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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": "^3.1.3",
+    "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector": "^3.1.4",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.4",
     "@testing-library/react": "^11.1.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^12.1.10",

src/content/index.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ import * as imperativeVerbs from "!babel-loader!@lingdocs/mdx-loader!./verbs/imp
 import * as verbEndings from "!babel-loader!@lingdocs/mdx-loader!./verbs/verb-endings.mdx";
 // @ts-ignore
 import * as rootsAndStems from "!babel-loader!@lingdocs/mdx-loader!./verbs/roots-and-stems.mdx";
+// @ts-ignore
+import * as pastVerbs from "!babel-loader!@lingdocs/mdx-loader!./verbs/past-verbs.mdx";
 
 // @ts-ignore
 import * as introToParticiples from "!babel-loader!@lingdocs/mdx-loader!./participles/intro.mdx";
@@ -215,6 +217,10 @@ const contentTree = [
                 import: imperativeVerbs,
                 slug: "imperative-verbs",
             },
+            {
+                import: pastVerbs,
+                slug: "past-verbs",
+            },
             {
                 import: verbEndings,
                 slug: "verb-endings",

src/content/verbs/past-verbs.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+---
+title: Past Tense
+---
+
+import {
+    defaultTextOptions as opts,
+    Examples,
+    InlinePs,
+} from "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector";
+import cousins from "./cousins.png";
+import psmd from "../../lib/psmd";
+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 BasicVerbShowCase from "../../components/BasicVerbShowCase";
+
+export function KingIcon() {
+    return <i className="mx-1 fas fa-crown" />;
+}
+
+export function ServantIcon() {
+    return <i className="mx-1 fas fa-male" />;
+};
+
+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.
+
+Now that we're making past tense verbs, we will be using the **bottom half** of the <Link to="/verbs/roots-and-stems/">roots and stems</Link> tree.
+
+<div style={{ maxWidth: "350px", margin: "0 auto 2rem auto" }}>
+    <img src={verbTreePastPresent} alt="" className="img-fluid" />
+</div>
+
+And when we use these roots we will have to choose between the <i className="fas fa-video" /> imperfective and <i className="fas fa-camera" /> perfective aspects on the left and right sides.
+
+<div style={{ maxWidth: "350px", margin: "0 auto 2rem auto" }}>
+    <img src={verbTreeImperfectivePerfective} alt="" className="img-fluid" />
+</div>
+
+We'll use the **imperfective and perfective roots** to make two past tense verb forms:
+
+1. The simple (<i className="fas fa-camera" /> perfective) past
+    - one time, complete actions
+2. The continuous (<i className="fas fa-video" />  imperfective) past
+    - continuous, ongoing, unfinished in the past
+
+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:
+
+1. Intransitive verbs
+    - verbs with no object
+2. Transitive verbs
+    - verbs that have an object
+
+**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!
+
+## Simple Past
+
+IN PROGRESS
+
+## Continuous Past
+
+IN PROGRESS
+
+## Past Tense with Transitive Verbs
+
+Here's where things get interesting. With non-past tense verbs the *subject* is the <KingIcon /> king of the phrase, leaving the <ServantIcon /> servant role to the object. But with past tense transitive verbs, the roles are reversed! With past tense transitive verbs in Pashto:
+
+- The **object** is the <KingIcon /> **king** of the phrase
+    - The *object* commands the verb!
+- The **subject** is the <ServantIcon /> **servant** of the phrase
+
+Also, another weird thing that happens is that the **subject** is inflected.
+
+- The **subject** gets **inflected**
+- The **object** does NOT get inflected
+
+This isn't just some insanity unique to Pashto, in linguistics it's known as [ergative alignment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergative%E2%80%93absolutive_alignment). And in Pashto this seemingly "backwards" <Link to="/phrase-structure/vp/">phrase structure</Link> hits us whenever we use a past tense transitive verb.
+
+IN PROGRESS