Tense & Evidentiality Suffices

Verbs are suffixed with a tense & evidentiality marker. There are 3 tenses: non-past, recent past, and distant past. Recent and distant past make 3 evidentiality distinctions: direct, inferred, and reported.

Tense↓ Evidentiality→ Direct [DIR] Inferred [INF] Reported [REP]
Non-Past [NP] -∅
Recent Past [RP] -la -bo, -bolo -se, -sese
Distant Past [DP] -te -tote -to, -tose
bo

recent past tense and inferred evidentiality

bolo

recent past tense and inferred evidentiality, an extended form of bo.

la

recent past tense and direct evidentiality

se

recent past tense and reported evidentiality

sese

recent past tense and reported evidentiality, an extended form of se

te

distant past tense and direct evidentiality

to

distant past tense and reported evidentiality

tose

distant past tense and reported evidentiality, an extended form of to

tote

distant past tense and inferred evidentiality

non-past tense and zero evidentiality

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