weli
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See also: Weli
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]weli
- Alternative form of wely
Pipil
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]weli
- (intransitive) to be able, can
- Niweli nitaketza Nawat
- I can speak Nawat (Pipil)
- (intransitive) to be possible.
- Ne pula weli mukwa uksituk ush tishkal ush shushuik
- Plantains can be eaten cooked, roasted, or unripe (green)
- (intransitive) may, auxiliary of possibility.
- Musta weli wetzi at
- It might rain tomorrow
- (intransitive) to know (how to do something, speak a language)
- Niweli semaya chiupichin Nawat
- I know just a little bit of Nawat
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of weli
tense | singular | plural | |||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
naja | taja | yaja | tejemet | anmejemet | yejemet | ||||
present | niweli | tiweli | weli | tiwelit | anwelit | welit | |||
subjunctive | ma niweli | ma shiweli | ma weli | ma tiwelikan | ma shiwelikan | ma welikan | |||
past | niwelik | tiwelik | welik | tiweliket | anweliket | weliket | |||
perfect | niwelituk | tiwelituk | welituk | tiwelitiwit | anwelitiwit | welitiwit | |||
future* | niwelis | tiwelis | welis | tiwelisket | anwelisket | welisket | |||
conditional | niweliskiya | tiweliskiya | weliskiya | tiweliskiyat | anweliskiyat | weliskiyat | |||
pluperfect* | niwelituya | tiwelituya | welituya | tiwelituyat | anwelituyat | welituyat | |||
conditional perfect* | niwelituskiya | tiwelituskiya | welituskiya | tiwelituskiyat | anwelituskiyat | welituskiyat | |||
imperative | - | (ma) shiweli | - | ma tiwelikan | (ma) shiwelikan | - | |||
*These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech. |