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<small>''See also: [[Moshurian/Swadesh list]].''</small> | <small>''See also: [[Moshurian/Swadesh list]].''</small> | ||
===Tenses=== | ===Tenses=== | ||
In Moshurian, there are four main tenses- the present, the future, the far future and the simple past. To indicate that a phrase is in a certain tense, an ''indicator'' is used just before the object, e.g. '''''öş''' gersetigéd kestolék''(I built a house). | |||
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'''Example:''' ''öş abáragéd udubék. budur ibiş.'' - ''I went to the park. It '''was'''<ref>Note the continuous past tense.</ref> great.''<br> | '''Example:''' ''öş abáragéd udubék. budur ibiş.'' - ''I went to the park. It '''was'''<ref>Note the continuous past tense.</ref> great.''<br> | ||
''ös abáragéd udubék. '''uź''' budur ibiş.'' - ''I went to the park. (The park) '''is''' great.'' | ''ös abáragéd udubék. '''uź''' budur ibiş.'' - ''I went to the park. (The park) '''is''' great.'' | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Nouns in Moshurian have two forms: the '''infinitive''' and the '''accusative'''. The infinitive, like with verbs, is essentially the raw form of the noun, with no suffixes. The accusative is the infinitive + the suffix ''-géd'', and is used when a verb is ''acting upon'' an object in a sentence. There are some exceptions, such as nouns who's infinitive end with /ŋ/, such as ''[[Contionary:zazuŋ|zazuŋ]]'', and in this case the suffix changes from ''-géd'' to ''-éd''. | Nouns in Moshurian have two forms: the '''infinitive''' and the '''accusative'''. The infinitive, like with verbs, is essentially the raw form of the noun, with no suffixes. The accusative is the infinitive + the suffix ''-géd'', and is used when a verb is ''acting upon'' an object in a sentence. There are some exceptions, such as nouns who's infinitive end with /ŋ/, such as ''[[Contionary:zazuŋ|zazuŋ]]'', and in this case the suffix changes from ''-géd'' to ''-éd''. | ||