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| The Most Used Verbs |
| Most verbs are conjugated by means of the word Ta:
(present tense) This is in fact an abbreviation of the Spanish Present Participle: Estar To Be = TA I am - Mi ta You are - Bo ta He is She is It is - E ta We are - Nos ta You are - Boso ta They are - Nan ta The Past Tense I was / I have been = Mi tawata Short sentences: I am glad = Mi ta contento I am happy = Mi ta feliz I go = Mi ta bay to go = bay To Have = Tin I have - Mi tin You have - Bo tin He has She has It has - E tin We have - Nos tin You have - Boso tin They have - Nan tin The Past Tense I had / I have had = Mi tawata tin Short sentences: I have money = Mi tin placa money = placa Can = Por I can - Mi por You can - Bo por He can She can It can - E por We can - Nos por You can - Boso por They can - Nan por The Past Tense I could / I could have = Mi tawata por Short sentences: I can dance = Mi por baila to dance = baila |
| The Times |
| The Present Tense Most verbs are conjugated by means of the word Ta: (in the present tense) This is in fact an abbreviation of the Spanish Present Participle: Está I go = Mi ta bay I have a book = Mi tin un boeki The Past Tense In papiamento there is the "preterito defini" (English Preterite) and the "preterito imperfecto". The preterito defini is expressed by a and the preterito imperfecto by tawata. These two tenses are used in cases where in English you would use the preterite and the progressive form I smoked a cigarette = Mi a huma un cigaria I was smoking a cigarette = Mi tawata huma un cigaria Yesterday I ate bread = Ayera mi a come pan When you came in I was eating bread = Ora bo a yega mi tawata come pan The Future Tense The future tense is formed by means of the word Lo. Lo is derived from the Portuguese word "logo" (luego = later on) I will or I shall = Lo mi / Mi lo I will/shall go = Lo mi bay/Mi lo bay I will/shall give = Lo mi duna/Mi lo duna I will/shall come home = Lo mi bin cas/Mi lo bin cas The Present Participle The verbs ending in a form their present participle by replacing a by ando, e.g; tuma - tumando, busca - buscando, huma - humando The verbs ending in e or i take instead of the final e or i the ending iendo, e,g; come - comiendo, skirbi - skirbiendo, bebe - bebiendo Exceptions are: sa - sabiendo tin - teniendo ta - siendo drumi - durmiendo When used with ta it has the same meaning I am eating - Mi ta comiendo - Mi ta come He is writing - E ta skirbiendo - E ta skirbi |
| More Verbs ... |
| Most verbs are conjugated by means of the word Ta: (in the present tense) I go = Mi ta bay I come = Mi ta bin I eat = Mi ta come I speak = Mi ta papia With the exception of: to have = Tin - Mi tin.... can = Por - Mi por... More verbs: to answer = contesta to bring = trece to buy = cumpra to come = bin / bini to do = haci to do some = haci algun to drink = bebe to eat = come to enjoy = goza to enter = drenta to give = duna to go = bay to go out = sali to laugh = hari to learn = siña to like = gusta to live = biba to love = stima to miss = falta to reach/to arrive = jega to receive = ricibi to recommend = recomendá to rent = huur to see / look = mira / weita to sell = bende to serve = sirbi to sit = sinta to sleep = drumi to smoke = huma to speak = papia to speak English = papia ingles to win / make = gana to work = traha to write = skibi / skirbi |
