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===== Aspect =====
===== Aspect =====


The Perfective Aspect is null-marked, but several non-Perfect Aspects are recognized:
Nankôre has a wealth of aspect markers.  These are clitics that attach to the first verb of the verb phrase.  The Perfective Aspect is null-marked, but several non-Perfect Aspects are recognized:




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! style=""| Semelfective
! style=""| Semelfective
| -no|| completed in one single motion/act, e.g. hit
| =no|| completed in one single motion/act, e.g. hit
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! style=""| Simple Imperfect
! style=""| Simple Imperfect
| -po||  
| =po||  
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! style=""| Durative/Repetitive
! style=""| Durative/Repetitive
| -nahoyra, -noyra|| several times
| =nahoyra, =noyra|| several times
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! style=""| Habitative
! style=""| Habitative
| -(h)oshma, -shma|| often
| =(h)osma, =shma|| often
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! style=""| Factual
! style=""| Factual
| -yoshir|| (general truth statement, e.g. "The sun rises in the east")
| =yosir|| (general truth statement, e.g. "The sun rises in the east")
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! style=""| Continuative
! style=""| Continuative
| -namporo|| to continue
| =namporo|| to continue
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! style=""| Inceptive
! style=""| Inceptive
| -otah|| to begin
| =otah|| to begin
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! style=""| Cessative
! style=""| Cessative
| -chiri|| to stop
| =ciri|| to stop
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! style=""| Terminative
! style=""| Terminative
| -ruykáno|| to finish
| =ruykáno|| to finish
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! style=""| Incipient
! style=""| Incipient
| -kara|| about to
| =kara|| about to
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! style=""| Approximative
! style=""| Approximative
| -tontoro|| almost, nearly
| =tontoro|| almost, nearly
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! style=""| Frequentative
! style=""| Frequentative
| -nokori, -(o)nkori|| often
| =nokori, -(o)nkori|| often
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