TENSES...

there's so much tension in the world already, a few more tenses won't matter.  

You're tense, you're irritable, you're just NOT IN THE MOOD, O.K.? If you're out of Prozac--and who isn't nowadays--then let loose with a little DiLingo. It clears the sinuses better than Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken.



PRESENT
 

PRESENT TENSE

SINGULAR PLURAL
I am Ing ing We are Ings ings
You are Ying ing You are Yings ings
He is Ting ing They are Tings ings
(she) is Sing ing Sings...
(it) is Ring ing Rings...
(see PRONOUNS) (Sting ing) (seePRONOUNS) (Stings...)
 

PAST
The past tense is designated by <a> grunger, "ang."
 

PAST TENSE

SING.

PLURAL

I was Ang ang We were Angs angs
You were Yang ang You were Yings ingsoot
He was Tang ang They were Tangs angs
She... Sang... Sangs...
It... Rang... Rangs...
(seePRONOUNS) (Stang...) (seePRONOUNS) (Stangs...)

PERFECT and PAST PERFECT

The PERFECT tense is designated with the u-grunger, "ung."   The PAST PERFECT tense uses o-grunger, "ong,"  in the same way.
 

 
I do Ing ding
I did Ang dang
I have done Ung dung
I had done Ong dong 

PERFECT TENSE

SINGULAR PLURAL
(I was Ang ang) (We were Angs ang)
I have been Ung ung We have been Ungs ungs
You have been Yung ung You have been Yungs ungs 
He has been Tung ung They have been Tungs ungs
She... Sung... Sungs...
It... Rung... Rungs...
(seePRONOUNS) (Stung...) (seePRONOUNS) (Stungs...)

PAST PERFECT TENSE

SINGULAR PLURAL
I had been Ong ong We had been Ings aabingsoot
You had been Yong Ong You had been Yongs ongs
He had been Tong ong They had been Tongs ongs
She... Song... Songs...
It... Rong... Rongs...
(seePRONOUNS) (Stong...) (seePRONOUNS) (Stongs...)
 

FUTURE  --using the unchanging "zing" for "will"

 
SINGULAR PLURAL
I will be Ing zing ing We will be Ings zing ings
You will be Ying zing ing You will be Yings zing ings
He will be Ting zing ing They will be Tings zing ings
She... Sing... Sings...
It... Ring... Rings...
(seePRONOUNS) Sting... (seePRONOUNS) (Stings...)
 


FUTURE PERFECT  --a combo of future and, ironically, perfect! ZUNG!
 
 
SINGULAR PLURAL
I will have been Ung zung ung We will have been Ungs zung ungs
You will have been Yung zung ung You will have been Yungs zung ungs
He will have been Tung zung ung They will have been Tungs zung ungs
She... Sung... Sungs...
It... Rung... Rungs...
(seePRONOUNS) (Stung...) (seePRONOUNS) (Stungs...)
 


GREAT PERFECT
--for use when no other tense will adequately accompany the frustrated outburst of disgust, "That's just great! That's just perfect!"  It is necessary to throw up your arms when using Great Perfect.  There's no sense giving out the declensions here, because you'll know this tense when you see it.  But be sure to get out of the damn way.


 
REDUNDOFUTURE deja PERFECT
--a tense yet to be discovered except for those who can appreciate 10 dimensions.  For describing actions that were never meant to almost be, again.  Only politicians can articulate correctly in Redundofuture deja Perfect.
 
Iehaidre ldfu9o;ej
dkyeo0932j fw4 v erer;s
fg234,/cxhrt 1!2@#'kYeaYouRight
 
You can usually get away with almost anything in a higher dimension if you just periodically punctuate the conversation with, "Yea-you-right."  Unfortunately, this carte blanche devil-may-care behavior is only acceptable in the 3rd person plural (handy for mob thought) even though it's delivered in the contradictory 2nd person singular.  It's a cross-dimensional twisty thing, I'm afraid.  Don't even try to go figure.
 
 
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