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@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ We'll use the **imperfective and perfective roots** to make two past tense verb
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2. The continuous (<i className="fas fa-video" /> imperfective) past
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- continuous, ongoing, unfinished in the past
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Then, we will see **what really trips people up** when learning Pashto is that <Link to="/phrase-structure/vp/">the phrase structure totally changes depending on what type of verb we are using</Link>. So we will have to see how these verb forms work with both:
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Then, we will see something very simple that, because it's often unknown or misunderstood, really trips people up when learning Pashto. <Link to="/phrase-structure/vp/">The phrase structure totally changes depending on what type of verb we are using</Link>. The whole setup of a sentence will change depending on whether we're using:
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1. Intransitive verbs
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- verbs with no object
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## Past tense with intransitive verbs 😀
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We'll start by looking at the *intransitive* verbs in the past tense because it's much simpler. The subject is the king <KingIcon /> that controls the verb and there's no weird inflection going on.
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We'll start by looking at the *intransitive* verbs in the past tense because it's simpler. We have no object, the subject is the king <KingIcon /> that controls the verb, and there's no weird inflection going on.
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### Simple Past
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@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The continuous past uses the <i className="fas fa-video" /> **imperfective root*
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## Past tense with transitive verbs 😵
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Here's where things get interesting. <Link to="/phrase-structure/vp/">Remember</Link>, with non-past tense transitive verbs the *subject* is always the king <KingIcon /> of the phrase, leaving the servant <ServantIcon /> role to the object. But **with past tense transitive verbs, the roles are reversed!** With past tense transitive verbs in Pashto:
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Here's where things get interesting. **With past tense transitive verbs, the roles of king and servant are reversed!** With past tense transitive verbs in Pashto:
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- The **object** is the **king** <KingIcon /> of the phrase
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- The *object* commands the verb!
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@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ Also, another weird thing that happens is that the **subject** is inflected.
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- The **subject** gets **inflected**
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- The **object** does NOT get inflected
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Just when you thought you were getting the hang of things, Pashto goes ahead a deals you an uno reverse card!
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<div className="text-center mb-4">
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<img src={unoReverseMeme} alt="uno reverse meme with pashto transitive past tense" className="img-fluid" />
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</div>
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<Link to="/verbs/verb-endings/#past-verb-endings">Past verb ending</Link>
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</Formula>
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<EditableVPEx opts={opts} long>{
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}</EditableVPEx>
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}</EditableVPEx>
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{"blocks":[{"key":0.7215647271503056,"block":{"type":"subjectSelection","selection":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"pronoun","person":3,"distance":"far"}}}},{"key":0.5243897934182491,"block":{"type":"objectSelection","selection":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"noun","entry":{"ts":1527812564,"i":6538,"p":"ډوډۍ","f":"DoDúy","g":"DoDuy","e":"bread, food, meal","c":"n. f."},"gender":"fem","genderCanChange":false,"number":"singular","numberCanChange":true,"adjectives":[]}}}}],"verb":{"type":"verb","verb":{"entry":{"ts":1527812790,"i":5795,"p":"خوړل","f":"khoRul","g":"khoRul","e":"to eat, to bite","c":"v. trans.","psp":"خور","psf":"khor","tppp":"خوړ","tppf":"khoR","ec":"eat,eats,eating,ate,eaten"}},"verbTense":"perfectivePast","perfectTense":"presentPerfect","imperativeTense":"imperfectiveImperative","tenseCategory":"basic","transitivity":"transitive","isCompound":false,"voice":"active","negative":false,"canChangeTransitivity":false,"canChangeVoice":true,"canChangeStatDyn":false},"form":{"removeKing":false,"shrinkServant":false}}
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