| Part of Speech | tam |
| Morphology | nom |
| Gloss | IPFV |
| Comment | With the realis marker <na1>, this imperfective aspect marker <nom> is used when the subject or the object is a 1st or 2nd person singular, a 1st person plural exclusive, or a 2nd person plural, with other tense-aspect-mood markers, <nom> is used with all persons, though not exclusively, see <rara> |
Example 288:
Source: Sii 06E(Joy) 286E roosuu paa boha voen pasi ani vakavakavara nom araara.The giant said that he will eat all of us.
Example 1350:
Source: Aro 11R 012Ean paapoo nom!You stay at home!
Example 2401:
Source: Sii 07W 168Ere iaa bo tetee na koara tamuana nom anaa.My parents always scolded me.
Example 4999:
Source: Aro 04R 028"Enaa na rake rakaha nom ta gaga overe.""I want to drink a coconut very much."
Example 5000:
Source: Sii 06RG 012Ahiki, enam na hio koa nom, nam na tara nom a tahii, ...Nothing, we are just sitting here, we are looking at the sea, ...
Example 5001:
Source: Mat 01E(Joy) 065Eam pasi tei nom, ..."You stay here, ...
Example 5002:
Source: Mui 01E(Eno) 011A tavaan pasi nao nom mohina tea roava be goroho nana.The people would go to the garden in the daytime, when (she) was sleeping.
Example 5003:
Source: Eno 08W 029A bua kehaa bona to kahi ato vamasuu bata ni nom bona kave.These two shells hold the net steady. (i.e. the two helmet shells that are tied to the bottom edges of the fishing net for turtles)