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The past imperfective indicates a background event or events that happened in the past frequently or over a period of time. Therefore it corresponds to past frequentative, habitual or progressive. | The past imperfective indicates a background event or events that happened in the past frequently or over a period of time. Therefore it corresponds to past frequentative, habitual or progressive. | ||
The imperfective prefix ''yn-'' displays some special behavior: | |||
*assimilates to any nasal | |||
*mutates to ''ynt-'' before a stem beginning with a vowel, liquid, ''ı'' or ''v'' | |||
*mutates to ''ynth-'' before a stem beginning with ''h''. | |||
======Future====== | ======Future====== |
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