| /-à/
occurs with third person subjects. |
(82)
|
| /cyá1
tháà2/ |
| `he1
will eat2’ |
|
| (83) |
/taméì 1
abla2 píà3/ |
| `the
elephant1 will break3 the banana trees2’ |
|
| /-de/ occurs
with non-third person subjects. |
| (84) |
/h 1
tháde2/ |
| `I1
shall eat2’ |
|
| (85) |
| /nyú1
jyím2 maróde3/ |
| `you1
will tell3 truth2’ |
|
| (86) |
| /ní1
táa róde3/ |
| `we1
shall catch3 fish2’ |
|
| (iv) Distant
Future : |
| This tense
is used in seqequences where the time at which the event is expected to
take place is vague or when the event is not likely to follow whatever action
is taking place right them. It is marked by five suffixes whose distribution
is determined by two factors : the subject of the sentence and the mood
of the verb. |
| /-li/ occurs
with- |
| (a)
The definitive mood : |
| (87) |
/h1
tap 2 thákõli3/ |
| eat-Def-DF |
| `I1
shall certainly eat3 rice2 |
|
| |
| (88) |
| |
| /wé1
é2 kam3 syakõ4/ |
| `he1
will certainly do4 this2 work3’ |
| (b)
The negative suffix : |
|
| (89) |
| |
/h1
thá1 m2/ |
| eat-DF-Neg |
| `I1
shall not eat2’ |
|
| (90) |
/jyimcyane1
h bá2
ból m3/ |
| `Jimchane1
will not go3 to the forest2 |
|
| It is not
conditioned by the person, number and gender of the subject. In all other
cases, the distant future is realized as |
| /-ne/ when
the subject is first person singular; |
| (91) |
/h 1
tape2 thne3/ |
| `I1
shall eat3 rice2 |
|
| (92) |
|
/h1 kalyp2
bóne3/ |
| `I1
shall go3 to the field2 |
|
| /-ke/ when
the subject is first person plural; |
| (93) |
/n 1
tap2
thár ke3/
eat-P1-DF |
| `we1
shall eat3 rice2 |
|
| (94) |
|
/n1 tejyab2 bórke3/ |
| `we1
shall go3 to Tezu2’ |
|
| |
