kata kape Prospective aspect: be about to; almost

Part of Speech	aspect
Phonetic Form	katakape
Morphology	kata ‘Perfect’ + kape ‘Future’

• • Prospective aspect: be about to; almost
  • • Gram

  • • Example 479:
      

      La-te ra ra, bwara kata kape ebieve iune bwara metele tuo.

      They stayed there, perhaps almost a whole year, or at least six months.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S15

    • Example 1043:
      

      Kata kape le-tetele kape le-pinoe pon ta.

      They were about to start dancing.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S129

    • Example 1065:
      

      Udo kata kape ka moso.

      Bananas are almost ripe.

    • Example 1066:
      

      Kata ka aeve kata kape i-tavali.

      The sun was already about to go down.

      Example Comment

      combined with Perfective

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S26

Related entries

• See also:
  • kape Irrealis marker, with various contextual interpretations / equiv. of a future: will / equiv. of a prospective: be about to / equiv. of a deontic: should, be supposed to / equiv. of a subjunctive / equiv. of a potential: can / equiv. of a conditional / equiv. of a habitual aspect / equiv. of a generic present, used in instructions / indicates epistemic doubt or approximation
  • kata Perfect aspect