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Irregular Verbs – 2

Posted by on December 11, 2014

You are certainly aware that asonk, i.e., the Konkani verb to be, is intransitive, which means that the action is not passed on to an object, because it has no object. However, unlike many other languages, Konkani intransitive verbs agree with the subject both in number and gender in most tenses. And that is certainly true of the simple past. This is how it is conjugated:

Affirmative

S i n g u l a r

Written/formal Spoken
Hanv aslom, aslim, aslim
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= I was
Hanv ahal’lom, ahal’lim, ahal’lim
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
Tum asloi, aslii, aslẽi
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= You (s.) were
Tum ahal’loi, ahal’lii, ahal’lẽi
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
To aslo, ti asli, tem aslem
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= He, she, it was
To ahal’lo, ti ahal’li, tem ahal’lem
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.

 

P l u r a l

Written/formal Spoken
Ami asleanv
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= We were
Ami ahal’leanv
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
Tumi asleat
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= You (pl.) were
Tumi ahal’leat
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
Te asle, teô asleô, tim aslim
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= They were
Te ahal’le, teô ahal’leô, tim ahal’lim
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.

 


Negative

S i n g u l a r

Written/formal Spoken
Hanv naslom, naslim, naslim
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= I wasn’t
Hanv nahal’lom, nahal’lim, nahal’lim
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
Tum nasloi, naslii, naslẽi
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= You (s.) weren’t
Tum nahal’loi, nahal’lii, nahal’lẽi
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
To naslo, ti nasli, tem naslem
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= He, she, it wasn’t
To nahal’lo, ti nahal’li, tem nahal’lem
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.

 

P l u r a l

Written/formal Spoken
Ami nasleanv
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= We weren’t
Ami nahal’leanv
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
Tumi nasleat
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= You (pl.) weren’t
Tumi nahal’leat
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
Te nasle, teô nasleô, tim naslim
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
= They weren’t
Te nahal’le, teô nahal’leô, tim nahal’lim
Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.

 

 

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