na1 realis marker

Part of Speech tam
Morphology na
Gloss TAM2
    • realis marker
      • grammar
      • Comment This tense-aspect-mood marker is used in affirmative sentences expressing that something happened or existed or, when used with the imperfect aspect marker, that something happens or exists.
      • Example 697:
        Be tamanae nao tahii tea vagana, ere Toovarapiri bara moon vai na nao rori mohina.
        When his father went out to the sea to fish, Toovarapiri and this woman went to the garden.
        Source: Nan 03E(Eno) 020
      • Example 853:
        Ta peha aba na asun bene guu?
        Did anybody kill the pig?
        Source: Aro 15R 121
      • Example 4727:
        Ta peha taba na asun ri maana bono vahara beiko.
        Something is killing the little children.
        Source: Asu 01E(Eno) 078

Related entries

  • See also:
    • merina with some people or animals
    • nom imperfective aspect marker
    • rara imperfective aspect marker