Nominal Structures of Uralic Languages

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2.2.2. Tense/Aspect/Mood/Evidentiality

The copulas are different according to the different tenses.

János	a	kert-ben	van/volt/lesz.
John	the	garden-INE	be.3SG/be.PST.3SG/be.FUT.3SG

’John is / was / will be in the garde’

Source: Example provided by database editor (native speaker).

The copulas are different according to the different moods. The examples illustrate an indicative and a conditional form in a conditional clause.

Ha	János	a	kert-ben	van/len-ne...
if	John	the	garden-INE	be.3SG/be.COND.3SG

’If John is/were in the garden…’

Source: Example provided by database editor (native speaker).

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