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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
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
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| || colspan="5" | '''Agent'''
!
! 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'''
! 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
! '''None'''  
| Gnomic  
| Past Habitual  
| Present Habitual  
| Future Habitual
|-
|-
| '''Past''' || Past Perfective || Past Retrospective || Present Retrospective || Future Retrospective
! '''Past'''  
| Past Perfective  
| Past Retrospective  
| Present Retrospective  
| Future Retrospective
|-
|-
| '''Present''' || Present Perfective || Past Progressive || Present Progressive || Future Progressive
! '''Present'''  
| Present Perfective  
| Past Progressive  
| Present Progressive  
| Future Progressive
|-
|-
| '''Future''' || Future Perfective || Past Prospective || Present Prospective || Future Prospective
! '''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 ====
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! Header text !! Header text !! Header text !! Header text !! Header text !! Header text !! Header text !! Header text
! colspan="2" | First Person
! colspan="2" | Dual Person
! colspan="2" | Second Person
! colspan="2" | Third Person
|-
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
! 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
|-
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
! colspan="4" | Fourth Person
! colspan="4" | Fifth Person
|-
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
! colspan="2" | Singular
! colspan="2" | Plural
! colspan="2" | Singular
! colspan="2" | Plural
|-
|-
| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|-
! colspan="8" | Zero Person
|-
! colspan="4" | Singular
! colspan="4" | Plural
|-
| colspan="4" | -
| colspan="4" | -
|}
|}
First Person
# 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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