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Syntax, Plurality, Tense, and Aspect

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It is VSO

Plurality

Singular: unmarked

Dual: -i / -w / -y

Trial: -éli / -ólw / -úly

Plural: -e / -o / -u

Tense

Past-Present: -affís(a) / -offẃs(o) / -ëffýs(ë)

Remote Past: -dénniñ(a) / -dónnwñ(o) / -dúnnyñ(ë)

Aspect

Imperfective: Unmarked

Perfective: -dvé / -dvó / -dvú

Iterative: -dvéve / -dvóvo / -dvúvu

General: -fficáttas / -ffwcóttos / -ffycúttës

Non-General (the reason this one is so long is because it's used very rarely to prove someone / multiple people wrong on a widely known topic, and is even considered taboo or illegal in some parts of the country where this is spoken, especially in rural cities): -sváitváidáitláilláittáitláitáiddáidáiñáinnáiññáicáifáiffáiccáip / -svówtvówdówtlówllówttówtlówtówddówdówñównnówññówcówfówffówccówp / -svúytvúydúytlúyllúyttúytlúytúyddúydúyñúynnúyññúycúyfúyffúyccúyp