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when the subject is human.

(109)
 /h1   masąząk2   de3/
`I1   am3   in  the  tree2

(110)
 /nyśwč1    kalyįpząk2    de3/
`you1   are3    in  the  field2

(111)
 /jyimcyanewč1    įū2    3/
`Jimchane1    is3   at  home2

Non-human subjects are associated with a syncretic form /-ą/ of the verb and the tense suffix.

(112)
 /kathķ1    hikw2   ą3/
`the  ant1    is in  the  forest2

(113)
 /taméyč1   įmągõ ą3/
`the  elephant  is here2

(114)
 /kitabwč1    phlkw2    ą3/
`the  book1    is3    in  the  bag2

(vii)


 Future tense is marked by the suffixes /-ne/ when the subject is first person singular pronominal ;

(115)
 /h1   hrigne2/
`I  shall  be  startled2

(116)
 /h1    įsi2    nyśtyu3    rśgane4/
`I shall love4   only you3   in my life2

(117)
 /h1    bśtył2    jym3    kasąne4/
`sometime2    I1    shall learn4    the truth3

/-ke/ when the subject is first person plural pronominal;

(118)
/n1    khimyõrke2/
`we1    shall  be  angry2

(119)
/n mįtył  kasąrke3/
`we shall  know3   soon2

/-ya/ when the subject is second person ;

(120)
 /nyśwč1   įsiū  helóyą3/
`you1   will  be  happy3    in life2

(121)
 /įnčwč1    dłkar2/
`you1    will  be  unhappy2

(122)
 /įnčwč1    mlāząk2   3/
`you1    will  be3   in  the  village2

/-b/ and /-biya/ when the subject is third person :

(123)
 /jyimcyanewč1    kadigõ2    dłkabiyaym3/
`Jimchane1    will  never  be sad (will not be sad3   ever2)’

(124)
/cyįwč mįtył2    kasąbiya3/
`he1   will know3    soon2

(125)
/cyįlą1    chintk2    rśgab3/
`they1    will  love3    Chinese2

Sentence (125) occurs as part of an implicated sentence.


 

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