Tseer: Difference between revisions

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*Perfective aspect -> Telic past: if marked, ''-aa'' (from *-H)
*Perfective aspect -> Telic past: if marked, ''-aa'' (from *-H)
*Imperfective -> Atelic past: (if marked) or reduplication
*Imperfective -> Atelic past: (if marked) or reduplication
* no wa- for feminine here
**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. This explains the lack of feminine wa- in the imperfective form.
The progressive ''oo-'' also existed in Early Tseer and was added to the imperfective stem, but it 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)'.
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