ko (14_Future & Complex Tenses)


ko

ko

Pitch Accent

  • Morae: ko
  • Pattern: L
  • Class: atonal

Grammatical function

  • Type: Tense Modifier Prefix
  • Function: Remote / Mythic Tense
  • Meaning: “Long ago” (with Past) or “Someday/Far future” (with Future).

Syntax

Stacks on top of Tense prefixes.

  • Mythic Past: kozè-[Verb]
  • Distant Future: kopa-[Verb]

Example sentence

Example 1

  • Asaxi: kozèxoxo.
  • English: He departed long ago.
  • Polish: x