<Tr> <Th> First person </Th> <Td> I will run </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Second person </Th> <Td> You will run </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Third person </Th> <Td> John will run </Td> </Tr> <P> Further aspectual distinctions are encoded by the use of auxiliary verbs, primarily have and be, which encode the contrast between a perfect and non-perfect past tense (I have run vs. I was running), and compound tenses such as preterite perfect (I had been running) and present perfect (I have been running). </P>

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