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oru mane iecua
1 2 3 |
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‘One person is sitting here’
1 2 3 |
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+Verb+auxiliary (perfective), past |
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na:nu ivene mineli ma:inde
1 2 3 4 |
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‘I had done this earlier’
1 4 2 3 |
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na:nu a:e bi:ndinde
1 2 3 |
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‘I had slept there’
1 3 2 |
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+Verb+modal |
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na:e na:mu to:ateku po:gau
1 2 3 4 |
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‘Tomorrow we have to go to fields’
1 2 4 3 |
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ava ira:u ka:yu tinau
1 2 3 4 |
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‘He should eat two guavas'
1 4 2 3 |
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+Verb+auxiliary+ modal. |
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ni:yu eppa:u kani tinja:u ikkaa
1 2 3 4 5 |
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‘Always you do not keep eating the rice broth'
2 1 5 4 3 |