diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7370680..aa73a44 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
"@formkit/auto-animate": "^1.0.0-beta.1",
"@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^5.15.4",
"@lingdocs/lingdocs-main": "^0.3.1",
- "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector": "^3.1.9",
+ "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector": "^3.2.2",
"@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.4",
"@testing-library/react": "^11.1.0",
"@testing-library/user-event": "^12.1.10",
diff --git a/src/components/phrase-diagram/EditableVPEx.tsx b/src/components/phrase-diagram/EditableVPEx.tsx
index d4bfbe0..81fee3a 100644
--- a/src/components/phrase-diagram/EditableVPEx.tsx
+++ b/src/components/phrase-diagram/EditableVPEx.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function EditIcon() {
return ;
}
-function EditableVPEx({ children, opts, formChoice, noEdit }: { children: T.VPSelectionState, opts: T.TextOptions, formChoice?: boolean, noEdit?: boolean }) {
+function EditableVPEx({ children, opts, formChoice, noEdit, length }: { children: T.VPSelectionState, opts: T.TextOptions, formChoice?: boolean, noEdit?: boolean, length: "long" | "short" }) {
const [editing, setEditing] = useState(false);
const [vps, setVps] = useState(children);
function handleReset() {
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ function EditableVPEx({ children, opts, formChoice, noEdit }: { children: T.VPSe
justify="left"
onlyOne="concat"
setForm={formChoice ? handleSetForm : "disable"}
+ length={length}
/>
;
}
diff --git a/src/content/verbs/continuous-past-in-reality.svg b/src/content/verbs/continuous-past-in-reality.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..babb273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/verbs/continuous-past-in-reality.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,411 @@
+
+
diff --git a/src/content/verbs/past-verbs.mdx b/src/content/verbs/past-verbs.mdx
index 9cee592..42902a3 100644
--- a/src/content/verbs/past-verbs.mdx
+++ b/src/content/verbs/past-verbs.mdx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---
-title: Past Tense
+title: Past Tense 😱
---
import {
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import Link from "../../components/Link";
import Formula from "../../components/formula/Formula";
import verbTreePastPresent from "./verb-tree-past-present.svg";
import verbTreeImperfectivePerfective from "./verb-tree-imperfective-perfective.svg";
-import imperfectiveFuture from "./imperfective-future-graph.svg";
-import perfectiveFuture from "./perfective-future-graph.svg";
+import simplePast from "./simple-past-in-reality.svg";
+import continuousPast from "./continuous-past-in-reality.svg";
+import unoReverseMeme from "./uno-reverse-meme.jpg";
+import EditableVPEx, { EditIcon } from "../../components/phrase-diagram/EditableVPEx";
import BasicVerbShowCase from "../../components/BasicVerbShowCase";
export function KingIcon() {
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ export function ServantIcon() {
return ;
};
-Past tense verbs in Pashto are famous for being very difficult and confusing for the learner. Thankfully there are some very simple rules that we can learn, and with a little practice (ok, a *lot* of practice) you'll find there's nothing confusing about past tense verbs in Pashto at all.
+Past tense verbs in Pashto are famous for being very difficult and confusing for the learner. Thankfully there are some very simple rules that we can learn, and with a little practice (ok, a *lot* of practice) you'll find there's nothing scary about the past tense in Pashto at all.
Now that we're making past tense verbs, we will be using the **bottom half** of the roots and stems tree.
@@ -57,9 +59,19 @@ Then, we will see **what really trips people up** when learning Pashto is that <
**First we'll introduce the two forms (simple and continuous past) using intransitive verbs**, and then later we'll see how things change when we use transitive verbs. Let's go!
-## Past tense with intransitive verbs
+## Past tense with intransitive verbs 😀
-### Simple Past
+We'll start by looking at the *intransitive* verbs in the past tense because it's much simpler. The subject is the king that controls the verb and there's no weird inflection going on.
+
+### Simple Past
+
+The simple past tense is used for **single, one-time, complete actions**. It's also known as the "[preterite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterite)" or "perfective past."
+
+It uses the **perfective root** because it's looking at the event in the perfective aspect, as a complete whole.
+
+
+
+