Gujarati has both types, the present tense using finite verb forms, the imperfect employing nominal forms; e.g., hũ kam kərũ chũ "I work, am working" and hũ kam kər-to hə-to "I was working, used to work".
Hindi has a similar contrast but uses nominal forms; e.g., mɛ̃ kam kar-ta hũ "I work," mɛ̃ kam kər rəh-a hũ "I am working".
Kam introduced me and I sat on a free space of bed, foolishly, unaware that I had just set up camp on a battleground.
When I met Kam-tsuen, he was in a wheelchair and had difficulty keeping his head upright.
"At the time we brought Kam-tsuen here, no, I didn't know that he'd be here forever," Yuet-kwan said.
"I'd have the president in this state every chance I got," said Kam Kuwata, a California campaign consultant.
Mrs. Marasco, an assistant vice president at Citibank in Manhattan, chooses from a number of local restaurants: Raay-Nor's Cabin, Kam's Kitchen and the I'm in a Hurry Pizzeria.
"There's been no change here since when I first brought Kam-tsuen to Lok Sam House in 1983," Yuet-kwan said.
He wrote on Skype: "I come to join KaM," to which the Swede replied: "Inshallah (God willing)".
He told the fighter: "I come to join KaM," to which the Swede replies: "Inshallah (God willing)".
