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The lexical element is often an invariable adverbial element which may correspond to the stem of an adjective (either a native adjective - cf. ''ulmarstás'' "forgotten" and ''ulmarst purémi'' "I forget" - or a borrowed one - cf. ''tamízás'' "clean" and ''tamíz purémi'' "I clean") or a borrowed stem (from nouns, participles, or verb stems), such as in ''emansip purémi'' "I emancipate" (ultimately from French, through Russian), ''ámóht berámi'' "I teach" (from Persian), or ''espéti lelúmi'' "I wait" (from Ligurian). | The lexical element is often an invariable adverbial element which may correspond to the stem of an adjective (either a native adjective - cf. ''ulmarstás'' "forgotten" and ''ulmarst purémi'' "I forget" - or a borrowed one - cf. ''tamízás'' "clean" and ''tamíz purémi'' "I clean") or a borrowed stem (from nouns, participles, or verb stems), such as in ''emansip purémi'' "I emancipate" (ultimately from French, through Russian), ''ámóht berámi'' "I teach" (from Persian), or ''espéti lelúmi'' "I wait" (from Ligurian). | ||
====Future==== | |||
The Lifashian future is a generally regular formation for all roots. It is an innovation formed by adding ''-(e)gi-'' to the root (or stem for class VIII presents) followed by the past endings (but no ending for the 3rd person singular); the future-forming suffix is likely a grammaticalized contraction of the root ''gil-'' "to see".<br/> | |||
: Examples: ''paregim'' "I will do", ''paregis'', ''paregi'', ''paregime'', ''paregite'', ''paregít'' | |||
: ''denggim'' "I will run", ''denggis'', ''denggi'', ''denggime'', ''denggite'', ''denggít'' | |||
In colloquial Lifashian, the present alone is commonly used with a future meaning. | |||
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