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**In the simple present indicative, it indicates habituality (i.e. "regularly fails to"). | **In the simple present indicative, it indicates habituality (i.e. "regularly fails to"). | ||
**In the subjunctive, it can be used instead of the simple negative subjunctive. e.g. ''hadíi us tághi waayó'' "if he does not go", ''ninki tághi waayí'' "the man who did not go" | **In the subjunctive, it can be used instead of the simple negative subjunctive. e.g. ''hadíi us tághi waayó'' "if he does not go", ''ninki tághi waayí'' "the man who did not go" | ||
*<i>la'</i> "to lack" (present) → "to fail to" - e.g. <i>us tághi | *<i>la'</i> "to lack" (present) → "to fail to" - e.g. <i>us tághi lá'yaha</i> "he is failing to go" | ||
**This is used for an ongoing action (i.e. "is failing to"). | **This is used for an ongoing action (i.e. "is failing to"). | ||
*''qapi'' "to have" (present, past) → "to have to" - e.g. ''us tághi qapa'' "he has to go" | *''qapi'' "to have" (present, past) → "to have to" - e.g. ''us tághi qapa'' "he has to go" | ||
*''gaari'' "to reach" (past) → "to almost" - e.g. ''us tághi gaari'' "he almost went" | *''gaari'' "to reach" (past) → "to almost" - e.g. ''us tághi gaari'' "he almost went" | ||