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===Particles=== | |||
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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, a ''particle'' is used just before the object, e.g. '''''öş''' gersetigéd kestolék''(I built a house). | 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, a ''particle'' 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.'' | ||
====Other particles==== | |||
* '''[[Contionary:ché|ché]]''' - negative particle, roughly translates to no/not/non- in English. | |||
* '''[[Contionary:duà|duà]]''' - imperative particle, indicates a sentence is imperative. Can also mean the adjective "imperative" in general, though most speakers differentiate the two meanings by using ''duànaga'' for the latter meaning. | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
: ''Sögéd kél mosok dáfhéréiméş.'' | : ''Sögéd kél mosok dáfhéréiméş.'' | ||