{Present Tense, Simple Form}, I eat, \°ngoo chuh/ 我吃.
{Present Tense, Continuous}, I am eating, \°ngoo leh-°li chuh/ 我拉裏吃,
\°ngoo la° chuh/ 我拉吃.
{Past Tense, Simple Form}, I ate, \°ngoo chuh kuh/ 我吃個.
{Past Tense, Continuous}, I was eating, \°ngoo leh-la° chuh/ 我拉拉吃.
{Past Tense, Emphatic Form}, I did eat, \°ngoo °z chuh kuh/ 我是吃個.
{Perfect Tense}, I have eaten, \°ngoo chuh tse/ 我吃哉. \°ngoo chuh°
la° tse/ 我吃拉哉, \°ngoo chuh koo° tse/ 我吃過哉.
{Past Perfect}, I had eaten. \°ngoo °i-kyung chuh tse/ 我已經吃哉,
\°ngoo °i-kyung chuh la° tse/ 我已經吃拉哉, \°ngoo °i-kyung chuh koo°
hyih tse/ 我已經吃過歇哉.
{Future Tense}, I will or shall eat, \°ngoo iau° chuh/ 我要吃.
The {Future Perfect Tense} cannot be expressed directly.
The only change for the different persons is the above will be in the
use of the pronouns of the different persons.