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TENSES

Before we learn tenses, we need to know some common verbs:

Vocabularies: [Some Verbs]

w w w

-

w -

burn j; jndance - j

sing - [orin song] do - work] eat j /j u onj - food] drink - mu [omi water] sit jk stand - ddesleep sn wake [up] - j see r

w forget gbgb

remember - rnt

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`` w u w w u w [i.e. to put on cap d fl; to put

on o u enter w go out - jderesemble j u - [pounded yam iyn]

w beat l flog n slap f.a.slap Kenneth gb Keneti lt

w [in continuous tense]; d [in perfect

tense]

go watch w

carry - gb

` wash o p o [to break a cup f ife; to

n open close .. door pa nd; to close your

mouth - pa nud

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lock

cut - g stir r or [to stir yam flour - r ml;

o

In this chapter, the forms of tenses to be treated are the future, simple,continuous, and perfect tense.

Unlike Engli Y u u v evnts sre identified by adverbs like; n n n

o n n n no on o n n n noon n n etc

FUTURE TENSE

Two forms of future tenses in the format:

n o ill m

x w n o n o- o o no n o no n o

I want to sleep Mo sn I do not want to sleep - mik

I want rice Mo

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I do not wa n -

1 I want to eat garri - _________________ 2 I will sleep - _________________3 We want to go - ______________ 4 You all want rice ____________ 5

y - ____________

6 _______________ 7 w - _______________ 8 w j - __________________ 9 Which does he want? - ______________ 10 He wants four cups of water - __________ 11 We want our pot of soup - ____________ 12 y w - _______________ 13 They do not want to drink water - __________ 14 y w _________________ 15 What do they want? - ____________

16 ______________ 17 What do they see? - ___________

COMPARE:I eat M j u I do/did not eat - j u

I will eat - Moma j

Iwill not

- mik ni j

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Do you eat? - j u Will you eat? - j

ill m . o .. I will sleep - Moma sn I will not sleep - mik ni sn

For instance : I will - Moma I will not - mik n . You will eat -O j u You will not eat w j u . Will you cook food? j Will you not eat? - w j u I will not eat - j u We will pray - A ma gbdr We will not pray wa k n gbdrWhere will they go? - N w

No, I will not go .

1 We will eat garri - ____________ 2 I will go - _____________________ 3 O ________________

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4 ma sn - ___________________ 5 w j- _______________ 6 Will you sit? - __________________ 7 We will not sit - _________________ 8 - ______________9 - ______________10 Where will she go? _____________ 11 You all will not listen - ___________

12 They will not sit ___________ 13. w j- __________

Use of can - l

Usage Ll: 1 I can do it -M .

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