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 | -ûk  | Perfective/"Final" | completely, fully, finally, all | equivalent of English Perfect tenses. Used to denote that action is finished by the moment of speaking or described event: "The dragon completely destroyed the dwarven city" = "Lûgum shaduzât__ûk__ goi gazatob" |
 | ::: | ::: | ::: | may mean that action was done (being done/will be done) for all objects mentioned in the sentence, like in [[ring-verse|Ring Inscription]]  |
-| -ûn  | Cessative/Terminative/"Final" | newly, freshly, recently, just (happened) | similar to English Present Perfect tense: "The bells have just stopped ringing" => "Bon puzguzût__ûn__ nôlut" |
+| -ûn  | Cessative/Terminative/"Final" | newly, freshly, recently, just (happened) | similar to English Present Perfect tense: "The bells have just stopped ringing" => "Bon puzguzût__ûn__ nôlut". Marks an action that is finished just before the moment of speaking or is being finished at the moment. Opposite of //-îs//, may overlap with //-ûk//. |
-| -uth | Prospective/"Intentional" | be going to, be about to, will do smth. soon | To mark action that is only intended at the moment of speaking or described event (usually in the Past tense): "I was about to kill him" = "Dadoguzan__uth__".\\ May be replaced with:\\ \_\_a) verb "pant-" + main verb in infinitive, especially in combination with Perfective aspect and expressions like "going to finish (smth.)" (pant + INF + perfective aspect) and in Modern [[syntax_analytic|analytical language]]: "Dragon is going to completely destroy this city" = "Lûgum __pantâ__ shad__utûk__ goiza".\\ \_\_b) [[grammar_gerundive|gerundive]] in dependent clause with additional clarification that action will happen in near future: "I was going to kill him" = "Dakuz dog__at__an"\\ \\ Unlike other languages that have Prospective aspect (probably Persian), in Nûrlâm it usually carry a tone of intention. |
+| -uth | Prospective/"Intentional" | be going to, be about to, will do smth. soon | To mark action that is only intended at the moment of speaking or described event (usually in the Past tense): "I was about to kill him" = "Dadoguzan__uth__".\\ May be replaced with:\\ \_\_\_\_a) verb "pant-" + main verb in infinitive, especially in combination with Perfective aspect and expressions like "going to finish (smth.)" (pant + INF + perfective aspect) and in Modern [[syntax_analytic|analytical language]]: "Dragon is going to completely destroy this city" = "Lûgum __pantâ__ shad__utûk__ goiza".\\ \_\_\_\_b) [[grammar_gerundive|gerundive]] in dependent clause with additional clarification that action will happen in near future: "I was going to kill him" = "Dakuz dog__at__an"\\ \\ Unlike other languages that have Prospective aspect (probably Persian), in Nûrlâm it usually carry a tone of intention. |
 Suffixes of aspect may also modify the meaning of the verb when translating into other languages, like "thak-" (look like), "thak-âzh-" (seem), "thak-ûk-" (appear). Thus they resemble English [[phrasal verbs]].

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