Examples for feature 69A: Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes

I am/was sitting.
ta-ʔ-wa
prog-1.SUBJ-sit
I will go.
ʔ-a-x
1.SUBJ-go-fut

realis 

potential 

 

ndíso 

kundiso 

‘carry’ 

xátù 

kuxátú 

‘be spicy’ 

žesámá 

kesámá 

‘eat’ 

xíčaʔa 

kačáʔa 

‘dance’ 

xíkó 

kʷíkó 

‘spin’ 

xítú 

kútú 

‘work in the fields’ 

xasú 

kásu 

‘close’ 

kaku 

kákú 

‘be born’ 


Language
Oromo (Harar)
Features
References
The white dog is barking.
sárée-n  adíi-n  ní  iyyi-t-i
dog-NOM white-NOM FOC bark-F- impf

Language
Loniu
Features
References
I am lying down.
yo  lɛʔi  tɔ  ehe 
1SG PRES STAT lie.down

Language
Tukang Besi
Features
References
She has paid it.
no-baiara-'e
3. subj.realis-pay-3.OBJ
She is going to pay it.
na-baiara-'e
3. subj.irrealis-pay-3.OBJ

Language
Indonesian
Features
References
We will eat soon.
Kami  akan  makan  nanti. 
1PL FUT eat soon
He kissed his girlfriend repeatedly.
Dia  men-cium-i pacar-nya. 
3SG ACTIVE-kiss-repet girlfriend-3SG.POSS

Language
Lango
Features
References

àgíkò 

‘I stop (something), perfective’ 

àgíkô 

‘I stop (something), habitual’ 

ágìkkò 

‘I stop (something), progressive’ 


Language
Anywa
Features
References
Dimo threaded beads [and then ...]
Dìmó  ā-rú kī  tìí 
Dimo pst-thread.ANTIPASS OBL beads