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 ===Tense and aspect===
+Tense and aspect are marked by a variety of particles, some of which come before the verb and some after it. The particles that come before the verb are:
+* ''ne'': telic, indicates an action with a defined endpoint
+* ''tad'': habitual, indicates a habit
+* ''es'': dynamic, indicates a change
+* ''nok'': gnomic, indicates general facts
+* ''se'': momentane, indicates something which was done exactly once
+* ''nhi'': repetitive, indicates a repeated action
+The particles that come after the verb are:
+* ''mai'': present
+* ''ku'': past perfective
+* ''kju'': past imperfective
+* ''lai'': past inceptive
+* ''tire'': future
+Each verb may have one particle of either type, though for obvious reasons some combinations of tense/aspect particles are more common that others. A few specific combinations deserve extra attention:
+* ''es ... ku'': this indicates the end of an action, as opposed to ''es ... lai'', which marks the beginning.
+* ''nok ... mai'': this combination means "already". Apart from this combination, ''nok'' is always used without post-verbal tense particle.
+Note that all of these particles are optional and that they are normally left out when several consecutive verbs have the same tense and aspect.
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