- The
nonpast tense (also
spelled non-past) (abbreviated NPST) is a
grammatical tense that
distinguishes an
action as
taking place in
times present or ****ure...
- ****ure. Some
languages have only two
distinct tenses, such as past and
nonpast, or ****ure and non****ure.
There are also
tenseless languages, like most...
- imperative=quotative say.
nonpast=nominalizer=co****-polite.
nonpast=concessive, by no
means come out.negative.
nonpast=nominalizer=co****-polite.
nonpast") for standard...
-
tense in
active verbs is
indicated by
inserting the
auxiliary ka
after the
nonpast subject concord.
Another way to
negate a verb is to add the
prefix ha-...
- -ngku
indicates second-person
singular object 'you' and
nyanyi is the
nonpast form of the
class 3 verb 'see'. In the past tense, the
auxiliary word often...
- like ha****=zo ("run-
nonpast=focus") and a-n=no=ka ("exist.
nonpast=nominalizer=interrogative") for
standard hashir-u=zo ("run.
nonpast=focus") and ar-u=no=ka...
-
Variety NOM ERG OBL
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite Past
Nonpast Past
Nonpast ****ure
Banton Banton -y kag it
ittong sa
Banton Sibale -y kag it...
-
polite nonpast root + -i + co**** desu (です)
yasui desu (安いです, "is cheap") root + co**** desu (です) ****uka desu (静かです, "is quiet")
polite negative nonpast arimasen...
-
onbin into the Late
Middle ****anese and
Modern ****anese
nonpast ending -i, as in takai, the
nonpast form of the
adjective stem taka- (tall). The adjectival...
- Pama-Nyungan
language family)
reflexivity can
combine with past (PST),
nonpast (NPST), and
imperative (IMP)
tense marking to form the
verbal suffixes:...
