Grammaire » 26 » Overview of Affixes Used for Tenses

As a review, here is a summary of the most common affixes used to mark events that are happening in the past, present and future:

past: yesterday +  
-lauq-  
tikilauqtuq He/she arrived.
   
past: earlier today  
-qqau-  
tikiqqaujuq He/she arrived earlier.
   
past: immediate  
-rataaq-  
tikirataaqtuq He/she just arrived
   
present  
-liq-  
tikiliqtuq He/she is arriving right now.
   
future: later today  
-niaq-  
tikinniaqtuq He/she will arrive later today.
   
-langa-  
tikilangajuq He/she will arrive later today.
   
future: tomorrow +  
-laaq-  
tikilaaqtuq He/she will arrive (tomorow / in the future).