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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Kukʉp verbs don't use | Kukʉp verbs don't use indicative mood (past, present, or future tense). Instead, those details are determined through context. | ||
* Perfect aspect -- uses the word ''''reletʉ'''' before the main verb -- ''"have studied"'' or reletʉ petʉp | |||
* Progressive aspect -- | * Progressive aspect -- uses the word ''''tip'''' before the main verb -- ''"am studying"'' or tip petʉp | ||
* Imperative -- | * Imperative -- uses the word '''' ni' '''' before the main verb -- ''"study!" (as a command)'' or ni' petʉp | ||
* Negation -- | * Negation -- adds the suffix -(ʉ)ho /-(ʉ)hɒ/ to the verb -- ''"do not study"'' or petʉpʉho | ||
**Tense affixes come between the root verb and the progressive affix | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||