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=====Tense===== | =====Tense===== | ||
Minurese only has two morphological tenses, similarly to English; these tenses are '''past''' and '''non-past'''. Only past is shown by an affix; said affix is ''-nu-''. | Minurese only has two morphological tenses, similarly to English; these tenses are '''past''' and '''non-past'''. Only past is shown by an affix; said affix is ''-nu-''. | ||
=====Mood===== | =====Mood===== | ||
Grammatical mood, unlike aspect, must agree with tense(unless imperative or jussive). Mood affixes tend to have long vowels to distinguish them from other areas of the verb. | Grammatical mood, unlike aspect, must agree with tense(unless imperative or jussive). Mood affixes tend to have long vowels to distinguish them from other areas of the verb. | ||
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=====Aspect===== | |||
There are three aspects in Minurese: '''simple''', '''progressive''' and '''habitual'''. Simple is unmarked, while progressive and habitual are marked by affixes ''-ko-'' and ''-le-''. | |||
Simple-progressive distinction only occurs in the non-past tense, while habitual occurs in both tenses. | |||
====Copula==== | ====Copula==== | ||
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====Reflexives==== | ====Reflexives==== | ||
Reflexive verbs are optional and formed with a prepositional copula, while the verb itself stops conjugating on object. For example, "he washes" is ''mysiti'', while "he washes himself" can be written as ''mysitimy'' (lit. "he washes him") or as ''i mysiti tī''. When conjugated on tense, the copula takes tense infix postpositionally, as in ''i nu mysiti tī'' "he washed himself." | Reflexive verbs are optional and formed with a prepositional copula, while the verb itself stops conjugating on object. For example, "he washes" is ''mysiti'', while "he washes himself" can be written as ''mysitimy'' (lit. "he washes him") or as ''i mysiti tī''. When conjugated on tense, the copula takes tense infix postpositionally, as in ''i nu mysiti tī'' "he washed himself." | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
====Case==== | ====Case==== | ||