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Perfect Forms
A tlangpi in kan zoh ṭhan lai.
Present Perfect :
Pa Biak has booked a ticket
: (Pa Biak nih lehhmah a ham dih cang)
Past Perfect :
Pa Biak had booked a ticket when we got there.
: (Kan va phak ah Pa Biak nih lehhmah a rak ham dih cang)
Future Perfect :
Pa Biak will have booked a ticket when we get there.
: (Kan va phak tikah Pa Biak nih lehhmah a rak ham dih cang lai)
Perfect Progressive Forms
Perfect progressive hi cu hman a tlawm, Present Perfect Progressive dah ti lo cu.
Present Perfect Progressive
* Pa Biak has been booking a ticket since yesterday.
(Pa Biak cu nizan te khan atu tiang lehhmah a ham cuahmah ko)
Past Perfect Progressive
* Pa Biak had been booking a ticket when we got here yesterday.
(Nizan i hika kan phak tiangahkhan Pa Biak cu lehhmah a rak ham cuahmah rih ko)
Future Perfect Progressive
* Pa Biak will have been booking a ticket by 10 pm tomorrow.
(Thaizing zan 10 hmanh ahkhan Pa Biak cu lehhmah a ham cuahmah liopi a si ko rih lai)
Biatlang pakhat kan chim, kan ṭial khawhnak dingah biafang phu (eight parts of speech) le caan (tenses) kan theih awk a si tiah kan ṭial cang. Biatlang pakhat a tlingmi sinak dingah a biapi ngaingaimi pakhat cu ‘verb’ a si. Cu verb cu a caancaan ah amah tein a dir khomi a si lo caah bawmh a herh. Cucu zeitik ah dah bawmh a herh tiah hal awkte a si. Caan (tenses) sining a zulh tikah bawmh a herh ti khawh a si. Aho nih dah a bawmh lai i zeitindah bawmh a si lai ti kha zoh kan i zuam hna lai.
Kan hnuzarh i kan zoh cang bantukin caan (tenses) kan timi kha ‘verb’ ai thlengmi nih a fianter hna. ‘Pa Biak books a ticket’ kan ti ahcun ‘Pa Biak nih lehhmah a ham’ tinak a si i ‘Pa Biak is booking a ticket’ kan ti ahcun ‘Pa Biak nih lehhmah a ham cuahmah lio’ tinak a si. Hi biatlang pahnih sining a dantertu cu ‘verb’ asiloah caan (tense) a langhternak hna an si. ‘Pa Biak is booking a ticket’ tinak zawn ah ‘Pa Biak le Pa Bawi’ an si ahcun ‘Pa Biak and Pa Bawi are booking’ tiah ṭial a si cang hnga. Hika zawn i zoh kan duh bikmi cu ‘is’ le ‘are’ kha a si. Cu ve bantukin ‘books’ timi zong khi ‘Pa Biak and Pa Bawi book’ tiah ai thleng lai – ‘s’ khi hlonh a si.
‘Verb’ a bawmtu pakhat cu ‘auxiliary verb’ an ti hna i Primary le Modal Auxiliaries tiin phun hnih an ṭhen. Primary Auxiliaries timi cu be, have le do an si i hi chungah ai telmi kan zoh lai:
* Be [verb to be] = am, is, are, was, were
* Have [verb to have] = has, have, had
* Do [verb to do] = does, do, did
[Hmaizarh peh ṭhan ding]
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1 Careltu Hmurka:
Mirangca cawnak nan van thlah mi cu ka caah cun atha tak tak si,midang ca zong ah atha cio lai dahvan kan thlah piak lengmang ko kailawm tuk.Ramdang aphan mi ko nih hin kan herh khunankan cawnter ko nain mirang holh in an kan chimh le kan i fiang kho lo kanfian lo nak zong kan hal thiam fawn hna lo .Pu Seihnam editor nang mah tu nih van kan chim leng mang ko kailawm tuk
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