21 on class

puzuvukiku _PU* cmavo-compound

time-tense discursive: a long time ago and far away; locks frame-of-reference of time and space

Commonly used similarly to English "once upon a time" in story introductions.

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On grammatical class:

baba (comp!)

time tense: will be going to; (tense/modal).

baca'a (comp!)

time tense: future actuality; modal aspect.

bapu (comp!)

time tense: will have been; (tense/modal).

caca'a (comp!)

time tense: present actuality; modal aspect.

cajeba (comp!)

time tense: during and after; (tense/modal).

caku (comp!)

Now. At the present time.

ca ma (comp!)

sumti question asking for a time/date/event; simultaneous with what?.

cazi (comp!)

right now

cazu (comp!)

nowadays, wide sense of "now"

puba (comp!)

time tense: was going to; (tense/modal).

puca'a (comp!)

time tense: past actuality; modal aspect.

pujeba (comp!)

time tense: before and after; (tense/modal).

pujeca (comp!)

time tense: before and during; (tense/modal).

pupu (comp!)

time tense: had earlier been; (tense/modal).

puza (comp!)

time tense: a medium time before; (tense/modal).

puze'a (comp!)

time tense: for a medium length interval some time in the past; (tense/modal).

puze'i (comp!)

time tense: for a short interval some time in the past; (tense/modal).

puze'u (comp!)

time tense: for a long interval some time in the past; (tense/modal).

puzi (comp!)

time tense: a short time before; (tense/modal).

puzu (comp!)

time tense: a long time before; (tense/modal).

puzuvukiku (comp!)

time-tense discursive: a long time ago and far away; locks frame-of-reference of time and space