CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORCE-RIPE
PRESENT
Present
I force-ripe
you force-ripe
he/she/it force-ripes
we force-ripe
you force-ripe
they force-ripe
Present continuous
I am force-riping
you are force-riping
he/she/it is force-riping
we are force-riping
you are force-riping
they are force-riping
Present perfect
I have force-riped
you have force-riped
he/she/it has force-riped
we have force-riped
you have force-riped
they have force-riped
Present perfect continuous
I have been force-riping
you have been force-riping
he/she/it has been force-riping
we have been force-riping
you have been force-riping
they have been force-riping
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 force-riped
you force-riped
he/she/it force-riped
we force-riped
you force-riped
they force-riped
Past continuous
I was force-riping
you were force-riping
he/she/it was force-riping
we were force-riping
you were force-riping
they were force-riping
Past perfect
I had force-riped
you had force-riped
he/she/it had force-riped
we had force-riped
you had force-riped
they had force-riped
Past perfect continuous
I had been force-riping
you had been force-riping
he/she/it had been force-riping
we had been force-riping
you had been force-riping
they had been force-riping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will force-ripe
you will force-ripe
he/she/it will force-ripe
we will force-ripe
you will force-ripe
they will force-ripe
Future continuous
I will be force-riping
you will be force-riping
he/she/it will be force-riping
we will be force-riping
you will be force-riping
they will be force-riping
Future perfect
I will have force-riped
you will have force-riped
he/she/it will have force-riped
we will have force-riped
you will have force-riped
they will have force-riped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been force-riping
you will have been force-riping
he/she/it will have been force-riping
we will have been force-riping
you will have been force-riping
they will have been force-riping
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would force-ripe
you would force-ripe
he/she/it would force-ripe
we would force-ripe
you would force-ripe
they would force-ripe
Conditional continuous
I would be force-riping
you would be force-riping
he/she/it would be force-riping
we would be force-riping
you would be force-riping
they would be force-riping
Conditional perfect
I would have force-ripe
you would have force-ripe
he/she/it would have force-ripe
we would have force-ripe
you would have force-ripe
they would have force-ripe
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been force-riping
you would have been force-riping
he/she/it would have been force-riping
we would have been force-riping
you would have been force-riping
they would have been force-riping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you force-ripe
we let´s force-ripe
you force-ripe
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
force-riped
Present Participle
force-riping
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 «FORCE-RIPE»
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force-ripe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
force-ripe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage
[By functional shift of FORCE-RIPE' adj] D To force-ripe vb IF is an exceptional
word-formation pattern in IAE, but cp a similar formation to oven-brown. Cp Note
at FORCE-RIPE' fore-day morn ing n phr (often functioning as adv phr) (CarA) ...
Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, 2003
2
Dictionary of Jamaican English
FOO FA FORCE-RIPE FOO FA ,'fuu fa/ interrog phr; <for + toho + for: cf fi
possessive particle + who = whose, which has been telescoped with who. .for.
Whose? [1943 HPJ, Foo: fe who: Whose — A Too; or a fe-00 dis?J 1943 GL StM,
Foo fa?
Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, 2002
“Try get some a the chemical that them fruit sellers use to force-ripe them mango.”
“What chemical, and how that work?” “Is a powder,” said Yabba, “people call it
carbide. Them wrapped it in a piece a cloth or old socks and put it in a box with ...
4
Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
Citrus maxima (CFNI 1971:14) force-ripe force-ripe, forced-ripe adj Ripe, adult or
mature in one respect too soon or without full development, most commonly
applied to children or young people acting in a way appropriate only for adults.
5
Bad Boy from Jamaica: The Garnett Myrie Story
“Cumback”: Bread and butter “Force ripe”: Rather than let things take their course
naturally, use tricks to hasten the ripening of fruit. This can be dangerous if you
force ripe ackee. “Force ripe man”: When boys grow up fast, having to take ...
Basil Waine Kong, Ph.D., JD, 2014
6
By Love Possessed: Stories
“Although the outside look ripe, inside the flesh young and stainy, force ripe! This
plantain spoil because it force ripe.” I got the message. Anna, I say to myself, try
not to think about the rice and peas and roast beef and fried plantains that Mrs.
7
Crop Post-Harvest: Science and Technology, Perishables
... Casselman 0.06 0.23 0.3 Angeleno 0.0.045 0.0.18 0.0.23 Average 0.18 0.1.54
0.45 Table 10.10 Titratable Acidity of Plums at Harvest (Mature), and After
Ripening at 20°C Until the Firmness of the Flesh Was LessThan 1.4 Kg-force (
Ripe).
Debbie Rees, Graham Farrell, John Orchard, 2012
Elena Oumano "Force ripe" is a term for bananas that are picked when they're
green, then gassed with some chemical that keeps them a sunny yellowfor
unnaturally long periods of time. They may look pretty in the supermarket, but
when you ...
9
Faith, Feminism, and Scholarship: The Next Generation
In her essay “From 'Force-Ripe' to 'Womanish/ist': Black Girlhood and African
Diasporan Feminist Consciousness,” Carol B. Duncan raises the following
questions: “So, how do we then, as scholars, teachers, parents, family, and
community ...
Melanie L. Harris, Kathryn Ott, 2011
10
Rituals of Blood: Consequences of Slavery in Two American ...
In Jamaica, where the same thing happens, this is called being "force-ripe." Not
only are daughters robbed of their childhood, but their seeming maturity invites
the devastating attention of older men and precocious age-mates. In the city of ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORCE-RIPE»
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force-ripe is used in the context of the following news items.
Is the engineer's report a scam?
... mate Dawanya is sad, and I work in steamy conditions; maybe I am losing it, but with my plants quailing, fruits falling force-ripe like my niece, ... «Jamaica Observer, May 15»
I & I: The Natural Mystics - Marley, Tosh and Wailer, By Colin Grant
... within a decade went from force-ripe countryboys to streetwise ghetto-dwellers to international music stars until their split in the mid-1970s. «Independent, Feb 11»
