Aspect: aspect
| Values: | Imp | Perf | Punct |
In Khoekhoe, Aspect is a feature of auxiliaries. Aspect is a feature that specifies duration of the action in time, whether the action has been completed or not.
Imp: imperfective aspect
The action took / takes / will take some time span and there is no information whether and when it was / will be completed.
Examples
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ǁîs ge ariba ra ǃao. “She is afraid of the dog.”
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Sas ge ǂhanu tama hâ khoeb ǀkha gere ǀhōgu. “You were dating the wrong guy.”
Perf: perfective aspect
The action has been / will have been completed.
Examples
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ǁîb ge ǁîna ǃâu hâ. “He has waited for them.”
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ǁÎba nē daoba u hā tama hâ?. “Hasn’t he come up this way?”
Punct: punctual aspect
The action took / takes / will take place in a clearly bounded short period of time.
Examples
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Tita ge xrat dīsisa ge a ǂnûǃgau. “I failled grade ten.”
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Funi ge ge ǂgâ oms ǃnâ o ǁîsa a ǂoa. “Fun entered the house, then she came out.”
Aspect in other languages: [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [bor] [cs] [el] [eme] [ga] [gn] [gub] [ha] [hu] [hy] [hyw] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [la] [mdf] [myu] [myv] [nci] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [ru] [say] [sl] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl] [yrl]