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	niweliskiya	tiweliskiya	weliskiya	tiweliskiyat	anweliskiyat	weliskiyat
pluperfect*	niwelituya	tiwelituya	welituya	tiwelituyat	anwelituyat	welituyat
conditional perfect*	niwelituskiya	tiwelituskiya	welituskiya	tiwelituskiyat	anwelituskiyat	welituskiyat
imperative	-	(ma) shiweli	-	ma tiwelikan	(ma) shiwelikan	-
*These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech.