Participles

Participles / Plu deskribe akti-verba:

Tu questio de “present participle” fo interese mi. Qo-ka tu puta; “peti avi” e “stude ju-an” ne es boni? Si lekto-pe logi; “avi” e “ju-an” es nima-verba e “avi” e “studi” es akti-verba, panto es boni, qe ne? Si grafo-pe vole sti gravi plu-ci akti, an pote grafo “avi, qi peti” alo “avi, qi du peti”, et cetera. Mi gene interese de audi; qo-ra Sr. Miller puta de u-ci.

I agree with this. It is not necessary in Glosa to change a word to make it a present participle, but using QI may make the intent more clear. / Mi este akorda kon u-ci. Pe ne nece de Glosa muta u verba te sti; id es u nu-tem deskribe akti-verba, anti-co uti de QI posi face ma klari u semani.

Many languages also add a more distinct tense to participles and use them in place of these QI constructions: / Poli lingua adi u ma exakti tem a plu deskribe akti-verba, e uti mu vice plu tali QI skema:

Un avi, tem peti para dendro, skope u felis. / The bird (while) flying next to the tree watched the cat. Un avi, pre peti para dendro, skope u felis. / The bird, before flying (about to fly) next to the tree, watched the cat. Un avi, po peti para dendro, skope u felis. / The bird, after flying (having flown) next to the tree, watched the cat.

Sadly, many English speakers have a difficult time with such sentences even in their own language. / Tristi, poli England-lingua-pe monstra no-facili de tali frase klu per auto lingua.

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