Azkali grammar: Difference between revisions

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* ''hataiz huka (have lost)''
* ''hataiz huka (have lost)''
* ''patzegi huka (have worked)''
* ''patzegi huka (have worked)''
|Particularly in Southern Azkali dialects, this form has been reanalyzed as a sort of near past tense. Consequently, The already existing near past form is used as a general past tense
|Particularly in Southern Azkali dialects, this form has been reanalyzed as a sort of near past tense. Consequently, The already existing near past form is used as a general past tense alongside the already conjugated past tense.
alongside the already conjugated past tense.
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!Present habitual
!Present habitual
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* ''nakuz hunakoiz (usually see)''
* ''nakuz hunakoiz (usually see)''
* ''nakusa hunakoiz (usually think)''
* ''nakusa hunakoiz (usually think)''
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|Particularly in Southern Azkali dialects, the present habitual tense is being reinterpreted as a perfective aspect; consequentially, the ordinary present tense is becoming an imperfective aspect. This phenomenon is being noticed particularly surrounding Atzoguiriki.
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!Past habitual
!Past habitual