Translation examples
adjective
Konsonanttiklusterien yksinkertaistamisen vuoksi, mennyt muoto on merkitsemätön kun se on osa monimutkaista konsonanttiklusteria: He talk for so long, never stop, not even when I ask him. — Hän puhui niin pitkään lakkaamatta vaikka pyysin.
Due to consonant cluster simplification, the past tense is most often unmarked when it is pronounced as /t/ or /d/ at the end of a consonant cluster: He talk so long, never stop, I ask him also never.
Menneellä muodolla on tapana olla merkitsemätön, jos kyseessä oleva verbi esiintyy pitkään yhden erillisen tapauksen sijasta (vertaa ranskan imperfektiin): When I was young, ar, I go to school every day. — Nuorena menin kouluun joka päivä.
The past tense is more likely to be marked if the verb describes an isolated event (it is a punctual verb), and it tends to be unmarked if the verb in question represents an action that goes on for an extended period: When I young ah, I go school every day.
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