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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 -> | *Perfective aspect -> Telic past: if marked, ''-aa'' (from *-H) | ||
*Imperfective -> | *Imperfective -> Atelic past: (if marked) ''le-'' or reduplication | ||
*Inceptive -> | *Inceptive -> Atelic nonpast: ''sa-'' | ||
*Intensive -> Telic | *Intensive -> Telic nonpast: ''tho-'', ~ Wdm. ''thu-'' | ||
The progressive ''oo-'' also exists in Early Tseer but fall out of usage. | |||
The imperative is marked with a particle ''ma'': ''ma thodagoo toyab'' = 'write a book (perf)'; ''ma wathodagoo eer toyab'' = let her write a book (perf)'. | The imperative is marked with a particle ''ma'': ''ma thodagoo toyab'' = 'write a book (perf)'; ''ma wathodagoo eer toyab'' = let her write a book (perf)'. | ||