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Aspects in early Tseer were reinterpreted as tenses in later Tseer. | Aspects in early Tseer were reinterpreted as tenses in later Tseer. | ||
*Perfective aspect -> Telic past: if marked, ''-aa'' (from *-H) | *Perfective aspect -> Telic past: if marked, ''-aa'' (from *-H) | ||
*Imperfective -> Atelic past: (if marked) | *Imperfective -> Atelic past: (if marked) or reduplication | ||
* no wa- for feminine here | |||
*Inceptive -> Atelic nonpast: ''sa-'' | *Inceptive -> Atelic nonpast: ''sa-'' | ||
*Intensive -> Telic nonpast: ''tho-'', ~ Wdm. ''thu-'' | *Intensive -> Telic nonpast: ''tho-'', ~ Wdm. ''thu-'' | ||
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The citation form is the perfective or telic past form. For the verb ''dagoo'' 'he wrote', these forms are ''dagoo'', ''dadagoo/ledagoo'', ''sadagoo'' and ''thodagoo''. | The citation form is the perfective or telic past form. For the verb ''dagoo'' 'he wrote', these forms are ''dagoo'', ''dadagoo/ledagoo'', ''sadagoo'' and ''thodagoo''. | ||
The progressive ''oo-'' also existed in Early Tseer but fell out of use. | The progressive ''oo-'' also existed in Early Tseer but fell out of use. This explains the lack of feminine wa- in the imperfective form. | ||
The imperative is marked with a particle ''ma'': ''ma thodagoo toyab'' = 'write a book (to a man)'; ''eer ma wathodagoo toyab'' = let her write a book (perf)'. | The imperative is marked with a particle ''ma'': ''ma thodagoo toyab'' = 'write a book (to a man)'; ''eer ma wathodagoo toyab'' = let her write a book (perf)'. | ||