Compound from Spanish estaba "was" + Spanish está "is".
Or from Portuguese estava "was" + Portuguese está "is".
tabata
The past continuous tense of the verb ta (“to be”).
From Proto-Finnic *tabat'ak.
tabata
| Inflection of tabata (inflection type 9/kogota) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st infinitive | tabata | ||
| present indic. | tabadab | ||
| past indic. | tabazi | ||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | tabadan | tabazin | — |
| 2nd singular | tabadad | tabazid | tabada |
| 3rd singular | tabadab | tabazi | tabakaha |
| 1st plural | tabadam | tabazim | tabakam |
| 2nd plural | tabadat | tabazit | tabakat |
| 3rd plural | tabatas tabadaba |
tabaziba | tabakaha |
| sing. conneg.1 | tabada | tabadand | tabada |
| plur. conneg. | tabakoi | tabanugoi | tabakoi |
| present conditional |
past conditional |
potential | |
| 1st singular | tabadaižin | tabanuižin | tabadanen |
| 2nd singular | tabadaižid | tabanuižid | tabadaned |
| 3rd singular | tabadaiži | tabanuiži | tabadaneb |
| 1st plural | tabadaižim | tabanuižim | tabadanem |
| 2nd plural | tabadaižit | tabanuižit | tabadanet |
| 3rd plural | tabadaižiba | tabanuižiba | tabadaneba |
| connegative | tabadaiži | tabanuiži | tabadane |
| non-finite forms | |||
| 1st infinitive | tabata | ||
| 2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
| inessive | tabates | inessive | tabadamas |
| instructive | tabaten | illative | tabadamaha |
| participles | elative | tabadamaspäi | |
| present active | tabadai | adessive | tabadamal |
| past active | tabanu | abessive | tabadamat |
| past passive | tabatud | ||
| 1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons. | |||