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Revision as of 16:49, 17 February 2023
Kamba Grammar
Contents
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
“To Be” negative immediate past
- Nĩ<v><past><p1><sg> ↔ Ndyĩĩ
- Nĩ<v><past><p2><sg> ↔ Ndwĩĩ
- Nĩ<v><past><p1><sg> ↔ Tũwiĩĩ
- Nĩ<v><past><p2><pl> ↔ Mũiĩĩ
- Nĩ<v><past><p3><pl> ↔ Maiĩĩ
Negative Recent Past
“To pull” negative recent past verbal-prefix + i + nee + Root + a
