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In narrative, it is common to use the perfect for a completed action and the (aspectless) past for an action that begins immediately after (examples taken from the excerpt "[[Chlouvānem#A_festive_day|A festive day]]", among the example texts on the main Chlouvānem page): | In narrative, it is common to use the perfect for a completed action and the (aspectless) past for an action that begins immediately after (examples taken from the excerpt "[[Chlouvānem#A_festive_day|A festive day]]", among the example texts on the main Chlouvānem page): | ||
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| phrase = naina mæn ～ dvārmom nañamṛca | | phrase = naina mæn ～ dvārmom nañamṛca kautepudbhek. | ||
| gloss = Naina.<small>DIR.SG</small>. <small>TOPIC</small>. [...] room-<small>DAT.SG</small>. run_into.<small>MONODIR.IND.PERF-3SG.PATIENT.EXTERIOR</small>. wake_up-<small>IND.PAST-3SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. | | gloss = Naina.<small>DIR.SG</small>. <small>TOPIC</small>. [...] room-<small>DAT.SG</small>. run_into.<small>MONODIR.IND.PERF-3SG.PATIENT.EXTERIOR</small>. wake_up-<small>IND.PAST-3SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. | ||
| translation = Naina ran<sub>PERF</sub> into the room [and] woke [us] up<sub>PAST</sub>. | | translation = Naina ran<sub>PERF</sub> into the room [and] woke [us] up<sub>PAST</sub>. | ||