Example Verb Conjugations in Ngarla Class Present Remote Past Past Past Continuous Habitual Future Speculative Purposive Optative Present Contrafactual Past Contrafactual Anticipatory L -rri -rnta -rnu -yinyu -yirnta -n -mpi -lu -nmara -rrima -nmarnta -rnamarta jaa-rri jaa-rnta jaa-rnu jaa-yinyu jaa-yirnta jaa-n jaa-mpi jaa-lu jaa-nmara jaa-rrima jaa-nmarnta jaa-rnmarta is chopping chopped (long ago) chopped used to chop chops will chop could have chopped in order to chop ought to chop were x chopping had x chopped should x chop ∅ -yan -rnta -nyu -yanu -yanta -Ø -mpi -kura -mara -yanma -marnta -nyamarta warni-yan warni-rnta warni-nyu warni-yanu warni-yanta warni-Ø warni-rnpi warni-kura warni-mara warni-yanma warni-marnta warni-nyamarta is falling fell (long ago) fell used to fall falls will fall could have fallen in order to fall ought to fall were x falling had x fallen should x fall