LESSON 16.

Another set of participles is used to describe or show the condition
or state of the "doer" of the action, namely "-anta", denoting
"incompleteness" or present time, "-inta", denoting "completeness" or
past time, and "-onta", denoting "action not yet begun", or future time,
as "Sur la arbo staras kantanta birdo (aux birdo kantanta"), On the tree
is a singing bird (or a bird singing); "En la venonta somero mi vizitos
vin", In the coming summer I shall visit you; "La pasinta nokto estis
tre pluva", The past night was very wet (rainy).


Mi estas mangxanta .......... I am (in the act of) eating.
Li estis mangxanta .......... He was eating.
Ni estos mangxantaj ......... We shall be eating.
Vi estus mangxantaj ......... You would be eating.
(Ke) ili estu mangxantaj .... (That) they may be eating.
Esti mangxanta .............. To be eating.
Estu mangxanta .............. Be (in the act of) eating.

Mi estas teninta ............ I am (in the state of) having
held, or, I have held.
Li estis teninta ............ He was (in the state of) having
held, or, he had held.
Ni estos tenintaj ........... We shall be (in the state of)
having held, or, we shall
have held.
Vi estus tenintaj ........... You would be (in the state of)
having held, or, you would