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*''chmi'' = progressive
*''chmi'' = progressive
*''chea'' = preterite
*''chea'' = preterite
*''peng'' = future
*''chea ftoal'' = 'used to'
*''per'' = future
*''tso'' = past progressive
*''tso'' = past progressive
*''fa'' = perfect
*''fa'' = perfect
*''chea fa'' = past perfect etc.
*''chea fa'' = past perfect etc.
*''peng chmi'' = future progressive  
*''per chmi'' = future progressive  
*''hos'' = conditional
*''hos'' = conditional
*''thăgem'' = desiderative (want to)
*''thăgem'' = desiderative (want to)
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===Other particles===
===Other particles===
*''eth'' = it does, doesn't it?
*''eth'' = it does, doesn't it?
===Conjunctions===
*te = and
*uy = xor
*soas = or (either one of two)
*seam = but
*chăbec = but
*łuch șa = in order to
*yang = although
*șang = so that
*moang = relativizer
*nga = complementizer
===Prepositions===
*mi-: locative
*ya-: comitative
*șa-: allative
*ngie: "like"
*fa-: ablative
*tsip : without
*fe: by (passive)
*ło-: on
*tăngap: before
*woach: behind
*łăbie: after
*ba: through
*moang: of
===Other particles===
*fnga = can
*thăgem = want to
*pdar thușnoa = must
===Adverbs===
*ăris, ris = up
*psuy = down
*torech = rather
*hăsüs = yet, still
**die hăsüs = not anymore (NOT "not yet")
*yic = only
*ămyic = (this) very
*ătuach = even
**comes before negative: ''Ătuach die thăgem mălitchow ef chäth fi.'' 'That child doesn't even want to communicate.'
*tsmä = now
*ătba = later
*yă'ef = very, a lot
*tămo = (''literary'') very, greatly
==Syntax==
==Syntax==
SVO; VSO in subordinate clauses with the subject marked with ''e''; but subordinate clauses are SVO when marked with the complementizer ''nga''
SVO; VSO in subordinate clauses with the subject marked with ''e''; but subordinate clauses are SVO when marked with the complementizer ''nga''