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The perfect is a more recent formation. It is formed with a generalized past participle in ''-it'' (''-t'' for vowel-ending roots), formed starting from a past verb (with exceptions), and the appropriate form of the present copula: | The perfect is a more recent formation. It is formed with a generalized past participle in ''-it'' (''-t'' for vowel-ending roots), formed starting from a past verb (with exceptions), and the appropriate form of the present copula: | ||
* ''Mek tom filmom | * ''Mek tom filmom gilémi.'' "I see the film" (present); ''mek tom filmom lersyit (e)syim.'' "I have seen the film" | ||
* ''Letasyé gortás poltás gurét e(sti).'' "(S)he has written her many letters." | * ''Letasyé gortás poltás gurét e(sti).'' "(S)he has written her many letters." | ||