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Cebuano generally does not use tense, rather it uses aspect. Cebuano verbs conjugate according to a voice, a mood, a form, and an aspect. According to the functionalist school of grammar, there are two aspects: the nasugdan (incepted [past/present inchoative]) aspect and the pagasugdan (incepting [future/habitual inchoative]) aspect.
Cebuano (/ s ɛ ˈ b w ɑː n oʊ / se-BWAH-noh) [2] [3] [4] is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines by Cebuano people and other Ethnic groups as secondary language. . It is natively, though informally, called by its generic term Bisayâ ([bisəˈjaʔ]) or Binisayâ ([bɪniːsəˈjaʔ]) (both terms are translated into English as Visayan, though this should not be ...
As such it is impossible to show tense in sentences composed purely of adjectives and nouns like the one above, unless the adjective can be turned into a verb or you add words denoting time. Example: The adjective 'rich' becomes 'enrich' English: He will be rich Cebuano: Mudatu siya (literally 'Will+Enriched he/she' - 'He will be enriched.')
It only uses a past tense (or nasugdan) verb conjugation for one negative sentence, "wala nako giinom ang tubig." This is inconsistent with the usage of future conjugations in every other example sentence. However, this is a correct sentence, and I know that Cebuano speakers use past tense (or nasugdan) verbs for many other negative sentences.
Classical Cebuano, or Spanish-Era Cebuano, (Cebuano: Karaang Sinugboanon, Karaang Binisayâ, Binisayâ sa Katuigan sa Katsilà; Badlit: pre-virama: ᜃᜇᜀ ᜅ ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜐᜌ, post-virama: ᜃᜇᜀᜈ᜴ ᜅ ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜐᜌ) was a form of the Cebuano language spoken during the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines.
Masbateño or Minasbate is a member of Central Philippine languages and of the Bisayan subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken by more than 724,000 people [2] in the province of Masbate and some parts of Sorsogon in the Philippines.
Tense Maguindanaon Maranao English Present Pemasan ku su kitab. Pemasaan ko so libro. I am buying book. Past Pibpasa ku su walay. Pipesa ko so walay. I sold the house. Present Pemasan ku su kitab. Pemasaan aken so libro. I am buying book. Past Pinamasa ku su kamais. Piyamasa aken so kamays. I bought the corn. Future (-en) Pagyawen ku inia ...
The only irregular verb forms employed by most users are es, ha, and va – the shortened present-tense forms of esser 'to be', haber 'to have' and vader 'to go' – plus sia, the imperative/subjunctive of esser. Other irregular forms are available, but official Interlingua publications (and the majority of users) have always favoured the ...