aba recent past marker, just now

Part of Speech preverbal particle
Grammar Comment Compatible with imperfective but not past perfective: thus aba yrtetan but not aba yrtendn. N12FN169. Closely synonymous with baba but there appear to be preferences for aba to be used with 1st person statements (and 2nd person questions), while bba isused with third person statements. Cf Ynd aba nonetam wagibta 'we were looking for fish'; bä baba nonetat wagibta 'they were looking for fish'.
    • recent past marker, just now
      • Example 26:
        Ynd aba yptan.
        I chopped it.
      • Example 27:
        Ynd aba neretan togetogeabende km ke.
        Just a little while ago I heard children's voices.
      • Example 28:
        Bm dgae aba nngm?
        Where did you go (just now)?
      • Example 29:
        Mñtes aba ym.
        It was delicious (just now).