5.12. Succession of actions: afte (after)
- Afte vidi (to see) un (one) ves (time) yu (you) neva (never) fogeti (to forget). – After you see it once, you will never forget it.
6. Special verbs
6.1. fai (can substitute any verb): fai kama (bed) – to lie or to sleep in the bed
6.2. mah ("to cause"): mah sikin (knife) agude (sharp) – to sharpen the knife (= mah-agude sikin)
6.3. hev (to have), ye (there is), yok (there is no), walaa (here is)
- Me (I) hev (to have) dwa (two) kalam (pencil). – I have two pencils.
- Kalam (pencil) ye (there is), bat (but) papir (paper) yok (there is no). – There is a pencil, but there is no paper.
- Walaa may (my) shamba (room). – Here is my room.
6.4. Modal verbs.
a) Possibility, abilty: mog
- Me (I) mog zwo (to do) se (this). – I can do it.
- Bu (not) mog jivi (to live) sin (without) akwa (water). – One can't live without water.
b) Know how: janmog
- Me (I) janmog gani (to sing) hao (good, well). – I can sing well.
c) Permission: darfi
- Hir (here) bu (not) darfi fumi (to smoke). – One can't (isn't allowed to) smoke here.
d) Need: nidi
- Me (I) nidi chi (to eat) koysa (something) – I need to eat something.