Cooking ('em)

Started by Kyttin13, October 13, 2019, 04:22:59 PM

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Kyttin13

I'm trying to learn a few phrases (as well as build my sentence forming skills...
So here goes...
Oe 'em. ("I cook." Right)
Oel wutsoti 'em. (I cook dinner..."I, Dinner(/meal), cook."

I *will* cook. (Here's where I run into difficulty.)
Oe ay'em...(???)
Same situation
Oel wutsoti ay'em ('ayem?) I will cook dinner...

Both of these examples are only future tense. I will cook dinner, as opposed to I *will* (determination) cook dinner.

Toliman

Quote from: Kyttin13 on October 13, 2019, 04:22:59 PM
Oe 'em. ("I cook." Right)
Oel wutsoti 'em. (I cook dinner..."I, Dinner(/meal), cook."
Right :)

Quote from: Kyttin13 on October 13, 2019, 04:22:59 PM
I *will* cook. (Here's where I run into difficulty.)
Oe ay'em...(???)
Same situation
Oel wutsoti ay'em ('ayem?) I will cook dinner...
Right, except one mistake: not ay'em but 'ayem.

so:
Oe 'ayem.
Oel wutsoti 'ayem.

Kyttin13

That was basically my question, Toliman, Irayo!

Toliman


Vawmataw

To ease your search you can use online dictionaries:

dict-navi.com helps you search any word, and if you click a verb you'll have to your right a table that tells you where to place iv, am, ol, er, ay, ìy, etc.
There's also a conjugation tool with more explanations if you already have the verb: https://wimiso.nl/navi/verbs/

Have fun!
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Kyttin13

Irayo! I knew about dict-navi, of course (it's practically a bible to me! Lol!) But I didn't know about the verb (side?) menu... irayo!

Toliman

Quote from: Kyttin13 on October 13, 2019, 05:27:00 PM
I knew about dict-navi, of course (it's practically a bible to me! Lol!)
Same ;D Dict-navi.com is really great :D

Kyttin13

If you click a verb you'll have to your right a table that tells you where to place iv, am, ol, er, ay, ìy, etc.


I looked at "cook" at dict-navi and found that useful menu, irayo, but, perhaps (probably) due to my limited gramatical knowledge, I couldn't find the present tense " am cooking"...
That's not the same as "cook" is it? " 'em"
Or is it used similar to "lu?"

Toliman

Quote from: Kyttin13 on October 13, 2019, 05:40:29 PM
I looked at "cook" at dict-navi and found that useful menu, irayo, but, perhaps (probably) due to my limited gramatical knowledge, I couldn't find the present tense " am cooking"...
That's not the same as "cook" is it? " 'em"

Yeah, present tense is 'em (without infixes) :)

Kyttin13

Again. Irayo!
Sooo... "I am cooking dinner." would be "oel wutsoti 'em" ???

Toliman

Yeah and also when you say "I am cooking dinner" in meaning "I am cooking dinner and I still didn't finish it" you can use also infix <er> (imperfective, unfinished):
Oel wutsoti 'erem.

Oel wutsoti 'em is just present simple tense, so "I cook dinner", I would say.

Kyttin13


Toliman


Vawmataw

Quote from: Kyttin13 on October 13, 2019, 05:40:29 PM
If you click a verb you'll have to your right a table that tells you where to place iv, am, ol, er, ay, ìy, etc.


I looked at "cook" at dict-navi and found that useful menu, irayo, but, perhaps (probably) due to my limited gramatical knowledge, I couldn't find the present tense " am cooking"...
That's not the same as "cook" is it? " 'em"
Or is it used similar to "lu?"

oh, it's called the "imperfective", there's no present progressive in Na'vi.
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Kyttin13

Present progressive?? Is that present tense??? Miss Grammatically Impaired here! Lol!!

Vawmataw

present progressive is the be x-ing form (am cooking for example)
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Kyttin13