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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 | ||
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! style=""| Simple Imperfect | ! style=""| Simple Imperfect | ||
| | | =po|| | ||
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! style=""| Durative/Repetitive | ! style=""| Durative/Repetitive | ||
| | | =nahoyra, =noyra|| several times | ||
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! style=""| Habitative | ! style=""| Habitative | ||
| | | =(h)osma, =shma|| often | ||
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! style=""| Factual | ! style=""| Factual | ||
| | | =yosir|| (general truth statement, e.g. "The sun rises in the east") | ||
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! style=""| Continuative | ! style=""| Continuative | ||
| | | =namporo|| to continue | ||
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! style=""| Inceptive | ! style=""| Inceptive | ||
| | | =otah|| to begin | ||
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! style=""| Cessative | ! style=""| Cessative | ||
| | | =ciri|| to stop | ||
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! style=""| Terminative | ! style=""| Terminative | ||
| | | =ruykáno|| to finish | ||
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! style=""| Incipient | ! style=""| Incipient | ||
| | | =kara|| about to | ||
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! style=""| Approximative | ! style=""| Approximative | ||
| | | =tontoro|| almost, nearly | ||
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! style=""| Frequentative | ! style=""| Frequentative | ||
| | | =nokori, -(o)nkori|| often | ||
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