CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NASALISE
PRESENT
Present
I nasalise
you nasalise
he/she/it nasalises
we nasalise
you nasalise
they nasalise
Present continuous
I am nasalising
you are nasalising
he/she/it is nasalising
we are nasalising
you are nasalising
they are nasalising
Present perfect
I have nasalised
you have nasalised
he/she/it has nasalised
we have nasalised
you have nasalised
they have nasalised
Present perfect continuous
I have been nasalising
you have been nasalising
he/she/it has been nasalising
we have been nasalising
you have been nasalising
they have been nasalising
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 nasalised
you nasalised
he/she/it nasalised
we nasalised
you nasalised
they nasalised
Past continuous
I was nasalising
you were nasalising
he/she/it was nasalising
we were nasalising
you were nasalising
they were nasalising
Past perfect
I had nasalised
you had nasalised
he/she/it had nasalised
we had nasalised
you had nasalised
they had nasalised
Past perfect continuous
I had been nasalising
you had been nasalising
he/she/it had been nasalising
we had been nasalising
you had been nasalising
they had been nasalising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will nasalise
you will nasalise
he/she/it will nasalise
we will nasalise
you will nasalise
they will nasalise
Future continuous
I will be nasalising
you will be nasalising
he/she/it will be nasalising
we will be nasalising
you will be nasalising
they will be nasalising
Future perfect
I will have nasalised
you will have nasalised
he/she/it will have nasalised
we will have nasalised
you will have nasalised
they will have nasalised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been nasalising
you will have been nasalising
he/she/it will have been nasalising
we will have been nasalising
you will have been nasalising
they will have been nasalising
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would nasalise
you would nasalise
he/she/it would nasalise
we would nasalise
you would nasalise
they would nasalise
Conditional continuous
I would be nasalising
you would be nasalising
he/she/it would be nasalising
we would be nasalising
you would be nasalising
they would be nasalising
Conditional perfect
I would have nasalise
you would have nasalise
he/she/it would have nasalise
we would have nasalise
you would have nasalise
they would have nasalise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been nasalising
you would have been nasalising
he/she/it would have been nasalising
we would have been nasalising
you would have been nasalising
they would have been nasalising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you nasalise
we let´s nasalise
you nasalise
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
nasalised
Present Participle
nasalising
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 «NASALISE»
Discover the use of
nasalise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nasalise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
European Languages I, Romance Languages: Daniel Jones ...
Well, the thing to do in the case of [s] is to start with the ordinary [e] and then
nasalise it. Try to keep as much as you can the quality of [e] when you are saying
the nasalised sound. Look at your mouth in the mirror and when you are
practising [e ...
Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mess, 2002
2
A Practical Guide to Understanding Ciyawo
m + Becomes Written form Words with Translation m j = nj Mjomba = Njomba
Mother's brother m c = nc Mcanda = Ncanda Teenage boy m 1 = Nasalise the'M'
Mlungu = (N)lungu God m yi = Nasalise the'M' Myiyi= (N)yiyi ,n this way m yo ...
Ian Dicks, Shawn Dollar, 2010
3
Method of English...: Grammar chiefly
In English we do not nasalise vowels, but the French nasalise many (as in an, on,
un, fin), and some Americans nasalise all that they pronounce. (5) Aspirates. —
The aspirate 7i. is a fricative, produced by jerking the breath so that it rubs ...
4
The Phonological Spectrum: Segmental structure
Fant (1960) and Ohala (1971) take this as evidence for the claim that low vowels
are more difficult to nasalise (perceptually) than high vowels. However, Dickson (
1962) cannot find this raise in F1 bandwidth consistently while Delattre (1968) ...
Jeroen Maarten van de Weijer, Vincent van Heuven, Harry van der Hulst, 2003
5
Publications: Second Series
Aussi est-il necessaire de supposer qu'au temps ou le son en s'est confondu
avec le son an, \'n faisait deji corps avec la voyelle. Ce n'est pas e pur qui est
devenu a pur, mais e nasalise qui est devena a nasalise." p. 246. But this is
theoretical.
Chaucer Society (London, England), Geoffrey Chaucer, 1870
6
The pronunciation of English: I. Phonetics. I. Phonetic ...
Those who habitually nasalise their vowels1 often have difficulty in getting rid of
the fault. It can only be cured by constant practice of isolated vowel sounds. It is
better to start practising with closed vowels, there being less tendency to nasalise
...
Those who habitually nasalise their vowels1 often have difficulty in getting rid of
the fault. It can only be cured by constant practice of isolated vowel sounds. It is
better to start practising with closed vowels, there being less tendency to nasalise
...
Daniel Jones, Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees, 2002
8
The Origins and Development of Emigrant Languages: ...
Furthermore, there ar e regions, especially i n the Cape, i n which white speakers
hardly nasalise (see Coetzee 1981). Finally, Du Plessis (1987:134, 135)
mentions a group of black speakers which use nasal vowels i n a variant o f
Afrikaans ...
Hans Frede Nielsen, Lene Schøsler, 1996
9
A Unified Approach to Nasality and Voicing
Piggott and van der Hulst (1997), Schourup (1972) and Cohn (1993b) depict this
tendency as follows: (26) The nasalisability hierarchy Most likely to nasalise
Least likely to nasalise Vowels » Glides » Liquids » Fricatives » Plosives Another
...
Some singers mistakenly nasalise the vowel and then pronounce the following
nasal consonant as well. For example, singers should pronounce the nasal 'o' in '
le monde' but not the 'n'. With the exception of the usage of these consonants to ...
