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.