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==Immediacy: Forming the Recent Past and Immediate Future== | ==Immediacy: Forming the Recent Past and Immediate Future== | ||
The adverb ''straks'' can be used in conjunction with | The adverb ''straks'' can be used in conjunction with most tenses as an “immediacy particle.” In the past tenses, this translates roughly to the word ‘just’, as in “I just did that.” In the future, it is most closely translated as ‘about to’. | ||
*''Ik '''straks''' āt gā.'' | *''Ik '''straks''' āt gā.'' | ||
**‘I had '''just''' eaten.’ | **‘I had '''just''' eaten.’ | ||
*''Is '''straks''' | *''Is '''straks''' gangiþ hǣma.'' | ||
**‘He is '''about to''' go home.’ | **‘He is '''about to''' go home.’ | ||