(134) |
/n1
tejyab2
bóde3/ |
`we1 go3
to Tezu2’
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(135) |
/įnč1
masįsygwčlą2
katgharimde3/ |
`you1 collect3
fruit2’
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2.5.3.2.2.2.
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Continuous :
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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/.
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(i) The past continuous is realized from the recent past.
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(136) |
/h1
tap2
thįsobiri3/
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/`I1 was eating3
food2’
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(137) |
/cyį1
į2
hanįsobiri3/ |
`he1 was coming3
home2’
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(ii) The present continuous is realized from the
immediate future.
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(138) |
/įnč1
tap2
thįdebiri3/ |
`you1 are eating3
food2’
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(139) |
/taméy
tarab1
mlā2 hanįąbiri3/ |
`the elephant-herd1
is coming to
the village2’
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(140) |
/n1
pyawčlą2
ódebiri3/ |
`we1
are shooting birds2’
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(iii) The future continuous is
realized from the distant future.
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(141) |
/h1
tap2
thįnebiri3/ |
`I1 shall be eating3
food2’
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(142) |
/nyś1
tap2
thįyąbiri3/ |
`you1 will be eating3
food2’
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(143) |
/wé1 iskul2
bóbbiri3/ |
`he1 will be going3
to school2’
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2.5.3.2.2.3.
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Repetitive-Durative :
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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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