Difference between revisions of "Verbs - future tense"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(New page: The future tense is formed by using marker "tlaa" (to come) before the verb as follows === Future tense (positive)=== {| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cell...) |
|||
| Line 33: | Line 33: | ||
|- | |- | ||
| o tlaa opela || ga a nke a opele || he/she | | o tlaa opela || ga a nke a opele || he/she | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Future continuous tense === | ||
| + | {| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" | ||
| + | | ke tlaa bo ke ruta || I will be teaching | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | re tlaa bo re le mo tlelaseng ka 8.30 || we will be in class at 8.30 | ||
|} | |} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:11, 16 May 2007
The future tense is formed by using marker "tlaa" (to come) before the verb as follows
Future tense (positive)
| ke tlaa reka | I will @@ |
| ba tlaa opela | x |
| o tlaa bua | she will speak |
Future tense (negative)
There are two negative forms in the future tense which can be used interchangably
-ga ke na go
where "ke" is the subject marker
| ke tlaa reka | ga ke na go reka | x |
| o tlaa bua | ga o na go bua | x |
| o tlaa opela | ga a na go opela | he/she |
in the second form the end of the verb changes to -e
-ga ke nke ke
where "ke" is the subject marker
| ke tlaa reka | ga ke nke ke reke | I |
| o tlaa bua | ga o nke o bue | you |
| o tlaa opela | ga a nke a opele | he/she |
Future continuous tense
| ke tlaa bo ke ruta | I will be teaching |
| re tlaa bo re le mo tlelaseng ka 8.30 | we will be in class at 8.30 |