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)'' | ||
| | |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 | ||