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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Every verb has an obligatory inflection for person, number, and mood (all marked by a single suffix), and can have other inflectional suffixes such as tense, aspect, modality, and various suffixes carrying adverbial functions. | |||
====Tense==== | |||
Tense marking is always optional. The only explicitly marked tense is the future tense. Past and present tense cannot be marked and are always implied. All verbs can be marked through adverbs to show relative time (using words such as "yesterday" or "tomorrow"). If neither of these markings is present, the verb can imply a past, present, or future tense. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Future tense | |||
!Tense | |||
!Example | |||
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|Present | |||
|{{interlinear | |||
|Pijavimiq vigiipuk. | |||
|telephone-INSTR we-1DU.3SG-talk | |||
|We (two) talk on the phone.}} | |||
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|Future | |||
|{{interlinear | |||
|Pijavimiq vi'''nia'''giipuk. | |||
|telephone-INSTR we-DU-'''FUT'''-talk | |||
|We (two) '''will''' talk on the phone.}} | |||
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|Future (implied) | |||
|{{interlinear | |||
|Suujuqqanu savisuhuu ilaa '''kaluuŋiluuk'''. | |||
|{give birth probably} {sister's} {I} '''tomorrow''' | |||
|My sister (will) give(s) birth '''tomorrow'''. (the future tense "will" is implied by the word tomorrow)}} | |||
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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
===Numbers=== | ===Numbers=== | ||