Verbs

Notes on grammatical terms


 * Non-past is the verb form to use for present tense and future tense, e.g. ngaborrkke (I dance, I am dancing, I do dance, I will dance)


 * Past Perfective is the past tense form used for a completed action, e.g. ngaborrkkeng (I danced)


 * Past Imperfective is the past tense form for an action that was on-going, incomplete or interrupted by another action, e.g. ngaborrkkeyi (I was dancing, I used to dance)


 * Imperative is used when giving an affirmative order or instruction, e.g. Yiborrkkemen! (dance!)


 * Irrealis is used when the action is unsure or a negative in the past tense, e.g. minj ngaborrkmeninj (I didn't dance, I wouldn't dance), yiborrkmeninj? (Did you dance?, Were you dancing?, Would you dance?, Would you have danced?, Were you going to dance?)