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Aspectual distinctions are made with forms of the copulae ''úši'' (habitual "to be"; ← Ísc. ''ód-sir'') and ''reuši'' (continuative "to be"; ← Ísc. ''riqued-sir''), plus the present participle, as in the following examples (note that all these examples may be translated with any subject): | |||
* ''reuši čelétofú'' "I (m) am reading", ''reuši čelétofún'' "I (f) am reading"; | |||
* ''úšire čelétofú'' "I (m) used to read", ''úširen čelétofún'' "I (f) used to read"; | |||
* ''reušire čelétofú'' "I (m) was reading [in the past]", ''reuširen čelétofún'' "I (f) was reading [in the past]"; | |||
* ''reušimóni čelétofú'' "I (m) was reading [yesterday]", ''reušimónin čelétofún'' "I (f) was reading [yesterday]"; | |||
* ''reušiaše čelétofú'' "I (m) was reading [earlier today]", ''reušiašen čelétofún'' "I (f) was reading [earlier today]"; | |||
* ''reušiútei čelétofú'' "I (m) will be reading", ''reušiútein čelétofún'' "I (f) will be reading"; | |||
* ''úšituéle čelétofú'' "I (m) may get used to read, will be used to read", ''úšituélen čelétofún'' "I (f) may get used to read, will be used to read". | |||
The past participle is used to form passive forms of transitive verbs. In this case, the copula used to build perfective forms is the otherwise causative ''tíuši'': | |||
* ''tíušimóni čelétoti'' "it (m) was read [earlier today]", ''tíušimónin čelétotín'' "it (f) was read [earlier today]"; | |||
* ''úšire čelétoti'' "it (m) used to be read", ''úširen čelétotín'' "it (f) used to be read". | |||
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