Lundian tenses
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2. Lundian tenses
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Lundian grammar eikala lundiyani
lundian is an SVO language, there are no exceptions
Tenses
lundian has 5 main tenses: present, past, future, conditional and imperfect. Verbs do not conjugate in lundian, instead particles are put at the beginning of the verb to indicate the tense.
Present
There are two types of present tense in lundian: simple and continuous
The simple present tense is used to describe general statements like in English. No particle is used in the simple present tense
i kapa – I speak
The present continuous tense is used to express an action that is actively being done. The verb for to be – lai goes before the verb to make this tense
i lai eden – I am eating
Past
There are two forms of past tense in lundian: simple and continuous past
Simple past is used to generally describe things that happened in the past, the particle ‘lo’ is used for this.
i lo kapa an a – I spoke to him
Recent past Is used to describe things that just happened. ‘mai lo’ is used for this.
a mai lo luran – I just arrived
Future
There are two types of future in lundian: simple and close future
Simple future is used to describe things that will happen in the future. The particle ‘na’ is used for this
i na lura aneila – I will go tomorrow
Close future is used to describe things that are about to happen ‘mai na’ is used for this
i mai na kapa an ale – I am going to/ about to speak to them
Conditional
The conditional tense is used to describe probability, events that could happen. The particles ‘lei na’ I used for this.
i lei na lura nali – i might/ would go there
Imperfect
There are two types of imperfect in lundian: imperfect and continuous past
Continuous past is used to describe an action that was in the process of happening. To do this you use the past tense of ‘lai’
i lo lai eden – i was eating
Note: most of the time ‘lo lai’ is shortened to ‘lwai’
Imperfect is used to describe an action that used to happen or was happening. The particle ‘talei’ is used for this
i talei lo lura elei teila – I used to go every day
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