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===Positive Recent Past===
 
===Positive Recent Past===
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‘Recent’ past refers to actions taking place earlier on the day prior to the day of speaking, or even to a week previously
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“To pull” immediate past Nĩ+ verbal-prefix + Root + ie
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*{{morphTest|Nũkootie{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}|Nĩnĩnakootie}}
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*{{morphTest|Nũkootie{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p2}}{{tag|sg}}|Nũnakootie}}
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*{{morphTest|Nũkootie{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}}|Nũkootie}}
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“To Be” immediate past
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*{{morphTest|Nĩ{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}|Nĩnaĩ}}
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*{{morphTest|Nĩ{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p2}}{{tag|sg}}|Ũnaĩ}}
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*{{morphTest|Nĩ{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}}|Anaĩ}}
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*{{morphTest|Nĩ{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|pl}}|Tũnaĩ}}
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*{{morphTest|Nĩ{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p2}}{{tag|pl}}|Mũnaĩ}}
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*{{morphTest|Nĩ{{tag|v}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|pl}}|Manaĩ}}
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===Negative Immediate Past===
 
===Negative Immediate Past===
 
===Negative Recent Past===
 
===Negative Recent Past===

Revision as of 16:44, 17 February 2023

Kamba Grammar

Verb Forms

Positive Immediate Past

The‘Immediate’ past in Kikamba refers to actions taking place earlier in the day of speaking.

“To pull” immediate past Nĩ+ verbal-prefix + Root + ie

  • Nũkootie<v><past><p1><sg> ↔ Nĩngootie
  • Nũkootie<v><past><p2><sg> ↔ Nũkootie
  • Nũkootie<v><past><p3><sg> ↔ Nũkootie

“To Be” immediate past

  • Nĩ<v><past><p1><sg> ↔ nĩĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p2><sg> ↔ wĩĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p3><sg> ↔ eĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p1><pl> ↔ twĩĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p2><pl> ↔ mwĩĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p3><pl> ↔ Meĩ

Positive Recent Past

‘Recent’ past refers to actions taking place earlier on the day prior to the day of speaking, or even to a week previously

“To pull” immediate past Nĩ+ verbal-prefix + Root + ie

  • Nũkootie<v><past><p1><sg> ↔ Nĩnĩnakootie
  • Nũkootie<v><past><p2><sg> ↔ Nũnakootie
  • Nũkootie<v><past><p3><sg> ↔ Nũkootie

“To Be” immediate past

  • Nĩ<v><past><p1><sg> ↔ Nĩnaĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p2><sg> ↔ Ũnaĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p3><sg> ↔ Anaĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p1><pl> ↔ Tũnaĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p2><pl> ↔ Mũnaĩ
  • Nĩ<v><past><p3><pl> ↔ Manaĩ

Negative Immediate Past

Negative Recent Past

Present Continuous

Nouns

Humans

Inanimate Objects