Veronica P.

Atin
Recent Past (week 5)

(C) veronica 2014 3/20/2014

 One of the functions of ko-/ka- is to indicate
that an event has just happened
The recent past form is formed by:
a) Reduplicating the first syllable of a word
b) Adding ko-/ka- depending on the the vowel
of the first syllable of the word
e.g susu birth > su.susu > ko.su.susu

(C) veronica 2014 3/20/2014

Root Reduplicated form Recent past form

Boli (buy) boboli koboboli

Orib (cut-
vegetables)
Patai (kill)
Akan (eat)
Idu (remove)
Tanom (plant)
Tahak (give)
Ubas (familiar)
Ansak (cook)
Souk (scoop out)

(C) veronica 2014 3/20/2014

Root Reduplicated Recent past
form form
Boli (buy) boboli koboboli
Orib (cut- oorib kooorib
vegetables)
Patai (kill) papatai kapapatai
Akan (eat) aakan kaaakan
Idu (remove) iidu koiidu
Tanom (plant) tatanom katatanom
Tahak (give) tatahak katatahak
Ubas (familiar) uubas kouubas
Ansak (cook) aansak kaaansak
Souk (scoop out) sosouk kososouk

(C) veronica 2014 3/20/2014

 Kaaansak di Eric i manuk di Ali
Eric has just cooked Alis chicken
Alis chicken has just been cooked by Eric

Kaaansak di Ali i manuk

Ali has just cooked the chicken

Koiidu di Jon iti timporon

Jon has just removed the splinter

Koboboli di Abu o rasuk

Abu has just bought the shirt

(C) veronica 2014 3/20/2014

 Kapapatai di Jon i manuk
Jon has just killed the chicken

Katatanom di Amy i kinotuan id tana dau

Amy has just planted the vegetables on her
land

Katatanom di odu i bunga

Grandmother has just planted the flower

Katatahak di Amy di Jenny o tindalam

Amy has just given Jenny a cake
(C) veronica 2014 3/20/2014