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===== In Nûrlâm ===== | ===== In Nûrlâm ===== | ||
- | Nûrlâm distinguishes only 3 tenses: Past, Present and Future used exactly as their names suggest. So the closest examples from real world are Slavic languages. Hurrian language, by which Black Speech probably was inspired, also is similar in tenses (however it's verb grammar is far more complex and not fully deciphered yet). Various forms of English tenses are expressed by [[grammar_aspect|aspect]] in Nûrlâm, however Present Perfect is always translated as Past tense and Present Perfect Continuous can be translated either as Present or Past tense. When translating back from Black Speech into English, please keep mind that aspect indicators are optional specially when additional time markers are provided in [[syntax_adverbials|adverbial]]. So past form of verb without suffix of aspect can be either simple, perfect or continuous (e.g. <wrap hi>< | + | Nûrlâm distinguishes only 3 tenses: Past, Present and Future used exactly as their names suggest. So the closest examples from real world are Slavic languages. |
==== Suffix table ==== | ==== Suffix table ==== | ||
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Suffix //-ulg// of [[mood_subjunctive|Subjunctive]] [[grammar_mood|mood]] may be treated as special Future-in-the-past tense. [[grammar_gerundive|Gerundives]] may carry functions of future passive tense. | Suffix //-ulg// of [[mood_subjunctive|Subjunctive]] [[grammar_mood|mood]] may be treated as special Future-in-the-past tense. [[grammar_gerundive|Gerundives]] may carry functions of future passive tense. | ||
==== Participles ==== | ==== Participles ==== | ||
- | Participles have only two tenses: Present and Past (Perfect), but also have //voice//. See corresponding [[grammar_participle|article about them]]. | + | Participles have only two tenses: Present and Past (Perfect), but also have //voice//. See corresponding [[grammar_participle|article about them]]. But [[grammar_gerundive|Gerundive]] may be treated as future participle when translating into languages which have such participles. |
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