Verb Tense
Lesson Vocab
| English | Part of speech | IPA | Lugso | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPRET | VB suffix | us | us | far past |
| PRET | VB suffix | uɸ | up | preterite mood (simple past) “i VBed” |
| FUT | VB suffix | θu | tu | |
| FFUT | VB suffix | ɮʃi | l5i | far future |
Verb tense is the difference between I was, I am, and I will be, commonly called past, present, and future. Lugso marks verb tense with suffixes similar to moods.
In lugso, distinction is made between the far past and the generic past, and the generic future and the far future. Of course, what is far to human cultists is paltry moments to the outer gods, but there are times when the distinction is necessary to make from a mortal perspective.
Tenses
FPRET far past tense
zyuzhus xtulhu
descend-FPRET Cthulhu
Cthulhu descended of old.
PRET preterite (simple past)
fhtogi’up xtulhu
sleep-PRET Cthulhu
Cthulhu died/slept.
PRS present tense
Unmarked.
FUT simple future
huftu vu’ir xtulhu
consume-FUT 1PL.INC-ACC Cthulhu
Cthulhu shall eat us.
FFUT far future
fhtogil5i vgov itdzxi oldri5 fhtog yiy
sleep-FFUT can aeon-PL-TEMP strange death EMPH
With strange aeons even death may die.