Verbs: Present continuous form

So far, we have to learned how to say,


I ate a cake          - Keeg baan cunay
I eat cakes           - Keeg baan cunaa
Eat cakes!            - Keeg cun!
I didn't eat a cake - Keeg maan cunin


How do you say 'I am eating a cake'? In English, this is called the present continuous form of the verb. It's the form you use when you're talking about things that are happening right now, as you are speaking.


Person A: Maxaad sameynaysaa? - What are you doing?
Person B: Keeg baan cunayaa.      - I'm eating a cake.


Person A: Xaggee tegaysaa? - Where are you going?
Person B: Guriga baan aadeyaa - I'm heading home.

	conj.1	conj.2		conj,3
		2a	2b	3a	3b
Waan	cunayaa	karinayaa	sameenayaa	joogsanayaa	dhegeysanayaa
Waad	cunaysaa	karinaysaa	sameenaysaa	joogsanaysaa	dhegeysanaysaa
Wuu	cunayaa	karinayaa	sameenayaa	joogsanayaa	dhegeysanayaa
Wey	cunaysaa	karinaysaa	sameenaysaa	joogsanaysaa	dhegeysanaysaa
Waannu	cunaynaa	karinaynaa	sameenaynaa	joogsanaynaa	dhegeysanaynaa
Weynu	cunaynaa	karinaynaa	sameenaynaa	joogsanaynaa	dhegeysanaynaa
Waad	cunaysaan	karinaysaan	sameenaysaan	joogsanaysaan	dhegeysanaysaan
Wey	cunayaan	karinayaan	sameenayaan	joogsanayaan	dhegeysanayaan

Maxaad karinaysaa? - What are you cooking?
Hilib iyo bariis. - Meat and rice.

In addition to discussing what is happening now, you can use the present continuous form in some cases to talk about the future.

Yaa tegeyaa? - Who will go?(lit: who's going?)
Anigu baa tegayaa - I will go (lit: 'I'm going')