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===TAM marking=== | ===TAM marking=== | ||
Verbs have little inflection, and the bulk of verbs are completely regular. Eevo TAM marking tends to emphasize aspect more than tense, unusually for Talmic languages. | Verbs have little inflection, and the bulk of verbs are completely regular. Eevo TAM marking tends to emphasize aspect more than tense, unusually for Talmic languages. | ||
Eevo is split-ergative, the split being conditioned by tense. | |||
====Imperfect==== | ====Imperfect==== | ||
The imperfect uses the unmarked form of the verb followed by the subject. For example, ''Mol naw va duvwŋym'' means "I thank the teacher" or "I used to thank the teacher". | The imperfect uses the unmarked form of the verb followed by the subject. For example, ''Mol naw va duvwŋym'' means "I thank the teacher" or "I used to thank the teacher". | ||