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Aspect
The morpheme a indicates imperfective aspect.
(1)
| ēlì | lɛ̄ | ā | tʃè | mī | ôlū |
| song | DEF.DIST | IPFV | do | 1SG.OBJ | sleep(N) |
| ‘The song is making me sleepy.’ | |||||
The morpheme na indicates that an action is in progress.
(2)
| ábʲá | lɛ̄ | nǎ | kò |
| dog | DEF.DIST | PROG | bark |
| ‘The dog was barking.’ | |||
The morpheme ɲa has a similar meaning to 'go' in English. The morpheme indicates that an event/action will occur in the future.
(3)
| ɛ̌ | ɲá | kpɔ̄ | ɔnà | lɛ́ | fɔ̄ | ɔ̀nâ |
| 2SG.IPFV | go | break | door | DEF.DIST | break | tomorrow |
| ‘You will break the door tomorrow.’ | ||||||