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====Inflected forms==== | ====Inflected forms==== | ||
Unlike the present and the future, the past tense uses the participle ''-ìn'', derived from the Tigol past passive participle. Like in [[Anbirese]] but unlike in [[Eevo]], the past tense uses ergative alignment, with the ergative preposition ''u'' used before the ergative constituent for transitive verbs. | Unlike the present and the future, the past tense uses the participle ''-ìn'', derived from the Tigol past passive participle. Like in [[Anbirese]] but unlike in [[Eevo]], the past tense uses ergative alignment, with the ergative preposition ''u'' used before the ergative constituent for transitive verbs. | ||
====Other forms==== | |||
*The active participle in ''-ig'' is used to modify a noun. As such it is used as a relative form for the subject. | |||
*The ''-eot'' infinitive: | |||
**is used with modal verbs. | |||
*The ''-a'' infinitive: | |||
**with ''djeo'' 'in', indicates "while the action is taking place" or, when possessed, "while POSSESSOR is VERBing" | |||
**with ''eor'' 'on', indicates "upon/as soon as the action is taking place" or, when possessed, "upon the POSSESSOR's VERBing" | |||
**with ''nae'' 'by', indicates that the verb's action serves a purpose: "by VERBing" | |||
*The bare infinitive: | |||
**with ''djeo'' 'in', indicates the progressive. | |||
**with ''il'' 'from', indicates (from just having been VERB-ing) | |||
**with ''χru'' 'next to', indicates "intends to VERB" or "about to VERB" | |||
**with ''ast'' 'without', indicates "without VERBing" | |||
**(nonstandard) with ''θand'' 'after', indicates that the action just happened. | |||
===Prepositions=== | ===Prepositions=== | ||