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! Gnomic Affix | ! Gnomic Affix | ||
| -(a)št- | | -(a)št- | ||
| Expresses general truths (e.g. "It rains during the rainy season"). Considered as a tense or aspect (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomic_aspect), TA-marking is null. This aspect is replaced by the Imperfect and/or Habitual affixes in some Upper Minhast dialects. | | Expresses general truths (e.g. "It rains during the rainy season"). Considered as a tense or aspect (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomic_aspect), TA-marking is null. This aspect is replaced by the Imperfect and/or Habitual affixes in some Upper Minhast dialects; in other dialects, marking is simply absent, i.e. the default Present Perfect is used. | ||
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! Consequential Affix | ! Consequential Affix |
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