HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
The past tense of ‘to want’ is as follows:
I wanted (m) I wanted (f) you wanted (m sing) you wanted (f sing) he wanted she wanted we wanted you wanted (pl) they wanted
kont aayiz kont aīza kont aayiz kontee aīza kan aayiz kanit aīza konna aīzeen kontoo aīzeen kanoo aīzeen
The negative is:
■ Ve r b s
makontish aayiz makontish aīza makontish aayiz makonteesh aīza makanshee aayiz makanitshee aīza makonnash aīzeen makontoosh aīzeen makanoosh aīzeen
I didn’t want (m) I didn’t want (f) you didn’t want (m sing) you didn’t want (f sing) he didn’t want she didn’t want we didn’t want you didn’t want (pl) they didn’t want
‘To Come’, ‘To Go’, ‘To Understand’
The following are often used as alternatives to the usual present tense:
come
all m sing forms all f sing forms all plural forms
gī rīeh fāhim gīya rīha fahma gīyeen rīheen fahmeen
go
understand
For example: ana rīeh I’m going
inti fahma?
do you understand?
To make these negative, add the word mish before the verbal form: 278