tiēlen
Continuing with the first sentence of the LCC2 Relay Text, concerning a talking rock:
il talōnte tiēlen ñi le rā jahāwekien nō il ñi lerāka jawāna sū jakīþa ja pa antēnnā ōl;
tiēlen is a past imperfective marker. Since ñi generally concerns itself with changes of state or location, it assumes that the change is completed. Here the change is not completed.
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