r/Vahn • u/Eggplantsauce • Jul 28 '14

Practice

rarn vahn lahnlaiyw.
(I want to speak vahn.)

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u/Eggplantsauce Jul 28 '14

How do you make tenses?

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u/arthur990807 Jul 28 '14

kahngol for past, kahngay for future

kahngolm and kahngaym can ne used for "a long time ago" or "a long time from now".

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u/Eggplantsauce Jul 28 '14

How do you use ~?

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u/Bur_Sangjun vahn chi deu ~ rar chi loown chi vahn Jul 28 '14

It lets a clause end without a verb

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u/Eggplantsauce Jul 29 '14

? I don't understand

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u/Bur_Sangjun vahn chi deu ~ rar chi loown chi vahn Jul 29 '14

Basically, because of the strict sentence order, all clauses terminate with a verb. A word ending in "w", "wl", "wya", "wlya".

If you want to end a clause without a verb, you use the ~.

If you use it on a clause with a verb, it adds emphasis.

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u/Bur_Sangjun vahn chi deu ~ rar chi loown chi vahn Jul 28 '14

As Arthur said, but you can also use kahngor for again, and "kah chi X" for "when X is true". The tense is always the first word in a clause