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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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51) kwésa naktaayáa<br />

/kwesa na-k- ta-yaa-aa/<br />

have.to FUT-1SUB-MID-st<strong>and</strong>ing-IMPF<br />

‘I have to st<strong>and</strong> up’<br />

52) lakaskíni napín’a&<br />

/lakaskin na-pin-aa-[cg]/<br />

need-FUT-go2-IMPF-2SUB.sg<br />

‘he needs you to go’<br />

53) kimaaqas%máta naktaakíi<br />

/kin-maa-qas"mat-ii-li& na-ta-kii/<br />

1OBJ-CAUS-hear-TRANS-PFTV FUT-MID-upright<br />

‘he convinced me to get up’<br />

4.7.3.2 Past tense. <strong>The</strong> past tense, like the present tense, is compatible with any <strong>of</strong> the four<br />

aspects, <strong>and</strong> simply locates the event or state in a time prior to utterance time. It is marked by<br />

prefix #- (or #a- only before 1SUB k-). It takes the suppletive form k- when it precedes a stem<br />

beginning with #. Its use in realis mood with the imperfective, perfect or progressive aspects<br />

results in transparent semantics.<br />

54) s%aktlawakutún<br />

/s"-k-tlawa-kutun/<br />

PAST-1SUB-do-DES<br />

‘I wanted to do it’<br />

55) kskinkutún’a&<br />

/s"-skin-kutun-aa-[cg]/<br />

PAST-ask.for-DES-IMPF-2SUB.sg<br />

‘you wanted to ask for it’<br />

56) s%waníita&<br />

/s"-wan-niita/<br />

PAST-tell-PFT<br />

‘s/he had told him/her’<br />

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