▁erg ative - ab sol utive ▁language . ▁The ▁subject ▁of ▁in trans itive ▁and ▁trans itive ▁ver bs ▁are ▁marked ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁way . ▁The ▁agent ▁is ▁what ▁stays ▁fixed ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁sentence ▁structure . ▁ ▁Ex amples : ▁ ▁u ʃ to kin ▁t umi ▁- n ▁un kin ▁- Ø ▁ton k ▁- a ▁ ▁yesterday ▁t umi ▁killed ▁the ▁p ig ▁ ▁" Y esterday , ▁T umi ▁killed ▁the ▁p ig " ▁ ▁p api ▁- Ø ▁u ʃ ▁- e ▁- k ▁du ke k ▁ ▁man ▁- abs ▁sle eps ▁- n . pass . ▁– de clar , ▁de it ▁ ▁" The ▁man ▁sle eps ▁( h anging )" ▁ ▁ab ad ▁- e ▁- k ▁b ina ▁- Ø ▁ ▁runs ▁- n . pass . ▁– de clar . ▁B ina ▁- abs ▁ ▁" B ina ▁runs " ▁ ▁Verb ▁T ense ▁ ▁Ver bs ▁in ▁the ▁Mat is ▁language ▁are ▁broken ▁down ▁into ▁two ▁t enses : ▁time ▁not ▁yet ▁passed , ▁and ▁past . ▁The ▁past ▁t ense ▁is ▁broken ▁down ▁into ▁three ▁categories : ▁time ▁immediately ▁passed , ▁time ▁ ▁recently ▁passed , ▁and ▁distant ▁time ▁passed . ▁ ▁Past ▁t ense : ▁suffix es ▁– a , ▁- bo ▁and ▁– bo ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁verb ▁and ▁are ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁time ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁action ▁occurred . ▁Spe akers ▁use ▁temporal ▁words : ▁ne bi ▁( now ), ▁u xt ok in ▁(