weli

See also: Weli

Pipil

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈweli/

Verb

weli

  1. (intransitive) to be able, can
    Niweli nitaketza Nawat
    I can speak Nawat (Pipil)
  2. (intransitive) to be possible.
    Ne pula weli mukwa uksituk ush tishkal ush shushuik
    Plantains can be eaten cooked, roasted, or unripe (green)
  3. (intransitive) may, auxiliary of possibility.
    Musta weli wetzi at
    It might rain tomorrow
  4. (intransitive) to know (how to do something, speak a language)
    Niweli semaya chiupichin Nawat
    I know just a little bit of Nawat

Conjugation
    Conjugation of weli
tense singular plural
first second third first second third
naja taja yaja tejemet anmejemet yejemet
present niweli tiweli weli tiwelit anwelit welit
subjunctive ma niweli ma shiweli ma weli ma tiwelikan ma shiwelikan ma welikan
past niwelik tiwelik welik tiweliket anweliket weliket
perfect niwelituk tiwelituk welituk tiwelitiwit anwelitiwit welitiwit
future* niwelis tiwelis welis tiwelisket anwelisket welisket
conditional niweliskia tiweliskia weliskia tiweliskiat anweliskiat weliskiat
pluperfect* niwelituya tiwelituya welituya tiwelituyat anwelituyat welituyat
conditional perfect* niwelituskia tiwelituskia welituskia tiwelituskiat anwelituskiat welituskiat
imperative - shiweli - tiwelikan shiwelikan -
*These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech.
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