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Datapoint Armenian (Eastern) / The Past Tense

Language
Genus: Armenian, Family: Indo-European
Feature
The Past Tense by Östen Dahl and Viveka Velupillai
Value
Past/non-past distinction marked; no remoteness distinction
Source
own questionnaire data

Examples

He is writing/writes a letter.
note: Present
Na  namak  e  gər-um. 
he letter is write- CONV
He was writing/wrote (habitually) a letter.
note: Imperfect
Na  namak  er  gər-um.  
he letter was write- CONV
He wrote a letter (a single event).
note: Aorist
Na  namak  gr-ecə. 
he letter write- AOR.3SG