Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench/Ancient: Difference between revisions

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 ==Syntax==
-===Words with tense info===
+===Tense constructions===
-*''wājā́'' 'and [+ future]' (only used before an imperfect verb; remnant of BH ''*wahayā'', waw-consecutive + suffix conjugation)
+Druidic Canaanite produced new tense constructions. This came from Celtic speakers attempting to use the aspect-based system of Biblical Hebrew verbs and needing words to indicate tense unambiguously.
-*The combination ''hajā'' or ''wajjê'' ('was') + imperfect is used to specifically indicate past imperfect
+*Pluperfect: ''hajā'' or ''wajjế'' + perfect
-*The combination ''hajā'' or ''wajjê'' + perfect is used for pluperfect
+*Preterite: waw-preterite or perfect (waw-preterite more in narratives)
+*Past imperfect: ''hajā'' or ''wajjế'' ('was') + imperfect is used to specifically indicate past imperfect
+*Non-past (later present): imperfect
+*Emphatic future (later future): ''wājā́'' + imperfect (remnant of BH ''*wahayā'', waw-consecutive + suffix conjugation)
 ===Narratives===