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====Finite verb inflection====
====Finite verb inflection====
Anbirese has 3 tenses:
Anbirese has 3 tenses:
*Present tense: ''-ig'', negative ''i'' + BARE VERB
*Present tense: ''-ig'', subjunctive ''i'' + IMPERATIVE
*Future tense: ''aeb'' + BARE VERB
*Future tense: ''aeb'' + IMPERATIVE
*Past tense: usually ''-in'', with split ergativity
*Past tense: regularly ''-in''; induces split-ergativity


There is no aspect distinction.
There is no aspect distinction.
===="Non-finite" forms====
===="Non-finite" forms====
*The ''-eod'' infinitive is used with some modal verbs.
*The ''-eod'' infinitive is used with some modal verbs.
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