Actions

Actions are what a theing can do (‘verbs’ in English).

There are no irregular (‘strong’) verbs in Synglish. The only exception, i.e. the only verbs that are exceptions to the rule, are the actions ‘to b’ (‘be’) and ‘to v’ (‘have’).

Otherwise, the rules for actions as follows:

  • past tense: + d
  • future tense: l before (cf. ‘ll)
  • perfect tense: v (cf. ‘ve) or s (cf. ‘s) before, without apostrophe, and +d
  • action still in progress: + in (cf. in’)

There are no conjugations, depending on the subject and number.  In all cases you use the same word. For the infinitive one may use the prefix ‘2’

Examples:

  • I work                  I workd                I v workd             Id workd
  • H work                H workd              Hv workd           Hd workd
  • W work               W workd              Wv workd          Wd workd
  • Hv workd til midnite
  • Hd workd til midnight, last sunday
  • Hs askd to giv presentation
  • Yesterday, H givd presentation
  • Im workin on T @ moment
  • Hld v helpd but hd 2work
  • H can do job
  • H cand do job
  • H can not do job
  • H used 2work in a hospital

Exception: 2b (‘to be’)

  • I m, Im                I wr, Iwr        ( I ‘m, I was)
  • U r, Ur                U wr, Uwr      (you’re, you were)
  • H s, Hs                H wr, Hwr      (he’s, he was)
  • W r, Wr              W wr, Wwr     (we’re, we were)
  • Y r, Yr                 Y wr, Ywr         (you’re, you were)
  • Th r, Thr            Th wr, Thwr     (they’re, they were)

Exception: 2v (‘to have’)

  • I v, Iv                    I d, Id          (I ‘ve, I’d)
  • U v, Uv                 U d, Ud         (you’ve, you’d)
  • H v, Hv                H d, Hd         (he has, he’d)
  • W v, Wv               W d, Wd        (we’ve, we’d)
  • Y v, Yv                  Y d, Yd         (you’ve, you’d)
  • Th v, Thv             Th d, Thd       (they’ve, they’d)

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