Tense: tense
The feature marks tense of the verb.
Pres: Present
Examples
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[abq] з-къвырман-у [REL.PR-sacrifice-PRS.NFIN] ‘whose sacrifice is …’
RelType=Pr|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=NonFin -
[abq] р-чпа-уа [3Pl.ERG-do-IPF] ‘they are making’
Number[erg]=Plur|Person[erg]=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=NonFin
Past: Past of static verbs or Preterite of dynamic verbs
Examples
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[abq] й-гIа-н-ха-ква-з [REL.ABS-CSL-LOC-stay-PL-PST.NFIN] ‘[those] who stayed’
Number=Plur|RelType=Abs|Tense=Past|VerbForm=NonFin -
[abq] й-ца-н [3SG.N.ABS-go-PST] ‘(it) went’
Gender[abs]=Neut|Number[abs]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
Aor: Aorist of dynamic verbs
Examples
- [abq] р-чпа-тI [3Pl.ERG-do-DCL] ‘they made’
Number[erg]=Plur|Person[erg]=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin
Fut: Future I of dynamic verbs
Examples
- [abq] й-бзаз-у-ш-тI [3PL.ABS-live-IPF-FUT-DCL] ‘they will live’
Number[abs]=Plur|Person[abs]=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin
Fut2: Future II of dynamic verbs
Examples
- [abq] й-ан-у-кIвхIа-ра [3SG.N.ABS-REL.TMP-2SG.M.ERG-knead-FUT.NFIN] ‘when you will knead’
Gender[abs]=Neut|Gender[erg]=Masc|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[erg]=Sing|Person[abs]=3|Person[erg]=2|RelType=Tmp|Tense=Fut2|VerbForm=NonFin
Imp: Imperfective of dynamic verbs
Examples
- [abq] й-бзаз-у-н [3PL.ABS-live-IPF-PST] ‘they were living’
Number[abs]=Plur|Person[abs]=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin
Subj: Subjunctive I of dynamic verbs
Examples
- [abq] йы-с-чп-у-шы-з [REL.ABS-1SG.ERG-do-IPF-FUT-PST.NFIN] ‘that I would do’
Number[erg]=Sing|Person[erg]=1|RelType=Abs|Tense=Subj|VerbForm=NonFin
Subj2: Subjunctive II of dynamic verbs
Examples
- [abq] с-а-з-ры-пхьа-ры-з [1SG.ABS-3SG.N.IO-REL.ERG-CAUS-study-FUT.NFIN-PST.NFIN] ‘[the person] who would teach me’
Caus=Yes|Gender[io]=Neut|Number[abs]=Sing|Number[io]=Sing|Person[abs]=1|Person[io]=3|RelType=Erg|Tense=Subj2|VerbForm=NonFin
Tense in other languages: [ab] [abq] [aqz] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [el] [en] [es] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gn] [gub] [ha] [hu] [hy] [it] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [ru] [sah] [say] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl]