266 Chapter 9 VPs and verbal marking
(59) Mon ca'-ng-oca' dha' oreng, ...
if RED-AV-say to person
‘Whenever he talked to people, ...’
(60) Ke Napo jiya paggun dujan a-ba-buruk ba-becce'-an.
Ke Napo this still like AV-RED-advice RED-good-AN
‘Ke Napo still liked to give good advice.’
Although the use of multiple suffixes is tightly restricted (see Chapter 4
section 2), the iterative suffixes can combine with the irrealis, as in (61) and
(62). In the case of the durative, the special morphological rule applies, result-
ing in ana instead of eya.
(61) Ali mokol-a-na maleng.
Ali AV.hit-DUR-IRR thief
‘Ali will hit the thief for a while.’
(62) Bambang a-massa'-an-a.
Bambang AV-cook-IT-IRR
‘Bambang will like to cook.’
The iterative suffixes may not, however, co-occur with -agi.
(63) a. Rudi moger-ri ka'-bungka'an kaangguy Bapa'.
Rudi AV.chop-DUR RED-tree for father
‘Rudi chopped tree for a while for Father.’
b. *Rudi moger-ragi'-i Bapa' ka'-bungka'an.
(64 a. Hosen melle-yan permen kaanguy na’-kana’.
Hosen AV.buy-IT candy for RED-child
‘Hosen frequently buys candy for the kids.’
b. *Hosen melle-yagi-yan na’-kana’ permen.
Finally, one means of signaling imperfective aspect is through reduplica-
tion, as in (65) and (66).
(65) Mon teppa’-na les-noles sengko’, ja’ olok!
if good-DEF RED-AV.write I don't call
‘If I am writing well, don’t call me!’