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4. -k-

20.
 a?e 		 
a?e-ke
sa?p-k-i-a-?ev
he he-case catch-tense-cop-PT

‘He caught him’


21. 		 
a?e 
a?e-ke
gi?-k-i-a-?e
he he-case  kill-tense-cop-PT

‘He killed him’

5. -ked

22.
 aiŋ
darua
 lel
-ked-aiŋ
I tree see-tense0cop-PT

‘I saw a tree’


23.
a?e 
darua
ma?
-ked-a-?e             
he tree cut-tense-cop-PT  

 ‘He cut the tree’


24. 
ako
baba-ko
 ir-ked-a-ko
they  paddy-pl. reap-tense-cop-PT

‘They reaped the paddy’

25.
a?e 
diri-ko-te
a
bai-ked-a-?e
he  stone-pl-case house build tense-cop-PT

‘He built the house with stone’

26.
aiŋ 
 a:-bikai-te
duara
i?i-ked-a-iŋ
I key-case door open-tense-cop-PT

‘I opened the door with key’

4.2.2.
 Present tense

The intransitive verb does not take any marker for present tense.

1. O

1.  aiŋ a-te sen-a-iŋ
I house-case go-cop-PT
‘I go home’
2  aiŋ aiŋ-a hatu-te sen-a-iŋ
I I-case  village-case go-cop-PT

‘I go to my village’
3  aiŋ astia-te sen-a-iŋ

I

Astia-case  go-cop-PT

‘I go to Astia’
4 aiŋ darua-ke  lel-a-iŋ
I  tree-case see-cop-PT

‘I see a tree’
 
5. a?e baba-ko  ir-a-?e
she paddy-pl. reap-cop-PT

‘She reaps paddy’
6. aiŋ  uri?a-ke  uri?a-ke
I  cow-case  see-tense-cop-PT
‘I see a cow’

4.2.3. 
Future tense


There are two future tense markers : -ga, and -e. -ga occurs with intransitive verbs and -e occurs with transitive verbs.
 
1.

 soma

seno-ga-a?e

soma

go-tense-PT
‘Soma will go’
 
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