Independent Indicative Neutral (#01)

Observation
ᒋᓂᐹᓐ᙮ Click here to hear this word chinipaan. ‘You sleep.’
ᒋᑲ ᓂᐹᓐ᙮ Click here to hear this word chika nipaan. ‘You will sleep.’
ᒋᒌ ᓂᐹᓐ᙮ Click here to hear this word chichii nipaan. ‘You were asleep.’

The form ᒋᓂᐹᓐ᙮ chinipaan. You sleep. belongs to the Independent Indicative Neutral verb paradigm (#01). It is used alone to express the present of an action. It is also combined with preverbs like chika or chii to express the future or the past.

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