CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHIACK
PRESENT
Present
I chiack
you chiack
he/she/it chiacks
we chiack
you chiack
they chiack
Present continuous
I am chiacking
you are chiacking
he/she/it is chiacking
we are chiacking
you are chiacking
they are chiacking
Present perfect
I have chiacked
you have chiacked
he/she/it has chiacked
we have chiacked
you have chiacked
they have chiacked
Present perfect continuous
I have been chiacking
you have been chiacking
he/she/it has been chiacking
we have been chiacking
you have been chiacking
they have been chiacking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I chiacked
you chiacked
he/she/it chiacked
we chiacked
you chiacked
they chiacked
Past continuous
I was chiacking
you were chiacking
he/she/it was chiacking
we were chiacking
you were chiacking
they were chiacking
Past perfect
I had chiacked
you had chiacked
he/she/it had chiacked
we had chiacked
you had chiacked
they had chiacked
Past perfect continuous
I had been chiacking
you had been chiacking
he/she/it had been chiacking
we had been chiacking
you had been chiacking
they had been chiacking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will chiack
you will chiack
he/she/it will chiack
we will chiack
you will chiack
they will chiack
Future continuous
I will be chiacking
you will be chiacking
he/she/it will be chiacking
we will be chiacking
you will be chiacking
they will be chiacking
Future perfect
I will have chiacked
you will have chiacked
he/she/it will have chiacked
we will have chiacked
you will have chiacked
they will have chiacked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been chiacking
you will have been chiacking
he/she/it will have been chiacking
we will have been chiacking
you will have been chiacking
they will have been chiacking
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would chiack
you would chiack
he/she/it would chiack
we would chiack
you would chiack
they would chiack
Conditional continuous
I would be chiacking
you would be chiacking
he/she/it would be chiacking
we would be chiacking
you would be chiacking
they would be chiacking
Conditional perfect
I would have chiack
you would have chiack
he/she/it would have chiack
we would have chiack
you would have chiack
they would have chiack
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been chiacking
you would have been chiacking
he/she/it would have been chiacking
we would have been chiacking
you would have been chiacking
they would have been chiacking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you chiack
we let´s chiack
you chiack
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
chiacking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIACK»
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chiack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Cross-Cultural Pragmatics: The Semantics of Human Interaction
In examples from these sources, Dawes (1943, in AND) talks about the “
Australian passion for handing out chiack”, and Hardy's reference to the old
chiack indicates that 'chiacking' is very much part of the familiar (and hence
positively viewed) ...
2
Kel Richards' Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Chiack. Chiacking isused in Australia to mean'taking the mickey out of someone;
teasing orridiculing'. However, the older meaningof chiacking tends to bea bit
morecheerful and lessteasing. Gerry Wilkessays that chiacking used to mean ...
3
While the Billy Boils: The Original Newspaper Versions
“Then she let everyone know that Bridget Page was engaged to lack Marsters,
and told her friends that she went down on her knees every night and thanked
the Lord for getting the love of a good man. Didn't the fellows chiack me, though!
Edited by Paul Eggert Explanatory Notes by Elizabeth Webby, Henry Lawson, Paul Eggert, 2013
4
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
Used as a cry of discouragement in AustralianRules football AUSTRALIA, 1966
Chi nickname Chicago, Illinois US,1895 chiac; shack noun the dialectof residents
ofthe Shediac, New Brunswick area CANADA, 2001 chiack; chiak noun teasing ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
5
Understanding Cultures through Their Key Words: English, ...
The Australian Englishword chiack, allegedly derived from '“the cockney
pronounciation of 'cheek'—impudent badinage” (Bulletin 1898, quoted in TAND
1988), refers to a characteristically Australian form of social interaction and
reflectsa ...
6
Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words : English, ...
As I will try to show in this chapter, it is also reflected in such characteristically
Australian speech act verbs as dob in, chiack, yarn, shout, and whinge (some of
them, notably chiack, now archaic and replaced by various other verbs in the ...
Anna Wierzbicka Professor of Linguistics Australian National University, 1997
7
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
71, 2001 chiack; chiak noun teasing Australia, 7869 • — Frank Hardy, 77ie
Outcasts ofFoolgarah, p. 2, 1971 • 'Hullo! Hullo!' Chilla said, always a bit too keen
on the old chiak, especially when it came to Tich's unsuccessful carryings on with
the ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
8
Australian words and their origins
4/3 Mr Hawke puzzled the crowd when he described their reaction to the
Khemlani disclosure as, 'You were wrong, chewy on your boot'. He did not seem
to realise he had used an Australian Rules cat-call. chiack /'ijaiark/, v. Also
chyack. [a.
9
Australian English: an historical study of the vocabulary, ...
Barney, barrack, blow, and chiack are all words associated with loud talk, noise,
and arguments. Barney, used as a noun meaning 'dispute or altercation' or a verb
meaning 'to argue', retains its original dialect sense, as does to blow, meaning ...
William Stanley Ramson, 1966
10
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
... with the ' casus belli ' written on the fly-leaf, are preserved in remembrance of
the time when ' Mr. Rissell came ' down to Hollacombe brake to chiack that there
owld fox of ourn.' The country that Mr. Russell hunted in in 1827, '28, '29 and '30,
...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIACK»
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Tributes for small man of huge class
His clothing fitted me and, so, we were lucky enough to go to the Royal Ascot meetings and they'd chiack me about being in his suit. I'd say ... «The Age, Dec 06»
