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====Tense, Aspect, Mood==== | ====Tense, Aspect, Mood==== | ||
'''Notes:''' | '''Notes:''' | ||
*The Class 1 forms ending in a stressed vowel lose the stress when non-final or unfocused and lengthen the final vowel when used interrogatively - e.g. ''Cali arká'' "I see Ali"; ''Cáli arka'' "I see ''Ali''"; '' | *The Class 1 forms ending in a stressed vowel lose the stress when <!--non-final or -->unfocused and lengthen the final vowel when used interrogatively - e.g. ''Cali arká'' "I see Ali"; ''Cáli arka'' "I see ''Ali''"; ''yarká nama'' "person who sees"; ''Cali tarkaa?'' "Do you see Ali?" | ||
*Verbs can be used descriptively before a noun. The verb is always in the singular. Adjectives can pluralize by reduplication - e.g. ''dheere nama'' "tall person" vs ''dheedheere nama'' "tall people" | |||
<!--The indicative is used if the noun is the only argument of the verb. Otherwise, subordinate forms are used (along with the relative particle ''kan'') - e.g. ''ka yarka nama'' "the person who sees", ''kan ku yarko nama'' "the person who sees you", ''kan ka arko nama'' "the person I see".--> | |||
=====Simple Tenses===== | =====Simple Tenses===== | ||
======Simple Present====== | ======Simple Present====== | ||