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Subordinate Tense Markers are used in Subordinate types of phrases. These phrases include things like Questions and Conjuct phrases that are added to an independent phrase to provide an additional thought.
| Present | Past | Future | ||
| É | Égi | Ga | Éwi | Wa |
Here are some examples using the verb Zhya (to go)
| Ni pi je ézhyayan? | Where am I going? | |
| Ni pi je ézhyayen? | Where are you going? | |
| Ni pi je ézhyét | Where is he/she going? | |
| Ni pi je ézhyayak? | Where are we going (inclusive)? | |
| Ni pi je ézhyaygo? | Where are we going (exclusive)? | |
| Ni pi je ézhyayék? | Where are you all going? | |
| Ni pi je ézhyéwat? | Where are they going? |
| I yé i ne ézhyayan? | Is that where I'm going? | |
| I yé i ne éwi zhyayen? | Is that where you will go? | |
| I yé i ne ga zhyét? | Is that where he/she went? | |
| I yé i ne ézhyayak? | Is that where we are going (inclusive)? | |
| I yé i ne ézhyaygo? | Is that where we are going (exclusive)? | |
| I yé i ne égi zhyayék? | Is that where you all went? | |
| I yé i ne wa zhyéwat? | Is that where they all will go? |
| Ni pi je wa zhyayan? | Where will I go? | |
| Ni pi je wa zhyayen? | Where will you go? | |
| Ni pi je wa zhyét | Where will he/she go? | |
| Ni pi je wa zhyayak? | Where will we go (inclusive)? | |
| Ni pi je wa zhyaygo? | Where will we go (exclusive)? | |
| Ni pi je wa zhyayék? | Where will you all go? | |
| Ni pi je wa zhyéwat? | Where will they go? |
| Ni pi je ga zhyayan? | Where did I go? | |
| Ni pi je ga zhyayen? | Where did you go? | |
| Ni pi je ga zhyét | Where did he/she go? | |
| Ni pi je ga zhyayak? | Where did we go (inclusive)? | |
| Ni pi je ga zhyaygo? | Where did we go (exclusive)? | |
| Ni pi je ga zhyayék? | Where did you all go? | |
| Ni pi je ga zhyéwat? | Where did they go? |
The following phrases are conjunct phrases:
| Mbesek nwi zhya éwi gdemojgéyan | I will go to the lake to go fishing | |
| Mbesek gwi zhya éwi gdemojgéyen | You will go to the lake to go fishing | |
| Mbesek wi zhyé éwi gdemojgét | He/she will go to the lake to go fishing | |
| Mbesek nwi zhyamen éwi gdemojgéygo | We (not you) will go to the lake to go fishing | |
| Mbesek gwi zhyamen éwi gdemojgéyak | We all will go to the lake to go fishing | |
| Mbesek gwi zhyam éwi gdemojgéyék | You all will go to the lake to go fishing | |
| Mbesek wi zhyék éwi gdemojgéwat | They will go to the lake to go fishing |
| Mbesek ngi zhya égi gdemojgéyan | I went to the lake and went fishing | |
| Mbesek ggi zhya égi gdemojgéyen | You went to the lake and went fishing | |
| Mbesek gi zhyé égi gdemojgét | He/she went to the lake and went fishing | |
| Mbesek ngi zhyamen égi gdemojgéygo | We (not you) went to the lake and went fishing | |
| Mbesek ggi zhyamen égi gdemojgéyak | We all went to the lake and went fishing | |
| Mbesek ggi zhyam égi gdemojgéyék | You all went to the lake and went fishing | |
| Mbesek gi zhyék égi gdemojgéwat | They went to the lake and went fishing |
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