Past Tense
Just as for verb conjugation in Present Tense, Changana verb conjugation in Past Tense changes the ending of the verb.
See the tables below
Affirmative Sentence
| English | Changana | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | went | (mina) | ni | fambile |
| you | went | (wena) | u | fambile |
| he/she | went | (yena) | a | fambile |
| we | went | (hina) | hi | fambile |
| you | went | (nwina) | mi | fambile |
| they | went | (vona) | va | fambile |
Negative Sentence
| English | Changana | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | didn't | go | (mina) | a | ni | fambanga |
| you | didn't | go | (wena) | a | u | fambanga |
| he/she | didn't | go | (yena) | a | nga | fambanga |
| we | didn't | go | (hina) | a | hi | fambanga |
| you | didn't | go | (nwina) | a | mi | fambanga |
| they | didn't | go | (vona) | a | va | fambanga |
The pattern of the conjugation is simple:
=> Add “ile” to the verb root (“famb”, no “a” at the end) to get the affirmative Past Tense
=> add “anga” to get the negative Past Tense.