Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The Past Simple (1st Conjugation)

This is for simple verbs which end in a non-guttural consonant.  We will use KEEN (to bring) as an example.




Standard Suffixes Somali English
-ay (I) Waan keenay I brought
-tay (you) Waad keentay You brought
-ay (he/it m.) Wuu keenay He brought
-tay (she/it f.) Wey keentay She brought
-nay (we) Waannu keennay We brought
-teen (you all) Weydin keenteen You all brought
-een (they) Wey keeneen They brought


To make it negative: 
Imperative+neg. past suffix
Keen+in = Keenin    Did not bring

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