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In narrative, it is common to use the perfect for a completed action and the (aspectless) past for an action that begins immediately after (examples taken from the excerpt "[[Chlouvānem#A_festive_day|A festive day]]", among the example texts on the main Chlouvānem page): | In narrative, it is common to use the perfect for a completed action and the (aspectless) past for an action that begins immediately after (examples taken from the excerpt "[[Chlouvānem#A_festive_day|A festive day]]", among the example texts on the main Chlouvānem page): | ||
* ''naina mæn ～ dvārmom nañamṛca kautepuglek'' - "Naina ran<sub>PERF</sub> into the room [and] woke [us] up<sub>PAST</sub>" | * ''naina mæn ～ dvārmom nañamṛca kautepuglek'' - "Naina ran<sub>PERF</sub> into the room [and] woke [us] up<sub>PAST</sub>" | ||
* ''hālkenīs yanomųvima keikom | * ''hālkenīs yanomųvima keikom namṛcābhe'' - "we jumped out<sub>PERF</sub> of the beds [and] ran<sub>PAST</sub> into the yard" | ||
* ''tainā mæn yanelīsa pārṇami nacu ilakakte nainęs lā ħuldek'' - "Tainā came out<sub>PERF</sub> [of the washing room], got dressed<sub>PERF</sub> for the day, [and] played<sub>PAST</sub> with Naina" | * ''tainā mæn yanelīsa pārṇami nacu ilakakte nainęs lā ħuldek'' - "Tainā came out<sub>PERF</sub> [of the washing room], got dressed<sub>PERF</sub> for the day, [and] played<sub>PAST</sub> with Naina" | ||
Compare this other example from the same text where the last two verbs are both in the past because they're ''contemporaneous actions'': | Compare this other example from the same text where the last two verbs are both in the past because they're ''contemporaneous actions'': | ||