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The particle ''lā'' "with" is used in two different but analogue analytic constructions. The first of them consists in using it together with an imperfective subjunctive verb and a form of ''jalle'' in one of the non-perfective tenses in order to mark an action as ongoing: | The particle ''lā'' "with" is used in two different but analogue analytic constructions. The first of them consists in using it together with an imperfective subjunctive verb and a form of ''jalle'' in one of the non-perfective tenses in order to mark an action as ongoing: | ||
* ''yųlatite lā ū'' — I am eating. | * ''yųlatite lā ū'' — I am eating. | ||
* ''yųlatite lā | * ''yųlatite lā nīvau'' — I was eating. | ||
* ''yųlatite lā jalṣyam'' — I will be eating. | * ''yųlatite lā jalṣyam'' — I will be eating. | ||
The second construction has a perfective meaning (and is therefore meaningless with the perfect or future intentional tenses) and implies a pluperfect or future perfect when used with the past or future respectively. It can theoretically be used also with the present, but the meaning is the same one of the perfect. It is built in the same way, but with the perfective subjunctive form. | The second construction has a perfective meaning (and is therefore meaningless with the perfect or future intentional tenses) and implies a pluperfect or future perfect when used with the past or future respectively. It can theoretically be used also with the present, but the meaning is the same one of the perfect. It is built in the same way, but with the perfective subjunctive form. | ||
* ''yųlētate lā | * ''yųlētate lā nīvau'' — I had eaten. | ||
* ''yųlētate lā jalṣyam'' — I will have eaten. | * ''yųlētate lā jalṣyam'' — I will have eaten. | ||
As noted before, this temporal collocation may be (and usually is) expressed with the bare perfect provided enough context is given. | As noted before, this temporal collocation may be (and usually is) expressed with the bare perfect provided enough context is given. | ||