> When saying "I saw a bird" compared to "I will see a bird", a Kusunda speaker might indicate the past action not by tense, but by describing it as an experience directly related to the speaker. Meanwhile, the future action would remain general and not associated to any subject.
Nothing strange about this. I think Chinese is similar too. The intention of the speaker is more important than the words he/she says.
Nothing strange about this. I think Chinese is similar too. The intention of the speaker is more important than the words he/she says.
Related (and one of my fav papers in linguistics) - Interality as a Key to Deciphering Guiguzi: A Challenge to Critics https://cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/3187