Directional; indicates action moving away from speaker.
Onkwanak ali.
I am coming.
Directional; indicates past time or completed event.
sa-ki din bolan
next month Note: den is di [ali] + -n.
sa-ki len bolan
last month Note: len is la [da] + -n.
Empiyan da?
When was that? or When did it happen?
Gwara des Maried ma.
Maria was there.
Imoliak nonta chegwen domingko la.
I returned two weeks ago.
Megwa-gwaak den onkwan.
When tomorrow comes I'll go.
Directional; indicates person is no longer living.
Idi nonta kaotikel ko, sejay i istoriyen afok den bii.
When I was little, this was a story of my grandmother (who is no longer living).
afok den bii
my grandmother [who is dead]
afok a bii
my grandmother [who is still alive]
ali
Directional; indicates action moving toward speaker, or approaching time.
A modal particle; indicates action has begun, but is not completed; now; already.