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(134)
 /n1    tejyab2    bóde3/
`we1    go3    to Tezu2

(135)
 /įnč1    masįsygwčlą2  katgharimde3/
`you1    collect3    fruit2

 2.5.3.2.2.2.

 Continuous :
 
The continuous aspect indicates that the event or action is in the course of happening at the time referred to by the speaker. This aspect is associated with a three-way tense apposition, viz., past, present and future. This aspect is restricted to action and process verbs and is marked by the suffix /-börö/.

(i) The past continuous is realized from the recent past.

(136)
/h1     tap2    thįsobiri3/
/`I1   was eating3    food2

(137)
/cyį1   į2    hanįsobiri3/
`he1   was coming3    home2

(ii) The present continuous is realized from the immediate future.

(138)
 /įnč  tap2    thįdebiri3/
`you1   are eating3   food2

(139)
 /taméy   tarab1    mlā2    hanįąbiri3/
`the elephant-herd1    is coming to the village2

(140)
 /n1    pyawčlą2    ódebiri3/
`we1    are   shooting  birds2

(iii) The future continuous is realized from the distant future.

(141)
 /h1    tap2    thįnebiri3/
`I1   shall be eating3    food2

(142)
 /nyś1    tap2    thįyąbiri3/
`you1   will  be  eating3    food2

(143)
 /wé1   iskul2   bóbbiri3/
`he will  be  going3   to school2

 2.5.3.2.2.3. 

Repetitive-Durative :
 
This aspect indicates a repeated or sustained happening of the event over a period of time. This aspect does not occur with sensory, existential and qualitative states and terminal processes. The aspect is exclusively durative with cognitive and ambient states, processes and sensory actions. It is ambiguously repetitive and durative with motion verbs. With all other verbs, it is repetitive. The aspect is marked by the suffix /-ma/ and is associated with a tense inflexion for past and future realized from the recent past and immediate future respectively. The following set of examples illustrate this.


 

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