Language/Susu/Grammar/Past-Tense

Vocabulary

xoro	Yesterday
xoro bora	the day before yesterday
xoro bora xanbi	two days ago
xoro bora nga xanbi	three days ago
to	today
lçxE xun dangixi	last week
kike dangixi	last month
¯E  dangixi	last year
yala	last year
xoro nunmare	yesterday afternoon
wali nu bara	After the work

GRAMMAR

There are many forms of past tense in susu.

The form with naxa

Naxa is used for narration

There is no negative form of naxa.

Naxa is used for completed actions.

The naxa form is widely used by the susu.

• Ex. : A naxa siga makiti

He went to the market

The form with bara

Bara is used for a process that has begun, but says nothing about the end or completion of the process.

• Ex. : A bara mini tande

He has already gone outside

• E bara siga makiti

They already went to the market

The form with nE

Is used for a process that is already finished, the action completed.

• Ex. : N siga nE makiti

I went to the market

• N fa nE banxi

I came to the house

Table of the different past forms with the time markers.

                                             

	PAST
	PERFECTIF
Naxa	BARA	NE
Fatu  naxa siga makiti S + naxa + V  + C Fatou went to the market	Fatu bara siga makiti S    + bara + V + C Fatu has already to the market	Fatu siga nE  makiti S    + V  + nE  + C Fatou went to the market