Year 3 · Language · Lesson 8
tidverb
Yesterday and Tomorrow — Speak of past and future events.
Grammar point
Past is -en, future is -ug. The evidence particle may change: use sag for reported events.
Vocabulary
dag
/dag/
day
nat
/nat/
night
nu
/nuː/
now
fyrr
/fyrː/
before
seid
/seid/
after, later
sag
/sag/
reported (particle)
Examples
an fyrr gang-en þar.
I went before.
ven seid kom-ug sag.
They will come later (so I am told).
Drills
- Put ten sentences into all three tenses.
- Mark each with the correct particle.