Aspect System Overview

Sistema ng Aspekto

About this concept

Tagalog verbs mark aspect (completed, incompleted, contemplated) rather than tense. Context and time words determine past/present/future. Aspect is marked through infixes and reduplication.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level A2.

Examples

Kumain ako. (completed)I ate / I have eaten.

Kumakain ako. (incompleted)I am eating / I eat.

Kakain ako. (contemplated)I will eat / I'm going to eat.

Kumakain ako kahapon nang dumating siya.I was eating yesterday when he/she arrived.

Prerequisite

Actor Focus -Um- VerbsA1

Concepts that build on this

Conditional Sentences (Kung)B1 Recent Past with Ka- PrefixA2 Verbal Aspect in DetailB1

More A2 concepts

Object Focus -In VerbsPandiwang -In (Pokus sa Layon)Benefactive/Instrumental Focus I- VerbsPandiwang I- (Pokus sa Tagatanggap)Locative/Directional Focus -An VerbsPandiwang -An (Pokus sa Pinangyarihan)Possessive ConstructionsMga Pag-aari Ability/Involuntary Maka-/Ma- VerbsPandiwang Maka-/Ma- (Kakayahan)

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