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==== Tense and Aspect ==== | ==== Tense and Aspect ==== | ||
Below there is a table with the tense combinations to create the different aspects | Below there is a table with the tense combinations to create the different aspects | ||
{| class=" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | |||
! colspan="5" | '''Agent''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="5" style="width: 80px;" | '''Verb''' | |||
! style="width: 120px;" | | |||
! style="width: 150px;" | '''None''' | |||
! style="width: 150px;" | '''Past''' | |||
! style="width: 150px;" | '''Present''' | |||
! style="width: 150px;" | '''Future''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! '''None''' | |||
| Gnomic | |||
| Past Habitual | |||
| Present Habitual | |||
| Future Habitual | |||
|- | |- | ||
! '''Past''' | |||
| Past Perfective | |||
| Past Retrospective | |||
| Present Retrospective | |||
| Future Retrospective | |||
|- | |- | ||
! '''Present''' | |||
| Present Perfective | |||
| Past Progressive | |||
| Present Progressive | |||
| Future Progressive | |||
|- | |- | ||
! '''Future''' | |||
| Future Perfective | |||
| Past Prospective | |||
| Present Prospective | |||
| Future Prospective | |||
|} | |} | ||
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** -rd marks the Dative case. | ** -rd marks the Dative case. | ||
==== Pronouns ==== | ==== Pronouns ==== | ||
{| class=" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! colspan="2" | First Person | ||
! colspan="2" | Dual Person | |||
! colspan="2" | Second Person | |||
! colspan="2" | Third Person | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | ! style="width: 80px;" | Singular | ||
! style="width: 80px;" | Plural | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Plural | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Plural | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Plural | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | - | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | ! colspan="4" | Fourth Person | ||
! colspan="4" | Fifth Person | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | ! colspan="2" | Singular | ||
! colspan="2" | Plural | |||
! colspan="2" | Singular | |||
! colspan="2" | Plural | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | colspan="2" | - | ||
| colspan="2" | - | |||
| colspan="2" | - | |||
| colspan="2" | - | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="8" | Zero Person | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="4" | Singular | |||
! colspan="4" | Plural | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" | - | |||
| colspan="4" | - | |||
|} | |} | ||
First | # The First person plural is exclusive | ||
# The Dual person singular indicates the both the Speaker and the Addressee | |||
# The Dual person Plural is an inclusive version of the first person plural | |||
# The Fourth person is an indefinite category that encompasses First and Dual persons. ''"These ones think so" (referring to themselves)'' | |||
# The Fifth person is similar to the fourth but covers Second and Third persons. | |||
# The Zero person is a completely generic category. ''"One could say so"'' | |||
==== Determiners ==== | ==== Determiners ==== |
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