Conditional tenses : Ngali / Nge

Question 1

• what does “Ngali” mean?
• what is it used to show/express ?
• how many parts does it have?

Answer 1

• means “regret marker”
• used to show or express REGREt for conditions that can NO longer be met
• it has 2 parts : 1) the condition , 2) regret / result

Question 2

• translate example for Ngali : “ if you had told him, he would have gone to see her”
• this means that there is NO Longer the opportunity to see them anymore, that time has passed
• where in the word does it come/should it be placed? what does it replace?

Answer 2

• Ungalimwambia, angalienda kumwona”
• “ngali” comes just have the subject prefix, so in this example the subject prefixes were “U” and “a”
• it takes the spot/replaces the tense that would’ve normally been there .. (ex = na , ta , li)

Question 3

• translate ngali example “ If I had cooked, he would have eaten before leaving”
• meaning .. there is no chance of them eating before they leaving because the person did not cook food

Answer 3

• “Ningalipikia, angalikula kabla ya kuenda”

Question 4

• Nge , what does it mean?
• what does it express ?
• how many parts does it have and what are they?

Answer 4

• conditional marker
• expressed conditions that can STILL be met
• 2 parts = 1) the condition to be met , 2) the consequences

Question 5

• translate Nge example : “ if you were to tell I’m, he would go to see her”
• meaning … there is still an opportunity for him to go see her, if the the other person would tell him .

Answer 5

• ” Ungemwambia, angeenda kumwona

Question 6

• translate nge expample : “if I were to cook, he could eat before leaving”
• meaning .. there is still a chance for them to eat before they leave because the person could still cook.

Answer 6

• “Ningepika, angekula kabla ya kuenda”