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The Perfective Aspect is null-marked, but several non-Perfect Aspects are recognized: | |||
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! !! Applicative !! Meaning | |||
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! style=""| Simple Imperfect | |||
| -ro-|| to, towards | |||
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! style=""| Durative/Repetitive | |||
| nahoyra-|| several times | |||
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! style=""| Habitative | |||
| hoshm(a)-|| often | |||
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! style=""| Gnomic | |||
| yoshir-|| (general truth statement, e.g. "The sun rises in the east") | |||
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! style=""| Continuative | |||
| namporo-|| to continue | |||
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! style=""| Inceptive | |||
| otah-|| to begin | |||
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! style=""| Cessative | |||
| ciri-|| to stop | |||
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! style=""| Terminative | |||
| ruykano-|| to finish | |||
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! style=""| Incipient | |||
| kara-|| about to | |||
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! style=""| Approximative | |||
| tontoro-|| almost, nearly | |||
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! style=""| Frequentative | |||
| nokori-|| often | |||
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=====Auxiliary Verbs ===== | =====Auxiliary Verbs ===== | ||