▁for ▁English ▁language ▁translation . ▁ ▁Sent ence ▁structure ▁is ▁much ▁more ▁fluid ▁than ▁in ▁English , ▁with ▁words ▁being ▁organized ▁according ▁to ▁importance ▁or ▁novel ty . ▁O ften ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁sentence ▁is ▁placed ▁initially . ▁L ingu ist ▁David ▁S . ▁Ro od , ▁who ▁has ▁written ▁many ▁papers ▁concerning ▁the ▁W ich ita ▁language , ▁recorded ▁this ▁example , ▁as ▁spoken ▁by ▁Ber tha ▁Prov ost ▁( a ▁native ▁speaker , ▁now ▁dece ased ) ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁ ▁The ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁sentence ▁is ▁ancest ors , ▁and ▁thus ▁the ▁sentence ▁begins ▁with ▁it , ▁instead ▁of ▁God , ▁or ▁creation ▁( when . he . made . us . d well ). ▁This ▁leads ▁one ▁to ▁conclude ▁W ich ita ▁has ▁a ▁largely ▁free ▁word - order , ▁where ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁sentence ▁do ▁not ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁located ▁next ▁to ▁each ▁other ▁to ▁be ▁related . ▁ ▁The ▁perfect ive ▁t ense ▁demonstr ates ▁that ▁an ▁act ▁has ▁been ▁completed ; ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁the ▁intent ive ▁t ense ▁indicates ▁that ▁a ▁subject ▁plans ▁or ▁planned ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁a ▁certain ▁act . ▁The ▁habit ual ▁aspect ▁indicates ▁a ▁habit ual ▁activity , ▁for ▁example : ▁" he ▁sm okes " ▁but ▁not ▁" he ▁is ▁sm oking ." ▁Dur ative ▁t ense ▁describes ▁an ▁activity , ▁which ▁is ▁co ext ensive ▁with ▁something ▁else . ▁ ▁W ich ita ▁has ▁no ▁indirect ▁speech ▁or ▁pass