namba
/'nam.ba/
verb
- sleep, slumber
- nap, snooze, doze
Additional notes: this word originally came from my language Bahatla.
Tense, Aspect, and Mood
|
|
Ø |
IPF |
IMP |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ø |
|
nambali |
nambafadh |
|
PAST |
nambadem |
nambalidem |
nambafadhem |
|
FUT |
nambamai |
nambamali |
nambafadhi |
Examples:
Present tense
Ve kota orra namba.
Gloss: 1 want NEG sleep.
Translation: "I don't want to sleep."
Past tense
Shu nambadem basorrab.
Gloss: 3 sleep-PST home-LOC.
Translation: "He slept at home."
Future tense
Veru nambamai chlurab nid.
Gloss: 1PL sleep-FUT night-LOC here.
Translation: "We won't sleep tonight."
Present imperfect
Ve nambali vahn nunsorab..
Gloss: 1 sleep-IPF 1.GEN bed-LOC.
Translation: "I'm sleeping in my bed."
Past imperfect
Shur nambalidem diok shur gafkadem.
Gloss: 3PL sleep-IPF-PST before 3PL wake-PST.
Translation: "They were sleeping before they woke up."
Future imperfect
Zi nambamali zahn thazeilrab limath.
Gloss: 2 sleep-IPF.FUT 2.GEN spouse-LOC beside.
Translation: "You'll be sleeping beside your spouse."
Present imperative
Nambafadh, daku!
Gloss: Sleep-IMP, kid!
Translation: "Sleep, kid!"
Past imperative
Shu nambafadhem sorenrab rahst.
Gloss: 3 leave-PST-IMP tree-LOC beneath.
Translation: "She must have slepth beneath (a) tree."
Future imperative
Nambafadhi orra ekeerab zi gedha..
Gloss: Sleep-IMP.FUT NEG when 2 work.
Translation: "(You must) not sleep when you work."
