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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, reduplication | *Imperfective -> Atelic past: if marked, reduplication | ||
**no wa- for feminine here | **no wa- for feminine here | ||
*Inceptive -> Atelic nonpast: ''sa-'' | *Inceptive -> Atelic nonpast: ''sa-'' | ||
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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)'. | ||
A Tseer verb may have marked perfectives with ''-aa'' and unmarked imperfectives, or marked imperfectives (with | A Tseer verb may have marked perfectives with ''-aa'' and unmarked imperfectives, or marked imperfectives (with reduplication) and unmarked perfectives. | ||
Verbs are negated with ''di'' (in the imperative, by replacing ''ma'' with ''khay''). | Verbs are negated with ''di'' (in the imperative, by replacing ''ma'' with ''khay''). | ||