Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench/Ancient: Difference between revisions
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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
===Tense constructions=== | ===Tense constructions=== | ||
Druidic Canaanite preserved | Druidic Canaanite preserved Biblical Hebrew verb conjugation quite well (even retaining the waw-consecutive), but also innovated tense constructions. This came from the fact that Celtic speakers attempting to use the aspect-based grammar of Biblical Hebrew wanted to indicate tense unambiguously. The choice of whether to use the non-waw or the waw forms is purely syntactic. | ||
*Pluperfect: ''hajā'' or ''wajjê'' + perfect | *Pluperfect: ''hajā'' or ''wajjê'' + perfect | ||
*Preterite: perfect or waw-preterite | *Preterite: perfect or waw-preterite | ||