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====Tense==== | ====Tense==== | ||
Swuntsim has four tenses: present, recent past, remote past, and future. The auxiliary ''-tje'' is used for the future. | Swuntsim has four tenses: present, recent past, remote past, and future. The auxiliary ''-tje'' is used for the future. | ||
*''cwə- | *''cwə-dhaʔo'' 'i meet' | ||
*''σə-cwə- | *''σə-cwə-dhaʔo'' 'i do not meet' | ||
*''cwə-b- | *''cwə-b-dhaʔo'' 'i met' | ||
*''cwə-ya- | *''cwə-ya-dhaʔo'' 'i did not meet' | ||
*''wa-cwə- | *''wa-cwə-dhaʔo'' 'i met (remote past)' | ||
*''σwa-cwə- | *''σwa-cwə-dhaʔo'' 'i did not meet (remote past)' | ||
*'' | *''hodhaʔo'' 'you (sg) meet' | ||
etc. | etc. | ||
*''cwətje | *''cwətje tidhaʔo'' = I will meet | ||
There is no aspect distinction, as in Modern Hebrew and German. | There is no aspect distinction, as in Modern Hebrew and German. | ||