Ataši: Difference between revisions
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* The past tense is shown by an added "-a" in the infinitive, and a lengthening the vowel of the final syllable for perfective and imperfective. | * The past tense is shown by an added "-a" in the infinitive, and a lengthening the vowel of the final syllable for perfective and imperfective. | ||
* The future tense is shown by a suffixation of -lèsh, meaning "up (and out)" since the concept of time is an movement upwards. | * The future tense is shown by a suffixation of -lèsh, meaning "up (and out)" since the concept of time is an movement upwards. | ||
* The hypothetical is shown by a suffixation of - | * The hypothetical is shown by a suffixation of -ivräq, which is a contraction of ''iv'' and ''lhukíräq'', meaning "of" and "possibility" respectively. ''ívräq'' translates roughly to "maybe" in English and is commonly used in conversation. | ||
* The necessitive is an altered form of the verb ''vulâk'', "to need". | * The necessitive is an altered form of the verb ''vulâk''', "to need". | ||
* The imperfective and perfective use an auxiliary which became suffixed and altered. They use the verbs ''sájak'', "to go" and ''sálik'', "to complete" respectively. | * The imperfective and perfective use an auxiliary which became suffixed and altered. They use the verbs ''sájak''', "to go" and ''sálik''', "to complete" respectively. | ||
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! colspan=2|Present | ! colspan=2|Present | ||
| colspan=2| -k | | colspan=2| -k' | ||
| -ka | | -ka | ||
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! General | ! General | ||
| -ka | | -ka | ||
| -säk | | -säk' | ||
| -lïk | | -lïk' | ||
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! Recent | ! Recent | ||