| A. tene=S | S sit |
| B. tene=A=O | A sit O (down) |
| C. tene=CS | CS is (CC, adjective, peripheral phrase) |
| D. auxiliary V-tene | V-ing |
Tene in senses A and B means ‘sit’. As an intransitive, the subject is the person or thing sitting. As a transitive, it acquires a causative meaning, with the object being the person or thing sitting and the subject is the cause. Tene behaves very much like sede, including in the use or not of a causative and a passive and with peripheral arguments.
As a copula and as an auxiliary, tene has all the uses of sede, except that where sede requires a class I subject, tene is used for all other classes of subject (II, III, IV). So, when a verb has a class I subject, use sede as the progressive auxiliary. Otherwise, use tene.
Sentences with tene as a main verb.
Sentences with tene as an auxiliary verb.
Tomorrow: degi.