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===Verbs===
===Verbs===


The Golahát verb is moderately synthetic, capable of indicating voice, tense, aspect, and modality.  Five tenses, a present, past, remote past, immediate future, and general future are distinguished.
The Golahát verb is moderately synthetic, capable of indicating voice, tense, and aspect.  Five tenses, a present, past, remote past, immediate future, and general future are distinguished. Two aspects are marked, namely the imperfect and perfect.  However, person is not marked and requires context or explicitly stating the core argument.  Modality is indicated by particles preceding the main verb.
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! Tense-Aspect !! Active !! Passive
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| Past Habitual || Example || Example
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| Non-Past Habitual || Example || Example
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| Past Perfect || Example || Example
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| Non-Perfect Past  || Example || Example
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| Present Imperfect || Example || Example
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| Present Perfect || Example || Example
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| Future || Example || Example
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| Example || Example || Example
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| Example || Example || Example
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| Example || Example || Example
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| Example || Example || Example
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| Example || Example || Example
|}


==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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