User:Masako/nkala

Notes on Elefen

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)

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

• Me va pasea (I will walk)

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)

Conditional perfect

• Me ia ta pasea (I would have walked)

Imperative

• Pasea plu rapida! (Walk faster!)