Aspect: aspect
| Values: | Hab | Inch |
Aspect is a feature that specifies duration of the action in time, whether the action has been completed etc. There is much still to be studied in Moksha aspect. Presently, inchoative is readily distinguished, whereas others still require classification and are not marked for aspect.
Hab: habitual past (Preterit 2) -Оль
Is homonymous to the conjunctive (aka subjunctive) mood, though quite infrequent in the Moksha regular indicative conjugation, it indicates past habitual.
Examples
- [mdf] Ня шархнень эса кожфонь эжнемс кирнельхть жаровнят… “To heat the air in these balloons they would keep coal-pans…”
Inch: inchoative
The inchoative is typically expressed by the verb кармамс It contributes in past and non-past tense to Moksha aspect.
Examples
- [mdf] Тишка каязе пиджаконц и кармась работама ёфси маласа. “Tishka took off his jacket and began working right close by.”
Perf: Perfective
The perfective aspect is typical of the past participle in -ф
Examples
- [mdf] Митричень пингста тиф тя мастерскойсь. “This workshop was made in Mitrich’s time.”
Aspect in other languages: [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [bor] [cs] [el] [eme] [ga] [gn] [gub] [ha] [hu] [hy] [hyw] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [la] [mdf] [myu] [myv] [nci] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [ru] [say] [sl] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl] [yrl]