8.4.6.2. Past

igyeíʤe timeyesterdayIgye nyankpʋ lebila tamɛ omotswie. Yesterday storm clouds threatened but it didn't rain.cfɩnwɛ 1day before yesterdayɩnwɛ 2last (day)klaɛ 1day after tomorrowndɛtodayɔkɛ1tomorrow8.4.1.2.2Yesterday, today, tomorrow8.4.6.2Past
ɩnwɛɪ́nwɛ̃́ 1timeday before yesterdaycfigyeyesterdayklaɛ 1day after tomorrowndɛtodayɔkɛ1tomorrow8.4.1.2.2Yesterday, today, tomorrow8.4.6.2Past2adj.last (day of week)used in isolation, ɩnwɛ refers to the day before yesterday, with a day named, it refers to the last day of that name.Ɩnwɛ Yaoda, nɔyɔ nkandɩɛtɔ. Last Thursday, I went to the city.cfigyeyesterdayklaɛ 2upcoming dayndɛtodayɔkɛ1tomorrow8.4.1.2.2Yesterday, today, tomorrow
nyaɲá (H) v1to acquire7.4.3Getcomp.atonyahɛpossessionsɩklʋn nyapatiencenya ansigyihappynya atsialɛbe comfortablenya ifufearnya ɩklʋnpatientnya ɩwɩbecome richnya ɔmɛ́conceive2to start; used as the first verb in a serial verb construction to start doingBenya wun mʋ alɩ, ...When they noticed him doing that, ...8.4.6.2.1Recentlyph. v.nya obu amʋ mantaclose door partiallynya ɔblɔget angrynya pɛlɩ
ofikʋofíkʊʔ(H) comp. ofofiɩkʋ 1nlast yearOfikʋ nyankpʋ motswie wanklaan, sʋ anɩ ndɔtɔ atɔ mɔwa alɛ. Last year the rain didn't come well so our crops were poor.Ofikʋ mbrɛ anfɩtɔ mɩ sɩ mʋ pio lowu nɩ.Last year around this time that my father's brother died.8.4.6.2Past8.4.1.6Year
ɔyɩ ɔpacomp. ofɔpa2 2ɔyɩtimebeginning of the worldLowu lɛba tsu ɔyɩ ɔpa, mʋ́sʋ lowu bʋ ɩnʋ nɩ. There has always been death and so there is death now.Death came from the world's beginning, because of this death is there.Ɔyɩ ɔpa amʋʋ nɔwa fʋ sumbi amʋ a, bɩansʋ fɛba nɩ?I sent you on the errand long ago, are you now coming?8.4.6.2Past