
• Me ia es en pasea (I was walking)

Recent past

• Me veni de pasea (I just walked, I have just walked)
• Me es a fini de pasea (I am at the end of walking, note: not yet done)

Conditional perfect

• Me ia ta pasea (I would have walked)

Future

• Me va pasea (I will walk)

Near future

• Me va pasea (I am going to walk, I will walk)
• Me vade a pasea (I am going to walk right now, literally: I go to walk, I am going to walk)
• Me es a punto de pasea (I am just about to walk, literally: I am at the point of walking)

Future imperfect

• Me va es paseante (I will be walking) If necessary to emphasize the action will be in process
• Me va es en media de pasea (I will be in the middle of walking)
• Me va es en pasea (I will be walking)

Future perfect

• Me va pasea ja (I will have walked, literally: I will have walked already)

Conditional

• Me ta pasea (I would walk)

Imperative

• Pasea plu rapida! (Walk faster!)

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verbs

   be
   there is
   have
   do
   go
   want
   can
   need
   think
   know
   say
   like
   speak
   learn
   understand

conjunctions

   that (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”)
   and
   or
   but
   because
   though
   so (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”)
   if

prepositions

   of
   to
   from
   in
   at (a place)
   at (a time)
   with
   about
   like (meaning “similar to”)
   for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of)
   before (also as a conjunction)
   after (also as a conjunction)
   during

questions

   who
   what
   where
   when
   why
   how
   how much
   which

adverbs

   a lot
   a little
   well
   badly
   only
   also
   very
   too (as in “too tall”)
   too much
   so (as in “so tall”)
   so much
   more (know how to say “more … than …”)
   less (know how to say “less … than …”)
   as … as … (e.g. “as tall as”)
   most
   least
   better
   best
   worse
   worst
   now
   then
   here
   there
   maybe
   always
   usually
   often
   sometimes
   never
   today
   yesterday
   tomorrow
   soon
   almost
   already
   still
   even
   enough

adjectives

   the, a (technically articles)
   this
   that
   good
   bad
   all
   some
   no
   any
   many
   few
   most
   other
   same
   different
   enough
   one
   two
   a few
   first
   next
   last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday”)
   last (meaning “final”)
   easy
   hard
   early
   late
   important
   interesting
   fun
   boring
   beautiful
   big
   small
   happy
   sad
   busy
   excited
   tired
   ready
   favorite
   new
   right (meaning “correct”)
   wrong
   true

pronouns

   I
   you
   she
   he
   it
   we
   you (plural)
   they

nouns

   everything
   something
   nothing
   everyone
   someone
   no one
   (name of the language you’re studying)
   English
   thing
   person
   place
   time (as in “a long time”)
   time (as in “I did it 3 times”)
   friend
   woman
   man
   money
   country
   (name of your home country)
   city
   language
   word
   food
   house
   store
   office
   company
   manager
   coworker
   job
   work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”)
   problem
   question
   idea
   life
   world
   day
   year
   week
   month
   hour
   mother, father, parent
   daughter, son, child
   wife, husband
   girlfriend, boyfriend

verbs 2

   work (as in a person working)
   work (meaning “to function”, e.g. “the TV works”)
   see
   use
   should
   believe
   practice
   seem
   come
   leave
   return
   give
   take
   bring
   look for
   find
   get (meaning “obtain”)
   receive
   buy
   try
   start
   stop (doing something)
   finish
   continue
   wake up
   get up
   eat
   eat breakfast (in several languages, this is a verb)
   eat lunch
   eat dinner
   happen
   feel
   create (aka “make”)
   cause (aka “make”)
   meet (meeting someone for the first time)
   meet (meaning “to bump into”)
   meet (an arranged meeting)
   ask (a question)
   ask for (aka “request”)
   wonder
   reply
   mean
   read
   write
   listen
   hear
   remember
   forget
   choose
   decide
   be born
   die
   kill
   live
   stay
   change
   help
   send
   study
   improve
   hope
   care

phrases

   hello
   goodbye
   thank you
   you’re welcome
   excuse me (to get someone’s attention)
   sorry
   it’s fine (response to an apology)
   please
   yes
   no
   okay
   My name is
   What’s your name?
   Nice to meet you.
   How are you?
   I’m doing well, how about you?
   Sorry? / What? (if you didn’t hear something)
   How do you say ______?
   What does ______ mean?
   I don’t understand.
   Could you repeat that?
   Could you speak more slowly, please?
   Well (as in “well, I think…”)
   Really?
   I guess that
   It’s hot. (talking about the weather)
   It’s cold. (talking about the weather)