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	C. When the verb is used with the probability mood and optative mood markers
	Examples 1. -n hnr ts-kà I-nom bread eat-probability I may eat bread
	2. mp ts-tkà He eat-let Let him eat
	Use of present tense marker is optional in the following case When the verb is used with the negative marker
	Examples 1. -n ótsí n-ts-là I-nom rice neg-eat-present or -n ótsí n-ts I-nom rice neg-eat I do not eat rice or I am not eating rice
	4.3.2. Past tense :
	Past tense refers to an event which happened before the time of the utterance. Past tense marker is chò.
	Examples 1. np°-n¡ ¡kì r°-chò She-nom my house come-past She came to my house
	2. -n ótsì ts-c^hò I-nom rice eat-past I ate rice
	3. -n mscá h-c^hò We-nom cow pl see-past We saw cows
	4. Jn-n kákò c k^h-c^hò John-nom book the read-past John read the book
	5. mp-n kákò m^hm c k^h-c^hò He-nom book good the read-past
	6. n-n hnrì ts-c^hò you-nom bread eat-past You ate bread
	4.3.3. Future tense :
	Future tense indicates the time preceding the time of utterance. Future tense marker is -v. This tense marker is not added when the verb is used in the future perfect aspect. Examples for future tense are as follows :
	1. -n ótsì ts-v I-nom rice eat-future I shall eat rice
	2. -n w-v We-nom go-future We shall go
	3. Jn-n cà r-v John-nom tomorrow come future John will come tomorrow
	4.4. Aspect :
	"Aspect is a grammatical category of verb which has nothing to do with the location of an event in time but with its temporal distribution or contour"1 Aspect is not relative to the time of utterance. It indicates duration, perfect, habitual etc.
	Lotha has 3 aspects 1. Perfective aspect 2. Durative aspect 3. Habitual aspect
	______________________________________________________________ 1. Hockett, C.F. A Course in Modern Linguistics, Indian Edition, Published, in 1970, pp. 167.

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