Verbs - past continuous tense - Revision history

Jacob at 19:28, 31 May 2007

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Jacob: New page: The past continuous tense is used for an action which was in progress at a point in the past. For example "he was going to Gauteng". In Setswana, this is formed by using an "auxiliary verb...

2007-05-17T18:42:20Z

New page: The past continuous tense is used for an action which was in progress at a point in the past. For example "he was going to Gauteng". In Setswana, this is formed by using an "auxiliary verb...

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The past continuous tense is used for an action which was in progress at a point in the past. For example "he was going to Gauteng". In Setswana, this is formed by using an "auxiliary verb" (ne). Both the verb ne and the original verb take the object marker.

=== Past Continuous positive===
- ke ne ke ithuta Setswana = I was learning Setswana
- o ne o ithuta Setswana = you were learning Setswana
- o ne a ithuta Setswana = she was learning Setswana

{| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| ke ne ke nna kwa Kanye ngwaga e e fetileng || I was staying in Kanye last year
|-
| o ne o tshameka sentle thata || you were playing very well
|-
| Mosidi o ne a opela monate || Mosidi was singing nicely
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| re ne re ithuta go bala le go kwala || we were learning (how) to read and write
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| Bo-rra, a lo ne lo bua kaga dikgomo ? || Gentlemen, were you talking about cattle ?
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| Dikgomo di ne di nwa metsi kwa sedibeng || @@@
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| Dipodi di ne di fula kwa thabeng || the goats were grazing at the mountain
|}

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	The past continuous tense is used for an action which was in progress at a point in the past. For example "he was going to Gauteng". In Setswana, this is formed by using an "auxiliary verb" (ne). Both the verb ne and the original verb take the object marker.		The past continuous tense is used for an action which was in progress at a point in the past. For example "he was going to Gauteng". In Setswana, this is formed by using an "auxiliary verb" (ne). Both the verb ne and the original verb take the object marker.

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 | go ne go se tsidi maabane || it wasn't cold yesterday
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 | Dipodi di ne di sa fule kwa thabeng || the goats weren't grazing at the mountain
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 === Past Continuous positive===
-- ke ne ke ithuta Setswana = I was learning Setswana
+* ke ne ke ithuta Setswana = I was learning Setswana
-- o ne o ithuta Setswana = you were learning Setswana
+* o ne o ithuta Setswana = you were learning Setswana
-- o ne a ithuta Setswana = she was learning Setswana
+* o ne a ithuta Setswana = she was learning Setswana
 {| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
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 | Dipodi di ne di fula kwa thabeng || the goats were grazing at the mountain
 |}