| 31. |
ape |
nu?u-tantaiken-a - pe |
|
you |
drink -asp -cop-PT |
|
‘You were drinking’ |
|
32. |
ako |
duraŋ-tantaiken-a-
- ko |
|
they |
sing -asp -cop-PT |
|
‘They were singing’ |
|
3.
|
Future Progressive
:
|
The future
progressive is expressed by the marker akanu or akantain as
shown below :
|
33. |
ape |
nu?u-akanu-a-pe |
} |
|
ape |
nu?u-akantain-a-pe |
} |
|
you |
drink-asp-cop-PT |
|
|
‘You
will be drinking’ |
|
34. |
ako |
duraŋ-akanu-a-ko |
} |
|
ako |
duraŋ-akantain-a-ko |
} |
|
they |
sing -asp -cop-PT |
|
|
‘They
will be singing’ |
|
35. |
aiŋ |
lel-akanu-
a -iŋ |
} |
|
aiŋ |
lel-akantain-
a -iŋ |
} |
|
I |
look
-asp-cop-PT |
|
‘I
will be looking’ |
|
4.2.4.3.
|
Habitual aspect
|
The
habitual aspect refers to an action or event which will be
repeated successively. There is no separate marker to express
habitual aspect. The simple present tense expresses the
habitual aspect.
|
36. |
ale |
din |
seta?-re |
illi |
nu -a -le |
|
we |
day |
morning-case |
liquor |
drink-cop-PT |
|
(Lit: We drink liquor
in the morning) |
|
‘We used to drink
liquor in the morning’ |
|
The
habitual aspect is clearly expressed with adverbs like dinhulaN
‘daily’
|
37. |
aiŋ |
dinhulaŋ |
hon a-ke |
iskul-idi-
ji - a - iŋ |
|
I |
daily |
child-case |
schooltake-asp-cop-PT |
|
‘I take the child to
the school daily’ |
|
38. |
a?e |
dinhulaŋ |
bir-te |
sendera |
seno-tan - a -?e |
|
he |
daily |
forest-case |
hunt |
go-asp-cop-PT |
|
‘He goes to the
forest for hunting daily’. |
|
| 39. |
aiŋ |
gaia-ke |
dinhulaŋ |
bir-te |
atiŋ |
naten
idi-ji-a-iŋ |
|
I |
cow-case |
daily |
forest-case |
graze-take |
asp-cop-PT |
|
‘I take the cow
daily to the forest for grazing’ |
|
40. |
a?e |
dinhulaŋ |
bir-tea |
jo-ko hu  i-ja?t
- a - ?e |
|
he |
daily |
forest-case |
fruit-pl-collect asp.cop-PT |
|
‘He collects fruits
from the forest daily’ |
|
4.2.5.
|
Mood :
|
|
Mood, like tense and aspect is expressed by
inflection of verbs. Mood expresses the attitude of the
speakers. There are five moods: 1. indicative mood, 2.
imperative mood, 3. interrogative mood, 4. desiderative mood
and 5. obligative mood.
|
|
1.
|
Indicative mood :
The sentences which express statements have the indicative
mood. This is the unmarked mood.
|
|
1.
|
gama |
ked-a |
|
rain |
tense-cop |
|
‘It rained’ |
|
