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=====Other Compound Forms===== | =====Other Compound Forms===== | ||
All of these are used with the infinitive of the main verb + auxiliary verb. | |||
*''kari'' (present, past) "to be able to" - e.g. ''us tághi kara'' "he can go" | |||
*''waayi'' (present, past) "to fail to" - e.g. ''us tághi waayi'' "he failed to go" | |||
**In the simple present indicative, it indicates habituality (i.e. "regularly fails to"). | |||
**In the subjunctive, it can be used instead of the simple negative subjunctive. e.g. ''hadíi us tághi waayó'' "if he does not go", ''ninki tághi waayí'' "the man who did not go" | |||
*<i>la'</i> (present) "to fail to" - e.g. <i>us tághi la'yaha</i> "he is failing to go" | |||
**This is used for an ongoing action (i.e. "is failing to"). | |||
*''qapi'' (present, past) "to have to" - e.g. ''us tághi qapa'' "he has to go" | |||
*''gaari'' (past) "to almost" - e.g. ''us tághi gaari'' "he almost went" | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||