Editing Luganda (section)

=====Past tenses=====
The [[hesternal past tense|near past]] is formed by inserting the prefix {{lang|lg|-a-}} before the modified form of the stem. This prefix, being a vowel, has the effect of changing the form of the subject prefixes:
* {{lang|lg|nnakoze}} 'I did'
* {{lang|lg|wakoze}} 'you did'
* {{lang|lg|yakoze}} 'he, she did'
* {{lang|lg|twakoze}} 'we did'
* {{lang|lg|mwakoze}} 'you (plural) did'
* {{lang|lg|baakoze}} 'they (class I) did'
* ...

The near past tense is used for events that have happened in the past 18 hours. The negative is formed in the usual way.

The [[prehesternal past tense|far past]] is formed with the same prefix {{lang|lg|a-}} as the near past, but using the simple form of the stem:
* {{lang|lg|nnakola}} 'I did'
* {{lang|lg|wakola}} 'you did'
* {{lang|lg|yakola}} 'he, she did'
* {{lang|lg|twakola}} 'we did'
* {{lang|lg|mwakola}} 'you (plural) did'
* {{lang|lg|baakola}} 'they (class I) did'
* ...

The far past tense is used for events that happened more than 18 hours ago, and can also be used as a weak [[pluperfect]]. This is the tense that is used in [[novel]]s and [[storytelling]].