weli
See also: Weli
Pipil
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweli/
Verb
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
Conjugation of weli
| tense | singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | niweliskia | tiweliskia | weliskia | tiweliskiat | anweliskiat | weliskiat | |||
| pluperfect* | niwelituya | tiwelituya | welituya | tiwelituyat | anwelituyat | welituyat | |||
| conditional perfect* | niwelituskia | tiwelituskia | welituskia | tiwelituskiat | anwelituskiat | welituskiat | |||
| imperative | - | shiweli | - | tiwelikan | shiwelikan | - | |||
| *These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech. | |||||||||
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