Grammar
To indicate verb tenses the following adpositions are used: ja (i.e. from the Portuguese já, meaning "already") for past tenses, ta (from está, which means "is") for present continuous tenses and logu (from logo, which means "soon") for the future tense. These simplified forms correspond with their equivalents in Malay sudah, sedang, and akan, respectively.
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