Article | Meaning | Approx. English Equivalent |
Li- | Masculine Definite Article Singular | the |
Lí- | Masculine Definte Article Plural | the |
Le- | Femminine Definite Article Singular | the |
Lé- | Femminine Definite Article Plural | the |
La- | Genderless Definite Article Singular | the |
Lá- | Genderless Definite Article Plural | the |
Ci- | Masculine Indefinite Article Singular | a |
Cí- | Masculine Indefinite Article Plural | * |
Ce- | Femminine Indefinite Article Singular | a |
Cé- | Femminine Indefinite Article Plural | * |
Ca- | Genderless Indefinite Article Singular | a |
Cá- | Genderless Indefinite Article Plural | * |
*Approx. equivalent is no word used, just an empty wordless space. (Example: "A dog" pluralized is "dogs", not "a dogs")
Tense | Formation | English examle with "eat" and meaning |
Present | -* | I eat (standard present) |
Past | -ed | I ate (refers to a specific event in the past) |
Future | -ec | I will eat (refers to a specific event in the furture) |
Aorist | formed with the verb "to do" (mad) | I eat (states a general truth. Does not refer to a specific event) |
Imperfect Past | formed with the verb "to have" (dhav) | I have eaten (refers to (an) inspecific past event(s)) |
Imperfect Future | formed with the verb "to go" (vas) | I'm going to eat (refers to (an) inspecific future event(s)) |
Imperative | formed without the conjugational suffix | Eat (a command or request) |
Interrogative | replace conjugational suffix with "ét" | Do I eat? (a question) |
Conidtional | "-anr" | Would eat [see notes below] | |
*Nothing added