In this post, we'll discuss the imperative mood – amongst other things, it's what you use to ask or tell people to do things. The imperative in English is called a mood, not a tense, but in practice it works very similarly.
In this post, we'll look at how questions are asked in Konkani – using the words for who, what, why, where, when, how, how many and which, as well as a quick way of making questions out of statements.
In this post, we consider the basic elements of grammar such as sentence structure and the forms taken by nouns and pronouns.
Perversely, the conditional tense in the positive sense (e.g. I would sit) sounds very similar to the continuous past tense. Let's look at that in more detail.
In this post, we'll consider how to form verbs in the future tense, exemplified by phrases such as I will eat or I will sit.
The habitual past tense is a form of the past tense which indicates an action which was completed numerous times in the past, but which may no longer be performed now. Examples are I used to walk or I used to sit. In this post, we'll consider how to form verbs in the habitual past tense.
The continuous past tense is a form of the past tense which indicates an action continuing over a period of time, such as I was walking or I was sitting. In this post, we'll consider how to form verbs in the continuous past tense.
The simple past tense is a form of the past tense which indicates a completed action at a point of time, such as I walked or I sat. This contrasts with the continuous past tense, which indicates an action continuing over a period of time, such as I was walking or I was sitting. In this post, we'll consider how to form verbs in the simple past tense.
The present tense in Konkani is fairly straightforward, except that you don't get the negative of I do something in Konkani just by inserting a don't into the sentence. Let's consider the simple present (I do something) and the continuous present (I am doing something), as well as the negative present (I don't do something).
To tell the time to the nearest five minutes – usually close enough – you can use the following simple steps.