Tense | ||
| The following tenses are defined: |
simple past (preterite)
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past progressive (imperfect)
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simple present
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present progressive
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simple future
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future progressive |
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Aspect | ||
| The following aspects are defined: |
inceptive |
terminative |
inchoative |
perfective |
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cessitive |
pausative |
resumptive |
aorist |
habitual |
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Mood | ||
| The following moods are defined: |
imperative
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indicative |
optative |
subjunctive |
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Conditional Mood | ||
| Zero conditional. Note the use of the conditional box, the aorist tense and the conjunction "and". |
If you heat ice, it melts. |
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| First conditional. Note the use of the future tense in the consequential. |
If he wins, he will tell you. |
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| Second conditional. Note the use of the present-irrealis marker. |
If he came to me, we would go to the swimming pool. |
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| Third conditional. Note the use of the past-irrealis marker. |
If he hadn't broken into the house, I wouldn't have called the police. |
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Take a Tour I: Word Types
Take a Tour II: Building Sentences
Take a Tour III: Joining Sentences I
Take a Tour IV: Joining Sentences II
Take a Tour V: Verb Tense, Aspect and Mood
Take a Tour VI: Participles
Vocabulary
Alphabet (Pronunciation hints)
The Babel text
A thank you to Helmi
Author: René Uittenbogaard.