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====Perfect====
====Perfect====
The perfect, formed by placing ''ev'' 'after' before the verb, is used for:
The perfect, formed by placing ''Tyn'' 'after' before the verb, is used for:
* an event in the immediate past
* an event in the immediate past
* an event that occurred in the past and is relevant to the present
* an event that occurred in the past and is relevant to the present
** an event that occurred regularly in the past with a cumulative effect on the present
** an event that occurred regularly in the past with a cumulative effect on the present


Perfect: ''Ev iant naw.'' = I have slept.
Perfect: ''Tyn iant naw.'' = I have slept.


Perfect progressive: ''Ev fahd dy VERB SUBJECT''
Perfect progressive: ''Tyn fahd dy VERB SUBJECT''


====Future imperfective====
====Future imperfective====