- Me (I) ve ("future tense") lekti (to read) it (it). – I will read it.
b) zai (continuous marker)
- Me (I) bu (not) mog (can) lai (to come) nau (now), me (I) zai chi (to eat) deyfan (dinner). – I can't come now I'm having dinner.
- Kwo (what) me (I) zwo (to do) yeri (yesterday) klok ("o'clock") sit (six)? Me (I) zai promeni-te (to walk + "past tense") in (in) shulin (forest). – What was I doing yesterday at six o'clock? I was walking in the forest.
c) he (completed action)
- Me (I) he zwo (to do) olo (all, everything). – I have done everything.
d) yus he ("just")
- Way (why) yu (you) es (is / are) gande (dirty)? Me (I) yus he woshi (to wash) yu (you)! – Why are you dirty? I have just washed you!
e) gwo (indefinite past, "used to")
- Ob (a question particle) nu (we) gwo miti (to meet) koylok (somewhere)? – Have me ever met somewhere?
f) sal (near future, "be going to")
- Sup (soup) es (is / are) tayar (ready). Nu (we) sal chi (to eat) deyfan (dinner). – The soup is ready. We are going to have dinner.