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These occupy the final position of the verb complex. The most frequently encountered affix is the General Subordinative affix ''-mā''. | These occupy the final position of the verb complex. The most frequently encountered affix is the General Subordinative affix ''-mā''. | ||
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| -tamā | | -tamā | ||
| English: "(s/he) said that". Marks the following clause as indirect speech. | | English: "(s/he) said that". Marks the following clause as indirect speech. | ||
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! Gnomic Affix | |||
| -(a)št- | |||
| Expresses general truths (e.g. "It rains during the rainy season"). Considered as a tense or aspect (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomic_aspect), TA-marking is null. This aspect is replaced by the Imperfect and/or Habitual affixes in some Upper Minhast dialects. | |||
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! Consequential Affix | ! Consequential Affix | ||
| -dur- | | -dur-,-dūr- | ||
-dūr- | |||
| Indicates the clause is a direct result of the preceding clause | | Indicates the clause is a direct result of the preceding clause | ||
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