This post took a while because ive berm afraid i made my tense system to difficult. The generic tense system works but it isnt ideal for every situation.

The present

The present tense is simple and direct. Im doing something in the present. Right now. But there are abstracts.

Ewa su skrab i write, i am writing

This does not say exactly when. Its generic. Maybe i still write, but at the moment i am cooking.

Types of present tense:

ewa su skrab i write. I am writing right now. It says that i engage in the act of writing as a practice and that i am currently writing, which one depends on context.

Ewa su ra’skrab u lèwa i am writing a book (but in this moment im doing something else)

Notice here i put su in between ewa and the verb. I like that way, it bridges the pronoun to its verb.

The past

There are three types of past tense in ardu. The near past and the far past as well as the generic past.

Ewa su skrab’d – i wrote, have written. Depends on context.

Ewa su lo’skrab’d – i wrote (a long time ago)

Ewa su djo’skrab’d – i wrote (recently, not very long ago)

The future

We have a generic future as well as near and far future.

Ewa su skrab’va i will write (with no indication of when, im merely stating that i intend to write in the future.

Ewa su lo’skrab’va i will write in the far future

Ewa su djo’skrab’va i will write in the near future

The continuous

Seh- makes the verb a continous thing

Ewa su seh-lo’skrab’d i was writing a long time ago and continue writing to this day

Ewa su seh-djo’skrab’va i will soon continue writing

The conditional

This is made by these markers:

Ce :

Ewa su ce djo’skrab’va – i would write soon