when the subject is human.
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(109) |
/hwč1
masąząk2
de3/ |
`I1 am3
in the tree2’
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(110) |
/nyśwč1
kalyįpząk2
de3/ |
`you1 are3
in the field2’
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(111) |
/jyimcyanewč1
įū2
yą3/ |
`Jimchane1
is3
at home2’
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Non-human subjects are associated
with a syncretic form /-ą/ of the verb and the tense suffix.
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(112) |
/kathķwč1
hibįkwẽ2
ą3/ |
`the ant1
is3 in the forest2’
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(113) |
/taméyč1
įmągõ2 ą3/ |
`the elephant1
is3 here2’
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(114) |
/kitabwč1 phlkw2
ą3/ |
`the book1
is3 in the bag2’
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(vii)
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Future tense is marked by
the suffixes /-ne/ when the subject is first person singular pronominal ;
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(115) |
/hwč1
hrigne2/ |
`I shall be startled2’
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(116) |
/hwč1
įsigõ2
nyśtyu3 rśgane4/ |
`I1 shall love4
only you3 in my life2’
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(117) |
/hwč1
bśtył2 jym3 kasąne4/ |
`sometime2 I1
shall learn4 the truth3’
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/-ke/ when the subject is first
person plural pronominal;
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(118) |
/nwč1
khimyõrẽke2/ |
`we1 shall be angry2’
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(119) |
/nwč1
mįtył2
kasąrẽke3/ |
`we1 shall know3
soon2’
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/-ya/ when the subject is second
person ;
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(120) |
/nyśwč1
įsiū2
helóyą3/ |
`you1 will be happy3
in life2’
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(121) |
/įnčwč1 dłkarẽyą2/ |
`you1
will be unhappy2’
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(122) |
/įnčwč1 mlāząk2
yą3/ |
`you1
will be3
in the village2
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/-b/
and /-biya/ when the subject is third person :
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(123) |
/jyimcyanewč1
kadigõ2
dłkabiyaym3/ |
`Jimchane1
will never be sad
(will not be sad3 ever2)’
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(124) |
/cyįwč1 mįtył2
kasąbiya3/ |
`he1 will know3
soon2’
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(125) |
/cyįląwč1
chintk2
rśgab3/ |
`they1
will love3 Chinese2’
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Sentence (125) occurs as part of an
implicated sentence.
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