Tense | Tense Marker |
Simple Past | -li- |
Present Participle | -me- |
Past Participle | -ka- |
Future | -ta- |
Conditional Present | -ki- |
Conditional past (would) | -nge- |
More examples In a STROVE defined way:
Infinitive | Ku-pik-a: Kupika (to cook) |
Present Tense | Ni-na-pik-a: Ninapika (I am cooking) |
U-na-pik-a: Unapika (You are cooking) | |
Tu-na-pik-a: Tunapika (We are cooking) | |
M-na-pika: Mnapika (You all are cooking) | |
Wa-na-pik-a: Wanapika (They are cooking) | |
Simple Past Tense | Ni-li-pik-a: Nilipika (I cooked) |
U-li-pik-a: Ulipika (You cooked) | |
Tu-li-pik-a: Tulipika (We cooked) | |
M-li-pik-a: Mlipika (You all cooked) | |
Wa-li-pik-a: Walipika (They cooked) | |
Past Perfect Tense | Ni-me-pik-a: Nimepika (I have cooked) |
U-me-pik-a: umepika (You have cooked) | |
A-me-pik-a: Amepika (He/she has cooked) | |
Tu-me-pik-a: Tumepika (We have cooked) | |
M-me-pik-a: mmepika (You all have cooked) | |
Wa-me-pik-a: Wamepika
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Future Tense | Ni-ta-pik -a: Nitapika (I will cook) |
U-ta-pik-a: Utapika (You will cook) | |
A-ta-pik-a: Atapika (He/she will cook) | |
Tu-ta-pik-a: Tutapika (We will cook) | |
M-ta-pik-a: Mtapika (You all will cook) | |
Wa-ta-pik-a: Watapika (They will cook) |
