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-====Tense, Aspect and Mood====
+====Periphrastic Conjugation====
-The vast majority of Burunko verbs are conjugated periphrastically using a non-finite verbal noun or participle form with a finite auxiliary. Participles encode aspect information (aorist, imperfective or perfective) while auxiliaries encode tense and mood (present, past, hypothetical and imperative/hortative). Verbs are not marked for person or number.
+The combination of tense, aspect and mood information encoded in the various forms of main and auxiliary verbs gives the following verb forms:
-The main combinations of tense-aspect-mood (TAM) are as follows:
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 ! Aorist
-| Stative Present || Stative Past || General Hypothetical || Imperative
+| Stative Present || Stative Past || Stative Hypothetical || Imperative
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 ! Imperfective
-| Present || Past || Present Hypothetical || -
+| Present || Past || Present Hypothetical
+!  rowspan="2;" |
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 ! Perfective
-| Recent Past || Distant Past || Past Hypothetical || -
+| Recent Past || Distant Past || Past Hypothetical
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 ! || colspan="4;" | Irrealis
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 ! Aorist
-| Stative Present || Stative Past || General Hypothetical
+| Present Potential || Past Potential || Conditional
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 ! Imperfective
-| Present || Past || Present Hypothetical
+|  ||  || Present Conditional
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 ! Perfective
-| Recent Past || Distant Past || Past Hypothetical
+|  ||  || Past Conditional
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