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*Main clause:
*Main clause:
**Affirmative: "Imperfect affirmative" - e.g. ''yarká'' "he sees"
**Affirmative: "Imperfect affirmative" - e.g. ''yarká'' "he sees"
**Negative: ''ma'' + "Imperfect subordinate (minus final accent)" - e.g. ''máyarko'' "he does not see"
**Negative: ''ma'' + "Imperfect subordinate (minus final accent)" - e.g. ''máyarkò'' "he does not see"
*Subordinate clause:
*Subordinate clause:
**Affirmative: "Imperfect subordinate" - e.g. ''yarkonoo'' "so that he sees"
**Affirmative: "Imperfect subordinate" - e.g. ''yarkònóo'' "so that he sees"
**Negative: ''ma'' + "Imperfect subordinate negative" - e.g. ''mayarkinonoo'' "so that he does not see" (or can use compound tense - see below)
**Negative: ''ma'' + "Imperfect subordinate negative" - e.g. ''màyarkinonóo'' "so that he does not see" (or can use compound tense - see below)


======Simple past======
======Simple past======
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*Main clause:
*Main clause:
**Affirmative: "Perfect affirmative" - e.g. ''yarké'' "he saw"
**Affirmative: "Perfect affirmative" - e.g. ''yarké'' "he saw"
**Negative: ''ma'' + "Perfect negative" - e.g. ''máyarkine'' "he did not see"
**Negative: ''ma'' + "Perfect negative" - e.g. ''máyarkìne'' "he did not see"
*Subordinate clause:
*Subordinate clause:
**Affirmative: "Perfect affirmative" - e.g. ''yarkenas'' "because he saw"
**Affirmative: "Perfect affirmative" - e.g. ''yarkenas'' "because he saw"
**Negative: ''ma'' + "Perfect negative" - e.g. ''mayarkinenas'' "because he did not see" (or can use compound tense - see below)
**Negative: ''ma'' + "Perfect negative" - e.g. ''màyarkìnenás'' "because he did not see" (or can use compound tense - see below)


======Imperative======
======Imperative======
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*Used for a wish, command, etc, mostly in the first and third person. The second person uses the forms with ''t''.
*Used for a wish, command, etc, mostly in the first and third person. The second person uses the forms with ''t''.
*Affirmative: ''haa'' + "Jussive affirmative" - e.g. ''háa yarku'' "let him see!"
*Affirmative: ''haa'' + "Jussive affirmative" - e.g. ''háa yarku'' "let him see!"
*Negative: ''ma'' + "Jussive negative" - e.g. ''máyarkinu'' "let him not see!"
*Negative: ''ma'' + "Jussive negative" - e.g. ''máyarkìnu'' "let him not see!"


=====Compound tenses/aspects=====
=====Compound tenses/aspects=====