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Progressive past |
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ni:nga entene ma: iko indiriyoo ena:ku gottuka: i
1 2 3 4 5 |
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'What you were doing is not known to me’
2 1 3 5 4 |
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| (ii) |
Progressive present |
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tumba maye peyyiko unidangu ava ku e pu ica a |
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'Though it was raining heavily he was holding the umbrella'
2-3 1 4 6 5 |
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| (iii) |
Perfect present |
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erde a:ne muricu a ma:ne mara e:ve
1 2 3 4 5 6 |
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'Which are the mango trees broken by the elephant in the morning’
6 4 5 3 2 1 |
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| (iv) |
Perfect past |
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na:nu ko tinda pa a va:pac baruvaka: i
1 2 3 4 5 |
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'The money that I have given may not come back’
3 1 2 5 4 |