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**Other: stem vowel becomes ''u'' - e.g. ''muura'' "lead (past)", ''ħuɗɗa'' "became hadda" | **Other: stem vowel becomes ''u'' - e.g. ''muura'' "lead (past)", ''ħuɗɗa'' "became hadda" | ||
*Past progressive: stem vowel becomes ''i'' (palatalizing initial velars) - e.g. ''jii'wa'' "was throwing", ''miira'' "was leading", ''ħiɗɗa'' "was hadda" | *Past progressive: stem vowel becomes ''i'' (palatalizing initial velars) - e.g. ''jii'wa'' "was throwing", ''miira'' "was leading", ''ħiɗɗa'' "was hadda" | ||
*Past habitual: like present habitual, but with stem vowel changing to ''i'' - e.g. '' | *Past habitual: like present habitual, but with stem vowel changing to ''i'' - e.g. ''jiɓɓa'' "used to throw", ''milla'' "used to lead", ''ħiɍiɗɗa'' "used to become hadda" | ||
*Theoretically, a future habitual could be formed by combining the future with the present habitual - e.g. ''gwaɓɓa'' "will throw regularly", ''molla'' "will lead regularly", ''ħoɍoɗɗa'' "will regularly become hadda". Normally, this would be formed with a ''gaara'' construction - e.g. ''gaɓɓa gwaara'' "will throw regularly" (literally: will say throwing regularly) | *Theoretically, a future habitual could be formed by combining the future with the present habitual - e.g. ''gwaɓɓa'' "will throw regularly", ''molla'' "will lead regularly", ''ħoɍoɗɗa'' "will regularly become hadda". Normally, this would be formed with a ''gaara'' construction - e.g. ''gaɓɓa gwaara'' "will throw regularly" (literally: will say throwing regularly) | ||
*The auxiliary verb ''gaara'' "to say" is ubiquitous in Hadda verbal morphology. Its functions include: | *The auxiliary verb ''gaara'' "to say" is ubiquitous in Hadda verbal morphology. Its functions include: | ||