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All forms of the present, past, and subjunctive which begin with ''e-'' or ''a-'' form contractions with the preceding negative particle ''mé'': ''mésyim, mésyi, mésti...'', ''méstáha, méstáta, méstá...''; ''mésam, mésadi, méstu...''
All forms of the present, past, and subjunctive which begin with ''e-'' or ''a-'' form contractions with the preceding negative particle ''mé'': ''mésyim, mésyi, mésti...'', ''méstáha, méstáta, méstá...''; ''mésam, mésadi, méstu...''
====Gerunds====
Gerunds in Lifashian are formed by reduplication of indicative verb forms. There are two such gerunds: a gerund of contemporarity formed by reduplicating the present form, and a gerund of posteriority formed by the present form followed by the past one.
Examples:
* ''Sya syanangorbi mulúm-mulúmi nil tosy bóstáe ebenaha.'' "I was walking in the park while talking with my friends."
* ''Sya syanangorbi mulúm-amulúha nil tosy bóstáe ebenaha.'' "Right after I finished talking with my friends, I went walking in the park."


===Prepositions===
===Prepositions===
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