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A list of verbs in past tense translated from Xitsonga to English.
- A verb is riendli in Xitsonga
- A verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
- The community is correcting the information on this page.
This is for in one of three ways.
- Generally, one drops the 'a' from the verb and adds the prefix '-ile'
- With verbs that end with -ala, in the past change to -ele or -ale.
- In many cases merely changing the last 'a' in the verb to an 'e' indicates past action
| Verb | Past tense |
|---|---|
| Ahlamula | Ahlamurile |
| Ahlula | Ahlurile |
| Aka | Akile |
| Ala | Arile |
| Ambala | Ambarile |
| Ambexa | Ambexile |
| Amukela | Amukerile |
| Amukelani | - |
| Anakanya | Anakanyile |
| Andlala | Andlarile |
| Andza | Andzile |
| Andzani | - |
| Angarha | Angarhile |
| Angula | Angurile |
| Antswisa | - |