yimaaddaa

Forms of Coming

Level 5

Present imaaddaa/timaaddaa/yimaaddaa contrasts with past imid/timid/yimid.

How It Works

The full present forms are imaaddaa I, timaaddaa you singular/she, yimaaddaa he, nimaadnaa we, timaaddaan you plural and yimaaddaan they. Nimaadnaa has single d before n; the other listed forms retain dd.

Past alternatives include imid/imi, timid/timi, yimid/yimi and nimid/nimi, with longer forms also available. Plural past forms include timaaddeen you and yimaaddeen they. Northern commands are kaalay/kaalaya; southern commands are imow/imaada. Both are valid.

Northern infinitive iman contrasts with southern imaan; corresponding progressives are imanayaa/imaanayaa. Full subjunctives include imaaddo, timaaddo and yimaaddo. A place destination can lack a preposition; a living destination normally takes u. The examples use the northern infinitive and command without excluding southern alternatives.

Examples (4)

  1. Maalin kasta waxaan imaaddaa dugsiga.

    I come to school every day.

    First-person present with an unprepositioned place destination.

  2. Hodan way timid.

    Hodan came.

    Timid is feminine singular past.

  3. Kaalay guriga.

    Come to the house.

    Northern singular command.

  4. Waxaan iman doonaa berri.

    I will come tomorrow.

    Northern infinitive followed by a first-person future auxiliary.

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yimaaddaaLevel 5Forms of Coming

Learn This First

Use ordinary verb classes as a contrast before learning the lexically irregular yimaaddaa paradigm.