hù (14_Future & Complex Tenses)
hù-
Grammatical function
- Type: Tense Modifier Prefix
- Function: Relative Past (“Behind”)
- Meaning: Places the action temporally “behind” the primary tense.
Syntax
- Pluperfect:
hùzè-[Verb](Past of the Past / “Had done”). - Past Future:
hùpa-[Verb](Future relative to Past / “Was going to”).
Example sentence
Shěsokam hùzèchěcho’. The library had closed.