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Datapoint Nengee/Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers

Example 4-74:: Fa i si u be de ya, da na so u be mu e de.
Fa
how
i
you.sg
si
see
u
you/we
be
pst
de
cop
ya,
here
da
then
na
cop
so
so
u
you/we
be
pst
mu
oblig
e
ipfv
de.
cop
Just the way that you were now, it is thus you should have been.

Source: Huttar and Huttar 1994: 509
Example 4-198:: Efu J. be de ya, a be sa e siibi nownow.
Efu
if
J.
J.
be
pst
de
cop
ya,
here
a
3sg
be
pst
sa
mood
e
prog
siibi
sleep
nownow.
now
If J. was here, he might be sleeping now.