📽 Present

The first verb form we'll learn is the present. This will be the first tool in our toolbox of verb forms. 🧰 With each verb form we'll learn two things:

1. 🧪 How to make it
2. 🔨 When to use it

How to make it

As with all verb forms, the present form is made by following a very simple formula which is the same for every single verb.

The present ending will change according to what the subject is. Have a look through the verbs below and see how the present form follows the same formula for all of them. 👇

لیکل - leekúl

to write

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Imperfective Stem

لیکـ

leek–

Perfective Stem

ولیکـ

óoleek–

Imperfective Root

لیکل

leekúl

LongShort

Perfective Root

ولیکل

óoleekul

LongShort

Neg.Pos.

Pers.	Singular	Plural
1st	زهلیکم zuleekum I write • I am writing	موږلیکو mooGleekoo We write • We are writing
2nd	تهلیکې tuleeke You write • You are writing	تاسېلیکئ táaseleekey You (pl.) write • You (pl.) are writing
3rd	هغهلیکي hagháleekee he/she/it writes • he/she/it is writing	هغویلیکي haghwéeleekee They write • They are writing

Notes:

• To make the verb negative, you just add a نه - nú in front of the verb.
• To make the verb into a question, you just have to change the tone of voice. The word order doesn't change.

When to use it

You use this form to talk about something that:

• happens generally
• is currently happening
• or is definitely about to happen

So if we think of a graph of reality like this,

The present form would look something like this:

Here are some examples of how the present form is used in different situations:

Happens generally

Is currently happening

Is definately about to happen