conlanging 8: perfect aspect
Ā im going to continue today with doing more āaspectsā
Perfect aspect: Perfect aspect is derived from word meaning 'finish' or 'already'.
@not-a-linguist very kindly explained this to me on one of my recent posts as:
And since I see it on the list, Perfect Aspect ties a past event to the present. āI have gone to the storeā, the going was in the past but you are suggesting the information is relevant to the present (ā-so you donāt have toā). Used with the future, āI will have gone to the storeā it ties an event that hasnāt happened yet to a new āpresentā that will exist in the future (ā- by the time the family arrivesĀ for dinnerā).
the parameters dont give much to go on here, so ill say theĀ āperfect aspectā word is TSUNR and attempt to make some sentences with this aspect.Ā
I have gone to the storeĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā HO TSUNR TAI SHE FIDA FRE
I will have gone to the storeĀ Ā Ā HO TSUNR TAI ZHEING FIDA FRE
all these tenses being separate words is making this stuff seem deceptively simple. i dont feel like im really learning the concepts, and thats bound to come back and bite me in the butt at some point.Ā
i guess the past/future tense modifiers are required for this aspect, or at least for the future one. i think i can see the SHE being able to be dropped in context. hmmm....
i was going to doĀ āpossibilityā in this post as well but the rules for them are supposed to be this:
Possibility: Situational possibility is expressed with verbal constructions, like in English: The children can swim across the lake. Epistemic possibility is expressed with adverb type constructions like "possibly", instead of with verbal constructions like in English (John may have arrived).
but im not sure what to do with an adverb in this conlang when all the adjectives already act like verbs; so that will become its own post.Ā
up next im going to try to get last of theĀ āeasyā things out of the way.Ā











